PENELANTARAN RUMAH TANGGA SEBAGAI BENTUK KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA YANG MENJADI ALASAN PERCERAIAN DI MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 (Studi Kasus Pengadilan Agama Siak)

Abstract

ABSTRACTDivorce can occur in every household that is experiencing problems. Many factors cause divorce, among which the most dominant is disputes and quarrels continuously, leaving one party, economic factors. At the time of the Corona Pandemic, of course, it will affect the divorce rate at the Siak Religious Court. The effect of this corona pandemic can cause the divorce rate to increase or vice versa to decrease. This type of research is an empirical research using juridical empirical research with a sociological juridical approach. This research is located at the Siak Religious Court. From the results of the research conducted by the author, data on the divorce rate entered into the Siak Religious Court in 2019 were 581 cases consisting of 175 divorce cases and 406 divorce cases. Meanwhile, in 2020 to October there is a tendency of decreasing divorce cases by 459 cases, consisting of 131 cases of divorce and 328 cases of divorce. So it can be concluded that the corona pandemic has no impact on divorce cases in the Siak Religious Court. The cause of divorce was motivated by the continuous disputes and quarrels as much as 78.50%, leaving one party 16.20% and economic factors as much as 3.55%. Regarding divorce itself is regulated in Law No. 1 of 1974 concerning Marriage, Government Regulation No. 9 of 1975 concerning the Implementation of Law No.1 of 1974 concerning Marriage, and Inpres No. 1 of 1991 concerning Compilation of Islamic Law. Keywords: Divorce, Household Abandonment, Economy, Pandemic, Corona