The Effectiveness of the Notary's Role in the Inheritance Distribution Process in Society: A Comparative Study Between Batak Toba Customary Law and Civil Law

Margaretha, Natasya

Pena Justisia: Media Komunikasi dan Kajian Hukum
Vol. 24 No. 1 (2025): Pena Justisia

This paper aims to find out and analyze the role of notaries in the process of distributing inheritance to the community, especially to the Toba Batak Customary Law and Civil Law and how to implement the Toba Batak customary inheritance law itself to people living outside their customary territory. The inheritance system in the Batak Toba community adheres to a patrilineal system where children born in the Batak Toba tribe will inherit their fathers where the correct ones who are considered heirs are sons. Along with the development of the times, that the inheritance system in the Batak Toba community itself has changed, especially for urban communities where for urban communities the Batak Toba tribe follows the national law, namely the Civil Code, where the distribution of inheritance for boys and women will get the same share.