I cared for my parents for decades, covering their hospital bills and nursing care myself, but after they passed away, siblings who had never once visited want to divide the estate according to the legal inheritance shares. In particular, if someone was adopted and supported them even more devotedly than a biological child, how can that hard work be recognized?

This article analyzes a precedent in which the Seoul Family Court recognized an adoptee’s decades of cohabitation, support, and caregiving contribution as a 50% contribution share, and applied a real estate division method of in-kind acquisition plus cash adjustment. It also summarizes the evidence and strategy needed to prove a contribution share.

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