Court claims jurisdiction in divorce case involving foreign spouse
Social affairsApr 13, 2014
A local court ordered a German ex-husband to pay compensation to his former South Korean wife, a ruling that may be a step in trying to set down jurisdiction and guidelines in divorce cases involving spouses of foreign nationality, court officials said Sunday.The court said the husband should pay his ex-wife 50 million won ($48,262), half the amount she had sought. Names of the couple and dates of the court proceedings were not made available.A German court granted divorce filed by the husband w