The parties were married on 5 July 2012, and had their only child on 14 March 2014. The plaintiff submitted, however, that towards the end of 2013, she and the defendant had begun to quarrel regularly. This was a result of the defendant providing the plaintiff with insufficient spending money to cover household items, the defendant's apathy towards finding work, and the defendant's spending time with his friends and coming home in the middle of the night without any legitimate excuse.
Problems escalated in mid-January 2014 when the defendant texted the plaintiff from Pekanbaru telling her he was going to Dhamasraya to meet someone. When the plaintiff inquired as to why the defendant did not want to return home, he said he was searching for employment there and that, once their child had grown up, he would come and find them. Upon hearing this, the plaintiff decided to seek a divorce from the defendant. For the next year the parties remained separated and not once did the defendant provide the plaintiff with any financial support. The plaintiff felt that reuniting with the defendant would only lead to further quarrelling.
The court, pursuant to art 19(f) of Government Regulation No. 9 of 1975, in conjunction with art 116(f) of the Compilation of Islamic Laws, acceded to the plaintiff's request for an irrevocable divorce (talak satu ba'in shugra) on the grounds that ongoing conflict between the parties was a legitimate reason for divorce.