Implementation of Virtual Mediation on Divorce Settlement At Dumai Religious Court
Mardalena Hanifah (a), Gusliana (b)

(a) Faculty of Law, University of Riau
Pattimura street no. 9, Pekanbaru 28127, Indonesia
*mardalena.h[at]lecturer.unri.ac.id
(b) Faculty of Law, University of Riau
Pattimura street no. 9, Pekanbaru 28127, Indonesia

Abstract

During the Covid-19 pandemic, proceedings in court also follow health protocols. The settlement of divorce cases in the Religious Courts is by Supreme Court Regulation Number 3 of 2018 concerning the Administration of Cases in Courts Electronically. The arrangement of virtual proceedings is only regulated in the Regulation of the Supreme Court (PERMA). Likewise, with mediation, no separate rules are governing virtual mediation. Of course, some things hinder or there are shortcomings and advantages of resolving divorce cases through virtual mediation.
The problem in this research is how is the virtual mediation process in the settlement of divorce cases at the Dumai Religious Court?
The type of research used is sociological legal research, which is an empirical study to find theories regarding the process of occurrence and regarding the process of working law in society based on applicable laws and regulations relating to the Implementation of Virtual Mediation in the Religious Courts. The results of the research show that having a virtual event will make it easier to hold proceedings in the Religious Courts without having to come in person but done virtually, this is to avoid the spread of Covid-19. The event is also done online (on the network) as usual, only face-to-face online or through a laptop or cell phone.
The obstacles encountered are when a problematic network is encountered such as slow loading and laptop devices, Handponep does not function optimally so that it causes disturbances in conversations that should be able to run smoothly.

Keywords: Divorce- Implementation- Virtual Mediation

Topic: Law