“PRAKTIK PERKAWINAN DI BAWAH TANGAN DI KECAMATAN PATAMUAN KABUPATEN PADANG PARIAMAN”

Abstract

According to the Marriage Law that marriages in Article 2 paragraph (1) must be registered, but in practice there are still people in Patamuan Subdistrict who do not register. The formulation of the problem is 1) How is the process of implementing a marriage under the hand in Patamuan District, Padang Pariaman District carried out? 2) What are the reasons for underhand marriages in Patamuan District, Padang Pariaman Regency? 3) What are the efforts made by the local government to prevent under-marriages in Patamuan District, Padang Pariaman Regency ?. This type of research is sociological juridical. Data sources include primary data and secondary data. Data collection techniques are interviews and document study. Data were analyzed qualitatively. Conclusions of the results of the study 1) The implementation of a marriage under the hand is enough to ask permission from ninik mamak, ninik mamak determine the date of marriage after that the family asks Labai to lead or accompany the marriage. 2) Reasons for under-marital marriage are: expensive fees, long distance from the KUA office, no divorce papers, lack of education, not yet old enough, promiscuity. 3) Efforts to prevent underhand marriages: socializing to the public the importance of carrying out registered marriages, and at the same time explaining the Marriage Law and recording procedures. Ask the Ministry of Religion to provide Supporters for Marriage Registration. Keywords: Marriage, Down, Hands