Father Mending Goo Hara filed a lawsuit against the Idol's biological mother for failing to pay child support. The lawsuit has been ongoing since July 2020 and now the results are finally decided.
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Goo Hara's late father's lawsuit against the idol's biological mother has now met a bright spot. It was reported that Goo Hara's father partly won the lawsuit. Previously, he filed a lawsuit against Goo Hara's biological mother for failing to pay child support.
According to the Gwangju Family Court, the court has partly won over the father regarding the lawsuit. The lawsuit has been ongoing since July 2020. However, it was reported that Goo Hara's birth mother did not appear to court and instead sent her lawyer, even though Goo Hara's father never failed to attend the trial.
Previously, it was reported that Goo Hara's mother had won her case regarding Goo Hara's inheritance. The court decided on a 6: 4 separation between her older brother, Goo Ho In and her biological mother. It is said that his mother was absent for most of Goo Hara's life and did not participate in raising him.
Under current law, if a person dies without a spouse or child, their parents can receive their inheritance even if they did not raise the person, except in very rare cases such as murder or falsification of wills. This means that parents who abandoned their children can return and claim their inheritance after the child dies.
Even in situations of single parents raising children on their own, courts usually do not recognize their share of contributions and share inheritance equally among parents. The contribution share system based on Korean civil law adds a share of the contribution in calculating the share of the inheritance when one of the heirs specifically cares for the deceased for an extended period of time or specifically contributes to the maintenance or enhancement of the deceased's property.
According to a recent ruling, the court's share of the family's contribution is set at 20 percent. Therefore, Goo Hara's inheritance was shared with her father's side and her brother received 60 percent and her mother received 40 percent instead of each party receiving 50 percent.
It was explained that the court considered factors such as her father raising Goo Hara alone for about 12 years, Goo Hara's mother did not visit her for the same period of time, and there was no evidence that her father had bothered to stop their visit. (wk / dewi)
