In living a household life is not far from various problems, sometimes problems can be resolved in a good way, but it can also lead to divorce. Such as the cause of the wife's actions towards her husband, such as disobedience, leaving the house without the husband's permission and this is an act of nusyuz, which, if a wife commits nusyuz then her iddah maintenance is void, however as the author found in one of the Pamekasan Religious Court Decisions No. 117 / Pdt.G / 2013 / PA.Pmk that a wife who commits nusyuz still gets her iddah maintenance. This article explains the epistemological analysis related to methodological issues (sources and legal methods) in legal considerations by judges so that they arrive at decision No. 117 / Pdt.G / 2013 / PA.Pmk with two focuses of discussion. First, what are the legal considerations by the Pamekasan Religious Court Panel of Judges? Second, what is the method of legal discovery used by the Pamekasan Religious Court Panel of Judges. This research is included in normative legal research with a case approach that uses a normative legal analysis method. Primary data sources were obtained from Decision No. 117/Pdt.G/2013/PA.Pmk, secondary data sources from books, journals, articles. The data collection method used document study. Data analysis used by researchers using content analysis. Research results; (1) Legal considerations of the Pamekasan PA Panel of Judges in Decision No. 117/Pdt.G/2013/PA.Pmk are based on the verses of the Qur'an, Law No. 1 concerning Marriage, KHI and the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number. 137K/AG/2007. (2) Legal Discovery Method Used by Judges in Decision No. 117/Pdt. G/2013/PA.Pmk Concerning Iddah Maintenance for Former Wives Nusyuz is a method of systematic interpretation and legal reasoning through other legal sources, in this case the Jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Number. 137K/AG/2007.