After marrying in 2003, the parties had quarrelled regularly since the beginning of 2010. The applicant, a retiree and ten years the respondent's senior, claimed that this was a result of the respondent's lack of care for the applicant once the applicant had retired from work. The applicant also cited as a point of contention the respondent's request for his car and motorcycle, despite the applicant having told the respondent to sell a parcel of land they owned valued at IDR 220 million. The applicant often left the matrimonial home to gather his thoughts and, on one occasion, returned on the condition the respondent's behaviour would change. It did not, however. When the parties would quarrel, the respondent often directed profanities at the applicant, even telling the applicant to divorce her.
Problems escalated on 4 February 2015, when the respondent asked the applicant for his car and motorcycle yet again. The applicant, consequently, moved to his parents' home. The parties did not communicate for the year leading up to the proceeding.
While the applicant had initially lodged an application for divorce, he informed the court that he and the respondent had since reconciled. Accordingly, the court permitted the applicant to withdraw his application.