Alzheimer's Patient Yoon Jeong-hee Appointed Adult Guardian, First Hearing Scheduled for January Next Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Baek Kyunghwan] The first hearing date for the appointment of adult guardianship for actress Yoon Jeong-hee, who is battling Alzheimer's disease, will be held in January next year.

According to the legal community on the 14th, Judge Jang Jin-young of the Family Court 51 Single Judge Division at Seoul Family Court has set the hearing date for the case in which Yoon's daughter, Baek, filed a petition for the commencement of adult guardianship for her mother last October, to January 18 next year.

Accordingly, based on the hearing results, the court will decide whether Yoon requires adult guardianship by comprehensively reviewing Yoon's medical records, the diagnosis of a court-appointed expert, and the opinions of the family.

A guardian acts as a legal representative with authority over personal matters, property, and inheritance within the scope determined by the court. Previously, Baek also requested the French court to appoint her as guardian and has been designated as such.

However, some of Yoon's siblings raised controversy last year, claiming that Yoon Jeong-hee was neglected by her husband, pianist Baek Geon-woo, in France. Baek's side denied the claims, calling them "false and baseless."

Meanwhile, Yoon's younger brother, Son, is reportedly willing to participate in the adult guardianship commencement trial proceeding in the domestic court. Although the siblings raised objections in the guardianship case filed in France, the Paris Court of Appeal ruled in favor of daughter Baek.

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