Akibat Hukum Putusan Verstek Dalam Perkara Cerai Gugat di Pengadilan Agama

Abstract

One of the last options for a wife in the event of domestic incapacity and dispute is the option of verstek. These continuous quarrels can cause uncertainty and misery for the husband or wife. This contested divorce is based on a lawsuit that has been filed by the wife. Cases that have been decided by verstek are considered to have been formally and materially completed. So the losing defendant cannot re-file the case, except to file a resistance called verzet. The evidentiary process in a verstek case is not only a formal requirement, but is also regulated in Article 164 HIR regarding evidence. The verstek verdict in this divorce case can cause a delay in the 'iddah period for the wife, because the 'iddah period is calculated from the fall of the divorce. There are also other consequences that accompany the verstek verdict in the case of a contested divorce which has become a unity of procedural legal formalities that accompany the verstek verdict in a contested divorce case.