During 2022, 474 Divorce Cases In Baubau Sultra Accelerated The Wife Cares For Economic Issues

Baubau Religious Court Registrar, Drs Idris MH. (Photo (ANTARA)

The Baubau City Religious Court, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) noted that 474 married couples filed for divorce during 2022.

The Baubau Religious Court Registrar, Idris MH, said that the divorce case was mostly filed by women or wives triggered by several things, including the husband monitoring, economic problems and jealousy factors.

"Here (the island) many husbands migrate and may not go home, so the wives left behind can no longer survive, and apart from monitoring there are also no shipments. The rest may be factors such as other women, other men, and economic problems," said Idris, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, January 31.

Of the 474 couples, he said, there were approximately 300 divorces filed by their wives and also because they were married at an early age or at an underage age so that the level of maturity to navigate the household was not yet so ready that it caused turmoil in their households.

"So many young people are also forced to divorce because the level of maturity to enter the household is not yet mature, but maybe because of something and other things, they have to be married," he said.

In addition to the 474 couples who have been divorced, said Idris, there are also those who have been mediated so that they do not separate, this is because it is a mandate when at the first trial a husband and wife are present to be mediated.

Furthermore, he said, the divorce rate throughout 2022 is estimated to increase by about 5 percent from the previous year, but it did not affect the number, at which time the working area of the Baubau Religious Courts included Bombana and Wakatobi Regencies.

"Now we are only regionalizing Baubau City, but the term does not affect the number", he added.

In an effort to reduce the number of divorces, especially early marriage, said Idris, his party together with the Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in the area have only signed a work agreement (MoU) to provide counseling when someone is married underage.

"To anticipate divorce from the public, there are also several related agencies to work together, meaning that there we are integrated to provide counseling, especially those who are the forerunners of victims (divorce or underage marriages), because this is what young marriages usually are high school children, for example, so in the future we need to program down to school for socialization," he said.