PENERAPAN REKONVENSI SEBAGAI HAK ISTIMEWA TERGUGAT DALAM PERKARA PERCERAIAN (TALAK) DI PENGADILAN AGAMA

Abstract

Defendant (reconvention) is the privilege of the defendant to file a counter-claim against the plaintiff, including in the divorce (talaq) case in The Court of Islamic Religion. This article aims to describe in what subject matter the reconvention may be filed by the defendant (petitioner) on divorce/divorce petition in The Court of Islamic Religion associated with the Civil Procedure Code and regarding the attitude of Religious Court judges in giving consideration and decision related to the lawsuit of reconciliation in the case divorce lawsuit/petition of divorce. Reconvention may be filed for each case with the exception of Article 132a HIR. The research specification used in this research is an analytical descriptive that aims to obtain a comprehensive description of the Application of Defense (Reconvention) as the Privileges of the Defendant in the Practice of Divorce Case Examination (Talaq) in The Court of Islamic Religion. Based on the research, generally the divorce cases in The Court of Islamic Religion are disconnected contradictoir accompanied by reconvention lawsuit filed simultaneously with the answer. Reconvention relating to the livelihood sued for divorce is the livelihood of iddah, mut'ah, kiswah, maskan, custody of the children (hadhanah) as well as the cost of hadhanah, which between claims and reconciliation claims have close connexity. The attitude of Religious Court judges in deciding divorce cases (talaq) with the lawsuit of reconvention accompanied by various legal considerations.

Keywords

• Reconvention
• Defendants
• The Court of Islamic Religion