Kara's Kang Ji-young's Father Testifies as Witness in Goo Hara Family Inheritance Division Trial

The funeral hall of singer Goo Hara set up at Seoul St. Mary's Hospital on November 25 last year. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Seok-jin] In the inheritance property division trial among the bereaved family members of singer Goo Hara, who passed away last year, the father of Kang Ji-young, a member of the same girl group 'Kara,' appeared as a witness.

On the 12th, the second trial of the inheritance division lawsuit filed by Goo's older brother, Goo Ho-in, against their biological mother Song, was held at the Gwangju Family Court Family Division 2 (Chief Judge Nam Hae-kwang).

During the closed trial, witness examinations were conducted for Kang Ji-young's father, an acquaintance who had been like a younger sister to Goo, and relatives who observed her growth during childhood.

Goo Ho-in stated, "Kang Ji-young's father appeared as a witness to prove the fact that our father took care of everything, including supporting my underage sister's debut as a singer."

After his sister's death, Goo Ho-in received the inheritance share and contribution portion from their father, but when their biological mother, who ran away around the time Goo Hara was nine years old, demanded half of the real estate sale proceeds, he filed a lawsuit.

He also submitted a legislative petition to the National Assembly requesting the enactment of a law that prevents parents who fail to fulfill their support obligations from inheriting their children's property.

The "Goo Hara Act" was not processed and was automatically discarded during the 20th National Assembly, but in June, Representative Seo Young-kyo of the Democratic Party of Korea proposed a Civil Act amendment containing the same provisions.

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