Many people wonder whether, if you adopt your spouse’s child as a full adoptee in a remarried family and then divorce, the full adoptive parent-child relationship also ends automatically. In conclusion, divorce and the full adoptive relationship are separate, and the relationship does not automatically end simply because of divorce.

Under Civil Act Article 908-5, annulment of a full adoption is possible only for extremely limited reasons, such as abuse or abandonment by the adoptive parents, and unlike ordinary adoption, it cannot be annulled by the parties’ agreement alone. In cases like Kim Byung-man’s, where full adoption issues become complicated during remarriage and divorce, custody, parental rights, and inheritance rights are affected in succession, so expert consultation is essential.

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