The Policy Reform Model for the Registration of Interfaith Marriages at Dukcapil Office Salatiga

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to review the implementation of marriage law in Indonesia on the practice of registering interfaith marriages at the Population and Civil Registration Office Salatiga and to analyse the policy reform models in resolving the cases of interfaith marriage registration at the Population and Civil Registration Office Salatiga. This study applied a type of empirical research that is perspective with a case-study design approach. The data sources used in this research were primary and secondary data sources with data collection techniques through interviews, observations and documentation studies. The sampling technique used was judgemental or purposive sampling which uses certain criteria according to the field of expertise possessed by the subject. The data analysis was carried out through 4 stages, namely data collection, data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of this study explain that the implementation of interfaith marriage registration at the Population and Civil Registration Office Salatiga can be done in 2 ways, namely registration of marriages with one partner submitting to another partner without being followed by religious conversion and marriage registration through the court decisions. The policy reform model in resolving the cases of interfaith marriage registration is through the court decisions by increasing the authority of the Population and Civil Registration Office as the party entitled to marry the interfaith couples due to the vacancy regarding which party is given the authority to marry the interfaith marriages.