Single mom, remarried Lee Min-woo and daughter were not recognized as family members You have to adopt him.

Oct 12, 2025

Single mom, remarried Lee Min-woo and daughter were not recognized as family members You have to adopt him.



Lee Min-woo, a member of the group Shinhwa, was very embarrassed ahead of the unexpected process of having to adopt a daughter.

In KBS2 'The Living Men Season 2' (hereinafter 'The Living Men'), which aired on the 11th, Lee Min-woo unveiled '3 Joint Family Life' with his parents, bride-to-be, and 6-year-old daughter.

Lee Min-woo joined the bride-to-be and daughter who came to Korea from Japan. A total of seven family members, including their parents, are together in one house. Lee Min-woo has been caring since the morning by taking care of his daughter's teeth and tying her hair. At the time of eating together, the daughter showed a lovely appearance by putting food in her grandfather's mouth.




Single mom, remarried Lee Min-woo and daughter were not recognized as family members You have to adopt him.
Lee Min-woo asked his wife, who is due to give birth to his second child in December, to look for a postpartum care center and let's get married around next spring. He then heard unexpected words from the community center he visited to settle in Korea. The person in charge explained that the daughter must go through the adoption process in order to be legally recognized as Lee Min-woo's daughter.

A few days later, Lee Min-woo's family asked lawyer Lee In-cheol for counseling. The lawyer said "If you file a marriage report, you will think that your spouse's child is also a family, but not a family. If you don't adopt, you're just a housemate." "When adopted in general, the daughter has two biological father and Lee Min-woo. However, if you adopt your biological child, you will have a new father (Lee Min-woo)," and Lee Min-woo decided to adopt your biological child. But for this, the consent of the biological father is needed.

Single mom, remarried Lee Min-woo and daughter were not recognized as family members You have to adopt him.
The wife responded to the lawyer's question, "'After the divorce, (my ex-husband) did not provide enough child support and did not meet well with his daughter.'" and eventually wept when she was told to consider the position of her biological father. In the interview, "I thought (the divorce process) was over while raising my daughter alone, but he said he needed the consent of his biological father. However, I am grateful to my brother for covering for this remarriage process."






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