PERSEPSI MASYARAKAT KARAWANG TIMUR TENTANG NIKAH SIRI DAN DAMPAK DARI NIKAH SIRI

Abstract

Nikah Sirri is a phenomenon that often occurs in the midst of society, this occurs from several factors such as the absence of fees for formal marriage, not being old enough and other obstacles that make this phenomenon interesting to study and investigate more deeply. The method used in this research is to use a qualitative approach with descriptive type, data collection techniques used are interviews and documentation. The subject of his research with several communities in East Karawang. The results showed that the reasons why people in East Karawang did unregistered marriages were due to strict polygamy permits, age factors, official/work/school ties, other parties and even families who did not approve of the marriage, there were hereditary problems so that the wife could not be blessed with children, and In the case of the inheritance of a child born from an unregistered marriage or a wife who is married in an unregistered marriage, it will be difficult to claim their rights, because there is no evidence that shows there is a legal relationship between the child and the siri father or the wife and her husband. Based on the results of this study, it is recommended to the community, so that offspring can be registered before government law, it is better if the siri marriage should be carried out if it is urgent, and immediately raised to the KUA, so that the position of the child from the marriage can be recorded by the government.