20th National Assembly Abandoned, 21st National Assembly Revisited… Outlook for Passage at the End of the Month
Introduction of ‘Child Abuse Attempted Murder without Probation Offense’… Increase of 370 Judges and 206 Prosecutors,
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, ” (Seoul=Yonhap News) By Ryu Mi-na = The so-called ‘Goo Hara Law’ (Civil Law Amendment), which allows the deprivation of inheritance rights of an heir who fails to fulfill the duty of support, passed through the Legislation and Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly on the 7th.”,
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, ‘ The amendment mainly limits the inheritance rights of legal heirs who are not qualified to inherit due to not fulfilling the duty of support or committing crimes such as abuse.’,
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, ‘ The committee decided on more than 10 bills proposed by both ruling and opposition lawmakers and the government as an alternative.’,
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, ” The ‘Goo Hara Law’ was named after a petition by Goo Hara’s older brother Goo Ho-in, who claimed, ‘The birth mother of the late singer Goo receives half of the inheritance property after abandoning young Goo and running away following Goo’s death,’ and requested legislation.”,
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, ‘ The Goo Hara Law was also proposed in the 20th National Assembly but was not properly discussed due to internal strife and was eventually discarded at the end of the term. Subsequently, the Ministry of Justice submitted a related bill to the National Assembly in June 2022, and after about 2 years, the bill is now on the verge of being processed.’,
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, ‘ The passage on this day was also influenced by the decision of the Constitutional Court last month. The Constitutional Court issued a constitutional ruling stating that recognizing the inheritance share of violent acts by the inheritor, such as keeping the heir in confinement for a long period or abusing them mentally or physically, goes against the legal sense and common sense of the general public.’,
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, ” The amendment introduced the ‘declaratory judgment of loss of inheritance rights’ system, allowing legal action to be taken to prevent inheritance for even biological parents who have not fulfilled their duty of care or have committed serious crimes against minor heirs.”,
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, ‘ The amendment stipulates that if the heir expresses the intention to forfeit inheritance rights through a will, and in cases where there has been a significant violation of the duty of care for a minor heir, or the heir, their spouse, or direct relatives have committed serious criminal acts, or have treated the heir extremely unfairly, the grounds for declaring the loss of inheritance rights are specified.’,
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, ‘ If the amendment passes the Legislation and Judiciary Committee and the plenary session of the National Assembly, it will be enforced from January 2026.’,
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, ‘ An official of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee said, “As there are no disagreements between the ruling and opposition parties, it is expected that it will be possible to pass the bill at the plenary session scheduled for the 28th.”‘,
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Bill Committee Decision
(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Han Jong-chan = Kim Do-eup, Chairman of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee, is striking the gavel at the plenary meeting of the Legislation and Judiciary Committee held at the National Assembly on the afternoon of the 7th. The committee made decisions on the plan for holding a confirmation hearing for Oh Dong-woon, the candidate for the head of the High-ranking Public Officials Crime Investigation Bureau, 2024.5.7 saba@yna.co.kr,
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, ” A bill to establish the offense of ‘child abuse attempted murder without probation’ (Amendment to the Special Act on the Punishment of Child Abuse Crimes) also passed through the committee on this day, ensuring that no probation will be given without imprisonment for those convicted.”,
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, ” Under the current legal system, child abusers who attempted to murder a child but failed to do so are generally charged with attempted murder. As the offense of murder under the Criminal Act carries a maximum penalty of death, life imprisonment, or more than 5 years of imprisonment, if the sentence is reduced by half due to ‘incomplete crime deduction,’ probation can be granted.”,
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, ‘ Once the amendment is enforced, individuals attempting to murder a child through abuse will be punished for the offense of child abuse attempted murder with a minimum sentence of at least 7 years of imprisonment without parole.’,
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, ‘ Moreover, a bill to increase 370 judges and 206 prosecutors over the next 5 years also cleared the committee threshold. This marks the first increase in 8 years since 2014.’,
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, ‘ In the government’s bill on the establishment of court judge quotas and prosecutor quotas that passed the State Council in 2022, the increase in the number of judges remained the same as before, while the increase in the number of prosecutors decreased slightly from 220.’,
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, ‘ During the committee meeting, bills such as the amendment to the Real Estate Registration Act to allow for real estate registration applications via mobile devices without visiting the relevant registration office, and amendments related to the establishment of local district courts in Sejong City and Hwaseong City were also approved.’,
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