Korea Divorce Lawsuit Cost Calculator

Estimate Korean consensual, mediation, and litigation divorce costs including stamp fees, service fees, lawyer retainers, success fees, appraisal, inquiry, and legal aid.

Divorce type and claims

Additional costs and legal aid

Total cost range

₩14,309,000 - ₩29,809,000

Court, lawyer, and selected additional costs.

Court fees

₩309,000

Expected receivable

₩180,000,000

Net benefit

₩150,191,000 - ₩165,691,000

Positive maximum net benefit

Court fee breakdown

Divorce claim stamp
₩20,000
Alimony claim stamp
₩140,000
Child-support stamp
₩0
Electronic discount
-₩16,000
Service fee
₩165,000

Lawyer and additional cost

Lawyer retainer
₩5,000,000 - ₩10,000,000
Success fee
₩9,000,000 - ₩19,500,000
Appraisal fee
₩0
Financial inquiry
₩0
Private investigator
₩0 - ₩0
Legal aid
Potentially eligible

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What Is the Korea Divorce Lawsuit Cost Calculator?

This calculator estimates the total cost of Korean consensual divorce, mediation divorce, and litigation divorce. It preserves the Korean page's 2026 court-fee, service-fee, lawyer-fee, appraisal, financial-inquiry, DNA-test, private-investigator, and legal-aid model.

It also compares expected receivable amounts from alimony and property division against the modeled total cost to show a practical net-benefit range.

Important Note

Court costs are only part of divorce cost. Attorney strategy, property tracing, expert appraisal, custody disputes, and enforcement can materially change total cost.

Divorce Type Cost Structure

TypeCourt costLawyer fee patternTypical duration
Consensual divorceNo lawsuit stamp or service fee in the modelKRW 500K to KRW 3M depending on complexity1 to 3 months
Mediation divorceMediation stamp and about KRW 55K service feeCommonly KRW 2M to KRW 5M3 to 6 months
Litigation divorceDivorce claim stamp plus claim-based stamp and service feeKRW 3M to KRW 15M+ depending on complexity6 to 24 months or more

Stamp Fee Rules

Claim amountStamp formula
Under KRW 10MClaim amount x 0.50%
KRW 10M to KRW 100MClaim amount x 0.45% + KRW 5,000
KRW 100M to KRW 1BClaim amount x 0.40% + KRW 55,000
Over KRW 1BClaim amount x 0.35% + KRW 555,000
Appeal or Supreme Court1.5x or 2x multiplier in the model
Electronic filing10% stamp discount

Additional Cost Items

  • Real-estate appraisal: modeled from property value brackets, commonly KRW 300K to KRW 1.5M in ordinary cases.
  • Financial inquiry: KRW 30,000 per request in the Korean constants.
  • DNA test: KRW 700,000 in the model.
  • Private investigator or evidence collection: KRW 1M to KRW 5M in the model, not a court fee.
  • Service fee: KRW 5,500 per round, with divorce party count fixed at 2 in the model.

Lawyer Fees and Legal Aid

  • Lawyer retainers vary by divorce type and complexity, from low-cost consensual support to high-value contested litigation.
  • Success fees are modeled as percentages of alimony and property-division recovery, plus child-support success assumptions.
  • Legal-aid eligibility is checked against household size and monthly income criteria in the Korean data model.

FAQ

Why is property division not always a separate stamp fee?

The Korean model treats property division as a non-contentious family claim in this combined divorce context, so stamp handling differs from ordinary civil monetary claims.

Does a positive net benefit mean litigation is recommended?

Not by itself. Net benefit is only a cost comparison; evidence, enforceability, custody, risk, and settlement probability must also be considered.

Legal Use Notice

This page translates the Korean calculator content and uses the same Korean pure calculation logic where a calculator is shown. It is an estimation tool, not legal advice for a specific case.