Putusan Verstek Dalam Cerai Gugat Karena Pelanggaran Taklik Talak Di Pengadilan Agama Samarinda

The rising rate of divorce initiated by women (cerai gugat) in East Kalimantan, especially in Samarinda, has been stimulated by many causes, ranging from continuous disharmony, economic problems, love affairs, to lack of spousal responsibility, especially husbands, which constitute the most prominent cause of divorce. By leaving their wife irresponsibly, husbands violate the conditions that can generate divorce claim by wives. 235 divorces out of total 237 cases are concerned with the violation of contingent repudiation (ta'liq talaq). All were decided without defendants' presence (verstek) except two cases where both plaintiff and defendant were present. This study argues that verstek decision, since it is given in a relatively fast procedure, become the best mechanism for women to seek justice and to end their uncertain status after being neglected by their husband. This is relevant to the court principle where justice is simple, fast and cheap. This principle is laid down in Chapter 4 (2) of Law 48/2009 about Court Power and Competenc