So Sung-wook (left) and Kim Yong-min, a sexual minority couple who have been married for 5 years, speak at a press conference on the morning of the 18th in front of the Seoul Administrative Court in Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. In a situation where the registration of dependents, which had been recognized for eight months after marriage, was canceled, the two said at a press conference on the same day that the lives of same-sex couples should also be systematically protected and that they will regain their rights through a lawsuit. [뉴스1]
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A sexual minority couple filed an administrative lawsuit against the National Health Insurance Corporation, claiming that their spouse was deprived of the health insurance dependent status for being a same-sex couple.
The network (furniture net) for guaranteeing LGBT family members held a press conference in front of the Seoul Administrative Court in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 18th, “Same-sex spouse health insurance dependent litigation.” I stood here to say things,” he said.
The parties to the lawsuit were same-sex couples Kim Yong-min and So Seong-wook, who had been married for 5 years, and they received a reply from the National Health Insurance Service saying that they can obtain a dependent status, although they have not yet been recognized for legal marriage.
However, they claim that the National Health Insurance Service unilaterally deleted the registration records for dependents. When Mr. Kim and Mr. So raised the issue that there was no legitimate notification, the Corporation claimed that it sent an official letter stating that the documents received as’not meeting the requirements for recognizing dependents’ were sent.
Accordingly, the couple filed a lawsuit against the National Health Insurance Corporation asking the National Health Insurance Corporation to cancel the disposition of health insurance premiums. “The parties in this case are a couple who faithfully fulfill their ethical and moral obligations as a couple, living together, economic mutual support, and mutual marriage,” said Kagunet. “The relationship satisfies both the subjective intention of marriage and the objective reality of marriage.” .
“Our legal system grants rights to common-law spouses in various areas such as various pensions,” he said. “Our court recognizes protection as common-law spouses if there are special circumstances, even if the relationship is not recognized as a marriage under civil law.”
Kim, a party to the lawsuit, said, “After the press reports, the Corporation suddenly took away our rights,” and emphasized that “this lawsuit is a lawsuit to reclaim our rights.”
Reporter Dayoung Kim [email protected]
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