Abstract :
This thesis aims to Determine the handling of divorce for muslim communities in
downstream Rokan district (Studi of the application of the Constitution No. 23 concerning the
elimination of domestic violence), the causes of divorce and hou the implementation of
divorce management for muslim in downstream Rokan district.
This reseach is categorized in qualitative reseach and includes normative and
empirical reseach methods. Normative reseach is by studying data in the form of book and
legislation relating to the issues discussed and empirical reseach obtained from field result.
The qualitative reseach is a method or has data that is stated in a natural condition or as it is
(natural setting) whith no change in the form of symbols or numbers. Through this studi the
authors want to see data form primary sources, namely data that commit domestic violence
from physical violence, phisical violence, sexual, violence or neglect of house holds based on
findings in the field. While the approach used in this approach is social legal approach, which
is reseach focused on social and legal phenomena insociety.
The reseach results obtained are the causes of divorce in Rokan Hilir distric increased
due to the occurrence of relationships, as the theory used is the lack of attention to the spouse,
differences in education knowledge, and lack of mutual, know the husband and wife both
financial and their respective strengths, so they always demand and lackself-evalution of each
other. Domestic violence in Rokan Hilir regency is physical, physical, sexual and economic
violence. Like the case that was scrutinized in the abused and beaten as for the other cases in
spit on the husband because they have the same hard nature and the absence of succumbing to each other. Physical and emotionalviolence among them is the traumatic experienced by
victims due to other acts of violence. Violence in Rokan Hilir is the main cause of divorce in
Rokan Hilir. Handling of divorce on the grounds of domestic violence uses UU No. 23 0f
2004 in both the religius courts and both criminal and procedural law. The implementation of
the handling of divorce in the downstream Rocan district community teaches the community
that that the nature of marriage is the opposite of the purpose of perfectingpart of religion in
the way of Allah and seeking its blessing, as well as learning the procedures in the religious
court.