Actor Yoon Jeong-hee. (Photo = Yonhap News)
It is known that the daughter of actor Yoon Jeong-hee (77), violinist Paik Jin-hee (44), has applied for the appointment of an adult guardian to her mother in a domestic court following France.
On the 22nd, according to the culture and legal circles, on October 28th last year, Mr. Baek filed a request for a trial to initiate adult guardianship with Yoon Jeong-hee as the case.
The intention is to designate himself as a domestic guardian on behalf of Yoon Jung-hee, who suffers from Alzheimer’s dementia. The guardian acts as the legal representative and has authority over personal, property, and inheritance within the limits specified by the court.
This was the time when the appeals trial by Yoon Jung-hee’s younger brothers was in progress against the case of the guardian judge filed by Baek in France. Earlier, the Paris High Court held the final hearing on September 29 of last year, and finally gave the hand of Baek on November 3 of the same year.
The case is currently being handled by the Seoul Family Court alone. The court commissioned the National Mental Health Center for an appraisal to accurately confirm Yoon’s condition. It is decided whether to designate a guardian through an appraisal process.
It proceeds independently of the two judgments of the French courts that did not admit the brothers’ claims, but the court may refer to the decisions of the French courts.
When Paik is appointed as a domestic guardian, he will protect Yoon Jeong-hee’s identity and manage Yoon Jeong-hee’s domestic assets. It is known that there are two apartment houses and a large number of deposits in the name of Yoon Jeong-hee.
We cannot rule out the possibility that Yun’s younger brothers will raise objections, as in France. Even if younger siblings in Korea participate in this judgment case as interested parties or participants and respond, or if Mr. Baek’s request is accepted at the first trial, there remains a possibility of objection through appeal and reappeal.
On the other hand, in order to ensure neutrality and objectivity, a third party may be the guardian. In the case of guardianship against Lotte Group Chairman Gyeok-ho Shin, the court designated Sun as the guardian, and in another case, the social welfare corporation was designated as guardian.
Currently, Yoon Jeong-hee’s five younger brothers are in conflict with their daughter Baek and her husband, Pianist Paik Kun-woo (75), over the designation of guardians.
Some younger siblings posted a message on the Cheong Wa Dae national petition bulletin board stating that Yoon Jeong-hee was neglected by Baek’s side in France. Paik’s side refuted that it was “a false and unfounded claim.”
Eunji Cha, reporter Hankyung.com [email protected]
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