1,265 Wives In Palembang Sue Husband For Divorce, The Reason Is Financial Crisis

JAKARTA - The Religious Court Class 1A Palembang, South Sumatra (South Sumatra) noted that the most cases of divorce or divorce filed by wives were handled during the COVID-19 pandemic throughout 2021.

"Based on data as of June 2021, we have processed 1,265 divorce cases, most of which were filed by wives," said Palembang Class 1A Religious Court Spokesperson Raden Acmad Syarnubi, in Palembang, as reported by Antara, Thursday, June 24.

According to him, the divorce applications received by his party this year are almost the same as the previous year, namely most of them are divorced.

Based on data as of June, every month on average there are 210 wives who file for divorce at the Palembang Religious Court.

Meanwhile, there were 356 husbands who filed for divorce in the first semester of this year or an average of only 59 people per month.

Some of the reasons for the divorce proposed by this married couple in Bumi Sriwijaya, such as their household is no longer harmonious due to the influence of the financial crisis or economic problems, the moral crisis, and because of the existence of a third person or other ideal woman/man, he also said.

He explained, most of the divorce cases that came in, could be resolved well with a divorce decision, and not a few married couples could be referred back or reunited to continue a troubled marriage.

"We not only accept the lawsuits of husbands or wives who are going to divorce and grant the lawsuit, but quite a number of them have been reconciled and can be reconciled," said Raden.