[Exclusive]Go Ji-yong ordered to pay 3.26 million won in child support for his son to Heo Yang-im 'confirmed'.. remitted under mother's name

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Amid conflict between Go Ji-yong, formerly of the group Sechs Kies, and his ex-wife, family medicine specialist Heo Yang-im, over child support and visitation rights for their son Seung-jae, it has been confirmed that Go recently actually paid child support. This fact is expected to be considered as one factor in judging both sides' claims regarding future child support issues.

According to a StarNews investigation on the 18th, Go Ji-yong paid a total of 3.26 million won (1.63 million won each time) to Heo Yang-im twice, on August 19 and September 10. The amount was transferred through an N company bank account, and the sender's name was confirmed as Go's mother, Ms. Yoon.

Previously, it was reported that Heo Yang-im applied for a property attachment citing Go Ji-yong's failure to pay child support. However, it remains unclear whether the background of the child support payment through an account under his mother's name is related to the attachment.

It is known that Go Ji-yong has faced financial burdens due to health deterioration and business failures. In particular, Go's side claims that after the divorce, he incurred significant medical expenses while receiving hospital treatment for liver cirrhosis, ascites, shock, and other conditions, and struggled with economic activities, making it impossible to pay child support. Some have claimed unpaid child support has reached 40 million won, but Go's side stated, "It is less than the reported amount."

Go Ji-yong reportedly sent two formal notices to Heo Yang-im requesting installment payments for the unpaid child support and also demanded visitation rights for his son Seung-jae.

However, Go claims he has not been able to properly exercise his visitation rights granted by Heo Yang-im, who holds parental and custodial rights, and has not seen his son for about four months. It is said that communication through a legal representative was requested by Heo's side during the process of coordinating visitation schedules, making meetings with his son difficult.

Consequently, both parties have recently initiated legal procedures regarding visitation rights. On the 5th, Heo Yang-im filed a lawsuit for a ruling on visitation rights against Go Ji-yong.

On the 17th, via her SNS, Heo Yang-im stated, "There was no separate agreement on regular visitation at the time of divorce," and added, "Recently, Mr. Go Ji-yong claimed that I am unreasonably restricting my authority to visit Seung-jae, so I have already filed a request for a ruling on visitation rights with the court. We plan to proceed with visitation faithfully according to the court's future decision." It is reported that through this filing, Heo requested monthly visitation once by negotiating specific dates and locations.

Go Ji-yong's side also took legal action. According to his agency, Mountain Movement Store, Go filed an application for a provisional disposition with Seoul Family Court on the 16th against Heo Yang-im, requesting that she be ordered to stop obstructing his exercise of visitation rights and to prohibit posting photos and videos of their son. In an exclusive interview with StarNews at the time, Go explained the reason for filing the lawsuit: "The last time I saw my son was this year on Children's Day," and "Not being able to see my son is the biggest issue."

Go Ji-yong claims that since his consensual divorce on April 24, 2024, he has met his son only about six times.

Through his agency, Go stated, "On May 9 after the divorce, I was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition (severe liver cirrhosis, ascites, shock, etc.), and I had to prepare for death. Even during our marriage, my illness worsened, but we reached amicable agreements. For about two years, I was hospitalized multiple times, fighting alone while walking between life and death." He continued, "However, they forced me to pay child support, attached my accounts and insurance through property attachment applications, and sent formal notices specifying that I should fulfill my obligations faithfully, but received no response."

Furthermore, Go stated that since he was already paying regular child support, "I could not tolerate their attitude of not showing the child or ignoring warnings about violations of the Child Welfare Act, nor using the child for hospital promotion."

He added, "I believe there are many things I cannot tell my ex-wife, and I have endured them. Although I sent response letters twice to the formal notices requesting installment payments for unpaid child support, they filed a provisional disposition application on September 5, 2026, and sued for a ruling on visitation rights, so I could no longer ignore it. I can no longer tolerate their refusal to communicate and filing of lawsuits against someone who is trying to recover his health and return to society."

Go Ji-yong married Heo Yang-im in 2013 and had their son Seung-jae the following year. The Go family later received much love by appearing on KBS 2TV's parenting variety program "The Return of Superman." However, Go Ji-yong and Heo Yang-im divorced consensually in April 2024.

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