Religious Court: Divorce Cases In Palembang Increase After Eid

Palembang Religious Court Registrar Yuli Suryadi. (ANTARA/M IMAM PRAMANA)

PALEMBANG - The Religious Court of Palembang City, South Sumatra, revealed that the case of a divorce request in the region increased after Eid al-Fitr on April 11, 2024. "We have received 91 cases in the first week since April 16, 2024, just this week," said Palembang Religious Court Registrar Yuli Suryadi when confirmed in Palembang, Antara, Tuesday, April 23. He said the figure began to increase compared to the previous graph which decreased during the month of Ramadan. "In January, we handled 299 cases and February 202 cases, then March there were 186 cases, but after this Eid the trend of divorce graphs has increased again," he also said. He added that the cases that caused the residents to file for divorce varied from cases of domestic violence (KDRT) to cases of neglect by their husbands. She gave an example of the first day of work on April 16, a woman submitted an application because she claimed to have domestic violence, her husband refused, and did not even support her. According to him, the Palembang Religious Court always provides efforts to unite both parties who file for divorce by mediating and consulting if both are present at trial based on Supreme Court Regulation 1 Number 12. "The power we provide is in the form of the impact that will occur after divorce such as children, property and others," he said. "Because husbands or wives have harbored feelings that are considered not to be able to unite for years," he said.

However, he said there were also those who succeeded even though divorce continued, but custody, property, could still have good relations, for listening to the advice of the Religious Court.