Court "A few years of cohabitation cannot be a senior bereaved family member of the national merit."

The court ruled that it is difficult to see his father, a man of national merit, living together or taking him to a hospital for several years before he died, making him a senior bereaved family member as the main caregiver.

The Seoul Administrative Court recently ruled against the plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by Mr. A against the head of the Seoul Regional Veterans Administration, asking him to cancel the rejection of registration of senior survivors of national merit.

When his father, B, died, A reported to the veterans' authorities that he should designate himself as a senior survivor, who was the main supporter.

When a person of national merit dies, compensation such as a lump sum of death is paid according to the ranking of the spouse and children, and if there is no consultation, those who support or raise them will be the priority.

However, when the Veterans Review Committee refused to register A's senior bereaved family, saying that he was not the one who mainly supported B, it filed an administrative lawsuit against him.

However, the court judged that the deceased's living expenses and living expenses were covered by the deceased's pension or other children's support, and that it was not enough to admit that he fully supported A by living with him or taking him to the hospital for several years before his death.