Male repudiation (cerai talak) at religious courts reveals important changes in contemporary practice of Islamic law in Indonesia. This paper addresses two salient features of repudiation, namely judicialization and limitation. Based on empirical studies at the religious courts in Lombok, this study gathered the data on repudiation through observation, interview and documentation. The data shows changing practice and meaning of Islamic marital dissolution due to judicialization, that is an administrative and bureaucratic processes of legal settlement at religious courts. Upon the introduction and application of modern codification of Islamic law, such as the Compilation of Islamic Law (Kompilasi Hukum Islam/KHI) enacted by Presidential Decr...