The clients, who were living in the United States, learned of their father’s death only through his secretary, more than a month after they had lost contact with him. Without even notifying them of their father’s final moments, the stepmother completed the funeral and then attempted to monopolize assets worth approximately KRW 15 billion, including Gangnam apartments and buildings, based on a will allegedly written shortly before his death. This case shows how Law Firm Jeonjae promptly intervened in the will probate process, exposed inconsistencies in the will, and proactively filed claims for division of the inherited estate and return of the reserved portion, securing the clients’ inheritance rights.

An agreement could not be reached among the siblings living in Korea and the United States regarding the division of the inherited estate, and with one sibling missing, the matter was on the verge of escalating into a legal dispute. Law Firm Jeonjae worked with a local U.S. MOU law firm to handle the inheritance negotiations remotely, and obtained a declaration of disappearance for the missing sibling, bringing the entire estate division to a smooth conclusion.