'Guhara Act' Legislative Petition Reaches 100,000 Signatures... To Receive Formal Review by National Assembly

Late singer Goo Hara. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] The legislative petition for the 'Goo Hara Act' has gained the consent of 100,000 people, allowing it to undergo formal review.

On the 3rd, the petition related to the Goo Hara Act posted on the National Consent Petition site of the National Assembly's online petition platform reached 100,000 consents. According to the National Consent Petition system, if a petition receives more than 100,000 consents within 30 days of registration, it is referred to the relevant standing committee for formal review. Based on this criterion, the Goo Hara Act will be referred to the National Assembly's Planning and Finance Committee.

The 'Goo Hara Act' is a bill proposed by Goo In-ho, Goo Hara's older brother, who experienced conflict with their biological mother over inheritance property division due to her neglect of her support obligations. The bill aims to add "cases where the obligation to support direct ascendants or descendants has been significantly neglected" as grounds for disqualification from inheritance under the current Civil Act.

It also intends to broaden the conditions for recognizing contributory shares to include those among co-heirs who are acknowledged to have supported the decedent through cohabitation, nursing, or other means for a considerable period compared to other co-heirs, or who have contributed to the maintenance or increase of the decedent's property compared to other co-heirs.

Under the current Civil Act, grounds for disqualification from inheritance are limited to specific cases such as killing a family member or forging a will. The contributory share system for those who have substantially supported the decedent through long-term cohabitation or nursing among co-heirs is also applied only in special cases.

A petition titled "Goo Hara Act" posted on the National Assembly's Public Consent Petition website on the 18th of last month. Photo by National Assembly Public Consent Petition website capture

Earlier, Goo In-ho expressed his grief multiple times while continuing a lawsuit over inheritance property division with their biological mother after Goo Hara passed away in November last year. He revealed the emotional pain that young Goo Hara endured when their mother left the house after divorcing their father during their childhood and pleaded not to let the value of his sister's life be handed over to their mother.

Goo's legal representative stated, "After the funeral of Ms. Hara in November, we tried to finalize the issue of real estate that Ms. Hara had sold during her lifetime by contacting the biological mother, but communication was not properly established. Later, the biological mother's lawyers came and demanded half of the proceeds from the sale of the real estate owned by Ms. Hara."

Goo In-ho filed a petition for inheritance property division adjudication against the biological mother and also proceeded with the legislative petition.

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