Yogyakarta Religious Court Moves to New Office Building

Yogyakarta | pa-yogyakarta.net (09/04/10) - Divorce rates in Yogyakarta Municipality have increased compared to the previous month. At least 58 divorce cases were recorded in the Religious Court of Yogyakarta Municipality in March. The lawsuit comes mostly from the women.

Registrar of Yogyakarta Religious Court (PA Yogyakarta) Drs. Mursid Amirudin, said so on Friday morning after the tasyakuran (gratitude) event of the use of new building in Timoho area, Friday (9 / 4). The tasyakuran event was marked of cutting cone rise witnessed by Mayor of Yogyakarta, Herry Zudianto. Previously, PA Yogyakarta had office in Jalan Wijilan.

Mayor of Yogyakarta Municipality with Chairman of Yogyakarta Religious Court

Mursid told several influential factors, namely the high educational factors and breadth of knowledge so that a wife did not feel awkward and burdened with the status of widow. Other factors, the husband did not run his obligation in providing livelihood to the families so that the wife had to work hard, as well as the higher income of wife than of husband.

"Unlike other regions, Gunungkidul and Kulonprogo for example, the high divorce rates are caused by low education factor and early marriage. But for Yogyakarta Municipality, the factors causing divorce are precisely caused by high education and knowledge as well as the extent of people’s association so that they are more open and courage to posture," he explained.

From the latest data in March 2010, 58 divorce cases consisted of 10 talak divorce (by husband) and 48 gugat divorce (by wife) From all these, the grants of talak divorce were 14 cases and gugat divorce were 32 cases. Since last month including of year 2009, remaining divorce cases were 51 of talak divorce and 146 of gugat divorce.

The numbers of cases other than divorce, were permit of polygamy with a total of four cases, but which were granted only two cases, apart from those there were cancellation of the marriage and negligence on the obligations of husband / wife, each was one case.

Meanwhile, The Public Relations Officer of Religious Court of Yogyakarta, Drs. H.A. Zuhdi Muhdlor, SH., MHum. said that at the present – the average of incoming cases every month was about 50 cases.

The office building of Religious Court of Yogyakarta took Rp 5 billion from the DIPA budget of 2008/2009. "This new building was inaugurated by Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Dr. H. Harifin A Tumpa, SH., MH. On March 25 in Pontianak.