My husband deleted all the KakaoTalk conversations after his affair. Is a digital forensic investigation essential when proceeding with litigation?

A digital forensic investigation is a procedure that recovers and analyzes electronic information, such as deleted KakaoTalk messages, text messages, photographs, and call records, in order to prove the facts.

A digital forensic investigation is an especially important means of securing objective evidence of conduct carried out secretly, such as an affair.

Even if a spouse has deleted conversations, the possibility of recovery can be examined through the phone's internal storage, backup data, cloud records, and other synchronized devices.

Message content that can prove the affair, photographs showing circumstances of meetings, and location records become materials that can affect the calculation of consolation money in a divorce suit.

However, obtaining data by accessing a spouse's phone without authorization or by unlocking the password may instead give rise to criminal issues, so caution is required.

A strategy that also uses an application for evidence preservation or an appraisal procedure within the scope of lawful procedures is needed.

For details related to a digital forensic investigation, please confirm through a consultation with a digital forensics expert.