After a very promising update on its progress four months ago, the Goo Hara Law looked to be right on track to be passed at the National Assembly this year. Despite confusion yesterday after it got through the Legislation And Judiciary Committee with bipartisan support — brought on by K-pop sites yet again — today the law was finally actually passed in a National Assembly vote.
The revision to the Civil Code makes it so that parents who do not raise or abuse their children forfeit inheritance rights, and it passed the National Assembly plenary session by a vote of 284 in favor, 0 against, and two abstentions.
The act will be implemented starting in January of 2026, applied retroactively to inheritances after April 25 when the Constitutional Court made its ruling that the previous provision was unconstitutional.
Goo Hara’s brother, the one who has been fighting for this for years now, has also acknowledged the passing of the bill on Instagram. And it’s really admirable what he’s done in memory of his sister and in the face of essentially being taken advantage of by his mother, as passing this doesn’t do anything for him personally, so he was just fighting so others don’t have to go through the same.
Congratulations.
