<![CDATA[The state, through the Supreme Court, is trying to reduce the divorce rate by strengthening the principle of making divorce difficult through Supreme Court Circular Letter (SEMA) Number 1 of 2022 and then changing it to SEMA Number 3 of 2023. This circular letter stipulates that divorce must have been separated for six months. forever. However, this circular letter gave rise to a new polemic because it conflicted with the existing Sighat Taklik. Sighat Taklik provides a condition of three months without providing mandatory maintenance so that a wife can sue her husband for divorce. Facts on the ground also show that not all judges implemented the circular. The author found that there was a divorce case at the Samarinda Religious Court where they had not been separated for 6 months but the judge granted their divorce request. There are other cases where the judge's application for divorce was rejected because they had not been separated for 6 months. This has become a new polemic among society. This is also in line with the opinion of the Supreme Court which states that the Supreme Court Circular Letter is a form of circular from the Supreme Court to all levels of the judiciary which contains guidance in the administration of administrative justice. ]]>
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