Yogyakarta Religious Court Determination No. 522 of 2014: Polygamous Marriage Ratification Application Dismissed due to Absence of Parties

The applicant married the first respondent on 21 May 2006, and the parties had their first and only child on 30 January 2009. Throughout their marriage the parties had never quarrelled and had executed their spousal duties appropriately. On 29 August 2014, however, the applicant married the second respondent, without having the marriage recorded officially (a siri (clandestine) marriage). The marriage was officiated by the second respondent's father, …

As all parties had failed to attend court, however, the court dismissed the application, commenting that the parties were not treating the matter with any seriousness.

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