The defense attorney who is continuing to work on developing the "Goo Hara Act" to alter inheritance laws with Goo Hara's brother Goo Ho In has stated and clarified the current position of their petition.
The late K-pop star's family was in a court battle after their absent mother came back to claim a quarter of Goo Hara's inheritance, despite having neglected her two children while they were young.
In rebuttal, Goo Ho In filed lawsuits against their mom to demand an inheritance division assessment, which would take into account how their mother had been inactive during most of their life and had abandoned parental responsibility and guardianship.
Greatly influenced by the problems confronting his family, Goo Ho In also called for the development of a "Goo Hara Act" that would amend inheritance laws so that households would not struggle from the very same catastrophe as theirs in the long term.
Due to current legislation, parents who have not cared for their kids will collect their accumulated wealth except in rare circumstances, such as murder or the forgery of a will.
It has indicated that parents who have neglected their kids will emerge after their demise and claim their inherited wealth. The "Goo Hara Act" provides for the extension to an inheritance of the grounds for dismissal, so that it covers those who are significantly deficient in their responsibilities of assisting their ancestors or direct descendants.
This was sent to the National Assembly, just after petition backing the law exceeded 100,000 signs.
On May 19, the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly discussed changes to civil law that had already been forwarded for consideration, and it came to the conclusion that five of them would continue to be checked and assessed. The members of the assembly who participated in the meeting decided that the whole inheritance structure requires scrutiny.
While in principle, the ruling means that the review of the act will proceed. Sadly, this would be the last session of the 20th National Assembly, so the proposal was rejected.
Lawyer Noh Jong Eon explained on May 20 what all this entails for the "Goo Hara Act" he worked with Goo Ho In on.
"This time, the National Assembly didn't pass our act yet, but this isn't definitely the end of all our hard work," he said. "We 're going to improve certain bits and work diligently to get it through in the National Assembly."
He went on, "There are already so many acts sitting in the National Assembly, and they were not even able to give everyone a fair assessment."
He stated that it seemed like there was not quite enough opportunity for the law to go through the assessment process to approve it.
Goo Ho In was then asked to deliver a message to the representatives of the National Assembly during an interview with MBC on May 21. He said, "Even though I'm disappointed that it didn't go through, I trust the 21st National Assembly will enact strong laws."
