71 Siri Couples In Jepara Join Free Mass Marriages, Some Are 19 Years Old But Already Have A Baby

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JAKARTA - 71 unregistered married couples in Jepara Regency, Central Java, participated in a series of free mass marriages organized by the local government to ensure that their marriages were in accordance with legal provisions. , Catholic, Hindu and Buddhist," said the Regent of Jepara Dian Kristiandi, while giving a speech at the mass wedding ceremony, Monday, March 21, quoted from Antara. legally and legally, while protecting women and children to have a clear and strong legal position. a document recognized by law that a husband and wife are married h and religiously legal. Because in the distribution of inheritance rights, he said, couples who have not registered their marriage in the civil registry will certainly find it difficult. Apart from being free, he said, the couple also gets a number of facilities like a wedding party, starting from the dowry of the Koran and a set of prayer tools. Suprami (59), one of the mass wedding participants, said he was grateful to be able to get a marriage certificate from the religious affairs office (KUA), so that can register their marital status in the civil registry of residence.

Habib Rizki (19), as the youngest married couple, said that he was grateful for being able to get married officially without spending money. Habib Rizki, who married Ana Fadilah, who is also 19 years old, admitted that he had previously been married in a serial manner until he had an eight-month-old child. There are also participants in the mass marriage who are the oldest, namely 69 years old for the groom and 62 years old for the bride who are residents of Panggung Village, Kedung District.