This summarizes how to respond to a complex dispute in which, after a husband’s death, the in-laws simultaneously pursue a declaration of forfeiture of inheritance rights, damages in the hundreds of millions of won, and a criminal complaint against the daughter-in-law.

A spouse’s statutory inheritance share (1.5x) is protected regardless of the length of the marriage, and a declaration of forfeiture of inheritance rights under the Gu Hara Act requires strict conditions such as serious crime, abuse, or failure to fulfill support obligations. The burden of proof for a damages claim lies with the claimant, and when criminal, civil, and family cases proceed at the same time, it is safer for one team to handle them in an integrated way to avoid strategic conflicts.

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