Analisis terhadap Tingginya Angka Putusan Verstek Dalam Perkara Perceraian Pada Tahun 2017 (Studi Pengadilan Agama Pekanbaru Kelas I A)

Abstract

The absence of the defendant as a husband in the trial will undoubtedly cause problems in the case examination. In the trial, the defendant does not attend and does not order his representative to attend, then the lawsuit can be decided by a verstek decision. Verstek is an authority given by law to judges to examine and decide cases in the absence of the defendant. Therefore, the author wants to know the cause of the high number of verstek decisions in divorce cases in 2017 at the Class IA Pekanbaru Religious Court and the efforts of judges to reduce the high number of verstek decisions in divorce cases in 2017 at the Pekanbaru Religious Court Class I A. In research This research method used is a type of library research or library research and analyzes the decision of the Pekanbaru Class I A Religious Court. Based on the results of the research, that the summons in the Verstek decision based on law were three summons, while in Pekanbaru Religious Court Class IA the summons Out of the statutory requirement four times, some judges decided the verstek decision case based on the evidence of the plaintiff's claim. The evidence decided by the judge is based on the testimony of the witnesses presented by the plaintiff. In the verdict of the judge who hears the case there is only one woman judge, this case should be more for female judges, because basically the verstek decision is an effort to protect women because it can protect women's rights. The judge gave women's rights in the verstek decision in the form of the argument for the lawsuit submitted by the plaintiff. Class I A Pekanbaru Religious Court has not paid full attention to the protection of women's rights in verstek decisions.