A woman who stays out drinking late into the night because of work-related reasons is not cause for a divorce, a court ruled Sunday.
The family court in Daegu passed the judgment in a case where the husband insisted that the marriage has been devastated because of his wife’s frequent drinking.
The court said the wife was forced to work as an insurance agent because the husband was not able to make ends meet and she had to entertain her clients.
It ruled that there is not enough ground to determine that her actions relating to work is sufficient to warrant a break up in marriage.
The couple got married in 1989 ― the husband worked for a transportation company ― but the man failed to bring home home earnings from 2004, thus pushing the wife to work as an insurance agent.
With little earnings and pressed by debt, they had to sell off their apartment through an auction and the husband left the family.