[Focus Y] Why did Yul-hee overturn her agreement with Choi Min-hwan after a year of divorce?

Conflicts over the reason for divorce began again when Yul-hee, a former La Boom who is the ex-wife of FT Island member Choi Min-hwan, received an application for mediation requesting the change of custody, false data and property division within a year after the breakup.

Choi Min-hwan and Yul-hee drew attention in January 2018 when they announced their marriage four months after admitting their romance. Later, news of Yul-hee's premarital pregnancy was announced, and during her marriage, she had one son and two daughters, showing a harmonious family. However, in December 2023, he surprised fans when he was broken up after five years of marriage.

Since then, Choi Min-hwan has appeared on KBS2's "Superman is Back" with his three children, and Yul-hee appeared on TV Chosun's "Now Alone" and started broadcasting. Among them, Yul-hee expressed her feelings in tears, saying that Choi Min-hwan first demanded a divorce, and the reason for giving up custody drew attention, saying, "It was because I wanted to protect the economic stability of my children." However, after the broadcast, a YouTube video was posted that the decisive reason for the divorce was on Yul-hee's side, and criticism of Yul-hee poured out.

Since then, the situation has changed when Yul-hee revealed on her YouTube channel that "Choi Min-hwan's entry into the business was one of the reasons for divorce," and released a recording of Choi Min-hwan's entry into the business. In addition, Yulhee filed a mediation application against Choi Min-hwan to the Seoul Family Court requesting the change of custody, false data, and property division and began a custody lawsuit. Yulhee demanded 1 billion won in property division and 100 million won in alimony, claiming child custody and requesting child support.

This development seemed to have earned the sympathy of many because Yul-hee was angry at Choi Min-hwan's entry into the business and wanted to withdraw the agreement and discuss it again at the time of divorce. However, Choi Min-hwan, the party concerned, is in a position that he does not understand Yul-hee's actions.

According to Choi Min-hwan's dispatch interview, Yul-hee already knew Choi Min-hwan's entry into the business during his marriage. As a result, there was a process of arguing, begging for forgiveness, and reconciling. It was not even mentioned during the divorce process, but he suddenly changed his mind a year after the agreement.

Regarding the mediation plan, lawyer Kim Bo-ram, Choi Min-hwan's legal representative, told YTN star, "It is called an offset defense in litigation, and if the agreement at the time of the divorce was valid, the lawsuit itself is considered inappropriate, so we are in a position that the claim itself is inappropriate." Lawyer

Kim also said, "I think malicious comments may have influenced the decision-making, but I don't know the exact reason," adding, "It was an unusually smooth relationship for a couple who divorced enough to pay Yul-hee for living even after Choi Min-hwan divorced." Therefore, Choi Min-hwan also seems to be suddenly surprised and wondering (about disclosure of business access, property division, and claims for false data)."

I tried to contact Yulhee to inquire about the reason for presenting the adjustment proposal again at this point, but I couldn't reach him. However, Yulhee's side expressed its intention to respond only in court without expressing its position regarding Choi Min-hwan's claim through Star News.

After Yulhee's revelation, Choi Min-hwan dropped out of "Superman is Back" and stopped all media activities. He was also accused of prostitution and forced harassment between couples. The police cleared him of charges for lack of evidence. Attorney

Kim said, "Although it has already been concluded to be innocent, access to the business was not a decisive reason for divorce. Therefore, it is now unreasonable to claim property division and alimony for that reason," he said.

In addition, he said, "It is clear that there was already full consultation between Yul-hee and Choi Min-hwan at the time of the consultation divorce regarding the division of property," recalling that the two decided not to exchange property split money with each other in the event of divorce. Lawyer

Kim said, "Considering that the property division mentioned in the mediation plan (newly submitted by Yulhee) is the only real estate that Choi Min-hwan prepared with his parents before marriage, and that Choi Min-hwan was mostly in charge of economic activities after marriage, and that even if the child support cost is calculated as the minimum amount of money until the three children become adults, it was an agreement that was not at all disadvantageous to the other party (Yulhee)." Regarding custody of children aged

, he also said, "We are determined to raise them ourselves."

During an interview with Dispatch, Choi Min-hwan said that there was a conflict between Yul-hee's abnormal sleeping habits (18 to 20 hours a day) and frequent runaway (20 or more times), and Yul-hee refuted through a media outlet, saying, "Does it make sense to be awake for only four hours a day?" and "Getting out was an inevitable choice due to a severe disagreement with Choi Min-hwan."

As the reason for the divorce became controversial, lawyer Kim added, "Choi Min-hwan's 'dawn return and sleep pattern' mentioned in the interview is just one of the explanations that came out in the process of explaining the reason why the relationship between the two led to the breakup, and not simply 'Yul-hee got divorced because she took a lot of naps,' as was popular."

He said, "The client has been really sincere to the children responsibly and responsibly during their marriage and after their divorce. However, I personally feel sorry that all those parts have been overshadowed," he added.

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