[Chatting] "Divorce" Kim Minjae's wealth division alone is more than 8 billion won? "It doesn't come out that much". Why?

□ Broadcast date and time: November 4, 2024 (Monday)
□ Host: Attorney Cho In-seop
□ Starter: Attorney Park Kyung-nae

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◇ Lawyer Cho In-seop (hereinafter referred to as Cho In-seop): Divorce of celebrities... That alone is news that attracts a lot of people's attention. Among them, it's probably the division of assets that draws attention. This is probably because the larger the property, the greater the amount of property required to be divided. Lawyer Cho In-seop's counseling center! Today, we will take a day off to introduce the counseling story, and instead, we will deal with the hot issue that is attracting attention. Lawyer Park Kyung-nae is here!

◆ Lawyer Park Kyung-nae (hereinafter referred to as Park Kyung-nae): Hello, I'm lawyer Park Kyung-nae from Shinsegae Law Firm.

◇ Jo In-seop: Kim Min-jae recently announced that he has ended his four-year marriage. Kim Min-jae is a national soccer player and a German professional soccer team, Bayer Munich. Since he is such a famous player, the news of Kim Min-jae's divorce is drawing keen attention every day. How did you see lawyer Park Kyung-nae?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: I remember seeing Kim Min-jae's wedding announcement on YouTube, but it's a pity that he got divorced. Having specialized in divorce proceedings, would he have appointed a lawyer? Who did it? I'm curious about that.

◇ Cho In-seop: Kim Min-jae is probably the highest paid Korean player ever.Looking at it, I think there will be no choice but to pay attention to the division of property, it was last week. A lawyer predicted on YouTube that Kim Min-jae would have divided his assets at least 8 billion won to his ex-wife. Shall we summarize the background first?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Yes, Kim Min-jae got married in May 2020 while playing for Guoan, Beijing, China, and played for Germany's Munich team after playing for Fenerbahce SK in Turkey and SSC Napoli in Italy. According to foreign media... 3.5 million euros from Guoan, Beijing... At that time, based on the exchange rate, he received about 4.2 billion won, 2.35 million euros, equivalent to 3.5 billion won in Fenerbahce, and 4.63 million euros, equivalent to 6.8 billion won in Naples. And in Munich, which is currently a team, 12 million euros... So, I'm getting 17.6 billion won. If you simply add this up, the amount of money you received as an annual salary for the four years until last year amounted to 32.1 billion won.

◇ Cho In-seop: If you add advertising model fees, allowances, and sponsorships, your income will increase... Does the lawyer seem to have calculated the size of the property division, assuming that Kim Min-jae shared only the annual income excluding other assets with all of them?

◆ [Voiceover] Yeah, that's right.

◇ Cho In-seop: There's something a lot of people are curious about. After getting married, Kim Min-jae is not in Korea, but in China or Italy... You've been active in Europe, right? In addition, I have young children. Since his ex-wife has lived abroad because of Kim Min-jae's activities, shouldn't he pay more alimony... And they were curious.

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Alimony is paid as compensation for damages by the person responsible for the breakdown of the marriage, so in principle, there is no reason to pay more alimony just because he lived abroad, but since Kim Min-jae said he had a consensual divorce, I think he was considered financially enough not to go to the lawsuit.

◇ [Jo In-seop] Yeah, I think the thing that interests me the most is the division of property. Property division is the process of sharing the property that two people have jointly formed while married, and if the ex-wife is recognized for her contribution to housework and child-rearing, there is a possibility that she will receive a large portion of it, right?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Kim Min-jae is likely to have made a considerable fortune because he had a lot of income, and if his wife contributed to housework, childcare, and assistance in the process, he could have received a considerable amount of money through property division. And as I said earlier, I think it was also the background that ended with consultation divorce.

