The hand of the elders, who grows old together, is now hard to be with their old friends, and the divorce rate after death is increasing rapidly. The Japanese drama "I'm almost dead anyway" produced by NHK this fall is adapted from the...
The hand of the elders, who grows old together, is now hard to be with their old friends, and the divorce rate after death is increasing rapidly.
The Japanese drama "I'm almost dead anyway" produced by NHK this fall is adapted from the novel of the same name by Makiko, the Makiko of the Neiku Museum. This drama describes an old lady of 78 who is still very focused on appearance and strives to make herself look younger. However, the sudden death of Mr. Husband caught him off guard. When he was sorting out the things, he turned to the book from 30 years ago and found out that he actually had another family and had an illegitimate child.
{}"What!? I have been married for more than 40 years and I have tried my best for this family. You actually had an extramarital affair with me on my back"
Thinking that I didn't want to be buried with him after I died, she decided to choose to divorce after death.
What is divorce after death? In recent years, many senior citizens in Japan have chosen to "divorce after death"?After the spouse passes away, Japanese women can submit an application for ending marriage relations to the politician (Japanese: marriage family is terminated), and they have a brief description of "divorce after death" because they have similar effects as divorce. Applying for divorce after death does not require the consent of the family marriage. If the application result is successful, the marriage will not be notified. In addition, it can also take effect on the same day. A Japanese woman who proposed "divorce after death" said that after her husband passed away, the responsibility of taking care of her mother-in-law fell on her, but she did not want to live with her mother-in-law and have another family with her children, so she proposed "divorce after death" and returned to her hometown to live.
Why do you want to choose to divorce after death?Regarding the investigation on divorce after death, the following are the main reasons raised by Japanese women:
・The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problem does not want to continue with her husband's mother
・I don't want to be buried with her husband after she dies
・I had a bad relationship with her husband before her death
・In short, I just want to get rid of his relationship!
Will divorce after death affect the distribution of property?Divorce after death itself will not affect the original inheritance and the acquisition of the elderly. Therefore, according to the statistics reported by the Japanese Ministry of Law in the year, Japanese women who have mentioned "divorce after death" have increased in recent years, from 1,629 in 1998, more than 2,000 in each year since 2012, and 4,032 in 2016. It has increased rapidly by 2.3 times in the 10 years from 2008 to 2018, which is quite amazing.
Is there a system for divorce after death in Taiwan?Currently, Taiwan wants to remove marriage relations, in addition to divorce and withdrawal of marketing during death, another is the "elimination" of the death of spouse. Because the relationship is eliminated, there is no need to "eliminate after death". However, if the survivor still lives with his spouse's parents, he still has the right to support him. This is not like Japan, where the relationship with the other family can be completely lifted through application, and it is also a legally worthy of discussion and correction in the future.
