1. The Defendant’s KRW 12,00,000 as well as 5% per annum from February 13, 2016 to August 26, 2016 to the Plaintiff.

1. Basic facts

A. The plaintiff is a husband and wife who reported the marriage on March 18, 1998.

B. Around September 2014, the Defendant had a sexual intercourse with C, and subsequently exchanged contact.

C. The Plaintiff and C are not divorced.

[Ground of recognition] Facts without dispute, entry of Gap evidence 1 to 5, witness C's testimony, purport of whole pleadings

2. The act of a third party making a judgment by committing an unlawful act with the spouse to infringe on or interfere with common life of the married couple falling under the essence of marriage and to inflict mental pain on the spouse by infringing on his/her right as the spouse, constitutes a tort in principle;

(See Supreme Court en banc Decision 201Meu2997 Decided November 20, 2014 (see, e.g., Supreme Court en banc Decision 2011Meu2997). “Unlawful act committed by a spouse” under Article 840 Subparag. 1 of the Civil Act is a wider concept including a adultery, and does not reach the common sense, but includes any unlawful act not conforming to the husband’s duty of good faith (see, e.g., Supreme Court Decision 88Meu7, May 24, 198). Whether an act constitutes an unlawful act ought to be evaluated in consideration of the degree and circumstances of each specific

(2) According to the reasoning of the lower judgment, the lower court erred by misapprehending the legal doctrine regarding the marriage between the Plaintiff and C by doing an unlawful act with the Plaintiff’s spouse, and thereby causing emotional distress to the Plaintiff. In so doing, it is sufficient to view that the lower court erred by misapprehending the legal doctrine regarding the marriage between the Plaintiff and C, or by interfering with the maintenance thereof.

Therefore, the defendant is obliged to pay a reasonable amount of consolation money to the plaintiff in order to compensate the damages caused by the above tort.

As to the amount of consolation money, it shall be reasonable to determine consolation money in KRW 10,000,00 in consideration of various circumstances shown in the entire pleadings, such as health class, the degree and period of fraudulent acts committed by the defendant and C, and the contents thereof.

Therefore, the defendant shall serve 10,00,000 won for consolation money and a copy of the complaint of this case on the plaintiff.