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a couple with a minor child divorces, we are legally guaranteed to negotiate an interview so that parents who do not live with the child can meet. However, in practice, it is often not well observed. Especially in recent years, it is becoming more difficult to meet with corona.



This is reporter Ahn Hee-jae.



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Mr. A, who divorced in 2018.



If you want to see a daughter who lives with her mother, she comforts her with a video from her mobile phone.



[Last 2019: Dad, let's run together!]



Right after the divorce, I met my daughter two or three times a month, but from a year and a half ago, I even lost contact.



[Mr. A: (Daughter) I have no idea where I live or which elementary school I attend. (The other party) Trying not to continuously negotiate interviews... .]



I was worried that my ex-wife was passive about meeting her daughter, but Corona 19 made the situation worse.



A filed a separate lawsuit asking her to see her daughter, but this is also being postponed due to the spread of coronavirus.



[Mr. A: I have never seen the judge. Because of the corona, the due date has not been set.] It



is not only A that has made meeting with his children more difficult after divorce due to the corona.



In the past three years, the number of cases requesting government support services has increased nearly five times over the past three years due to poor interview negotiations with children.



Parents are often reluctant to negotiate interviews because of their distancing from concerns about infection, and the reason is that it is difficult for the court to force meetings.



So, the court offered a non-face-to-face interview bargaining as an alternative.



It is the purpose of meeting through video, but the expert members will participate to help the conversation.



[Video Interview Counselor: Teacher will help. Let's talk about what Sarang wants to say.]



[Video interview negotiation service user: Looking at the screen two or three times first, a lot of awkward things disappeared.]



However, experts point out that this is only the next best option and cannot be an alternative to face-to-face interview. .



[Jin-young Jang/President Judge of Seoul Family Court: (Video interview negotiations) should be used as an auxiliary means of bridging parents' separation in a healthy way. Face-to-face interview negotiations are the principle... .] The



Supreme Court announced that it will increase the number of places where noncustodial parents and children can meet face-to-face from the current 6 to 18 by 2025, and secure professional manpower and budget.



(Video coverage: Seo Jin-ho·Lee Seung-hwan, Video editing: Yoo Mira, CG: Kim Won-il)