◇ Cho In-seop: Sports players sign salary contracts. After getting married... Assuming that Kim Min-jae received about 32 billion won, even though it is a provisional figure, will property division or alimony be paid based on this money?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: The division of property is determined based on the joint property of the couple, not the income, and alimony is considered property when received through trial, but the degree of wrongdoing is more important than that. However, there are cases in which it is agreed to pay large alimony outside of the lawsuit. Kim Min-jae had a consensual divorce, so that may be the case.

◇ Cho In-seop: Again... I think you're curious about these things, too. Kim Min-jae currently has an annual salary of 12 million euros with Munich... It is known that it signed a contract of 17.6 billion won in Korean money. But you didn't get it all at once, but you're getting it on a weekly basis, right? They say they are receiving about 340 million won per week, but the money they haven't received is excluded from the alimony, right?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Yes, money that is not subject to division because it has not been received yet is excluded from the property division. However, it can be taken into account in calculating the contribution that it will earn a lot of income in the future.

◇ Jo In-seop: The amount estimated by some Internet users is more enormous, right?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: I have to give 50 billion won... There's also this saying.

◇ Cho In-seop: Perhaps this speculation came about because the court ordered Chey to pay 1.388 trillion won in property division in the second trial of the divorce case between SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won and Art Center director Noh So-young. But in case of Kim Minjae... 50 billion... Is it really possible?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: It's impossible through trial. However, there are cases in which high alimony or property division is paid on the premise that the terms of the agreement have been observed.

◇ Cho In-seop: Now let's talk about child support. Kim Min-jae married in 2020 and got a daughter in December of the same year. It is known that the mother agreed to raise the child because the child is young, but child support is paid separately from the property division, right?

◆ [Voiceover] Yeah, that's right. Child support is separate from alimony or property division, and in this case, child support is determined based on the amount of income. It will be paid monthly until the child reaches adulthood. Sometimes they agree to pay child support in advance.

◇ Cho In-seop: If I have to pay child support separately, how much do I have to pay until when?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: It's a principle to pay it regularly every month until the child reaches adulthood. I don't think Kim Min-jae would have agreed to pay only standard child support according to the child support calculation standard table, and I think it's more than that.

◇ Cho In-seop: Currently, the estimated amount is based solely on annual salary, but if you add up all the advertising model fees, allowances, and sponsorship costs, the alimony and child support payments are likely to be higher than the current estimates, right?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: It seems that the child support cost has been set quite high, and additional conditions that are difficult to secure through the judgment have been added.

◇ Cho In-seop: Kim Min-jae's child is still a preschooler, but if you look at other issues, there are cases where the child goes to an international school, right? School fees... I really can't ignore it.

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Yes, in that case, there are many cases where additional considerations are given in addition to child support, such as continuing to provide educational expenses for children to attend international schools or study abroad, or supporting student or independence expenses even when the child comes of age.

◇ Cho In-seop: Anyway, the good thing is that the two of them agreed smoothly and said that they would do their best with the child as the number one priority... How does this usually end?

◆ Park Kyung-nae: In some cases, an agreement is drawn up outside of the lawsuit and the negotiated divorce is concluded, and in some cases, mediation is made through mediation divorce. When it is said that they did their best with their child as the first priority, they often make concessions in various ways, mainly financially and materially, from one side that contributes a lot to raising the child.

◇ And a lot of people are curious about this. It's a reason for divorce. Let's see... "Who will be the liable spouse?"

◆ [Park Kyung-nae] Yes, looking at the article... He announced that he was divorced due to differences in personality.

◇ Cho In-seop: Is there a possibility that if other issues arise later, such as the circumstances of extramarital affairs or the financial issues, it will change to another phase?

◆ [Park Kyung-nae] It's possible, but it's likely that we've already reached an agreement on this as well.

◇ Jo In-seop: Today, two lawyers specializing in divorce talked about this issue. So far, I've been with lawyer Park Kyung-nae.

◆ Park Kyung-nae: Thank you.