Marriage Dispensation in the Competence of Agama Court and its Relation with the Protection of Children's Rights (A Case Study of the Class I-B Agama Court Kisaran)
Keywords:
Marriage Dispensation, Children, Best Interests Of Children, Religious CourtsAbstract
One of the important authorities of Agama Court and a legal product that are often debated in the public sphere is the determination of marriage dispensation. On the one hand, the determination of marriage dispensation must consider the best interests of the child, but on the other hand, it is seen as perpetuating child marriage. This article examines the legal position of Agama Court in their authority to determine marriage dispensations at the Kisaran Class I-B of Agama Court. This article uses a normative legal research method by collecting data from library sources. Through this research, it was found that marriage dispensation is a legal space to ensure legal justice for the community to obtain legal certainty for marriages conducted under the age of 19, as stipulated in the Indonesian Marriage Law No. 1 of 1974, as Amended by Law No. 19 of 2024. The panel of judges uses guidelines for adjudicating marriage dispensation based on Perma No. 5 of 2019, which stipulates that principle the best interests of the child are the main consideration.
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