An overview on marriage reconciliation process under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976

Sowell, Sarafuddin Abdul Syahid and Abdul Hak, Nora and Mohd Zin, Najibah (2016) An overview on marriage reconciliation process under the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976. In: 5th International Conference on Law and Society (ICLAS V) 2016, 18th-19th April 2016, Pattani, Thailand. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The number of divorce cases in Malaysia has increased despite that the law provides reconciliation process to re-unite the couple in dispute. According to the statistic from National Registration Department of Malaysia, the divorce rate for both non-Muslim and Muslim couples as compared to the rate of marriage has steadily increased especially beginning the year 2001 (Siti Farhanan Md Sam & Puzziawati Ab Ghani, 2015). Malaysian laws provide avenues for disputing couples to reconcile their broken relationships. There have been criticisms by legal and social scholars on the current legal framework for reconciliation. The objective of this writing is to provide an overview of the current legal framework and process for marriage reconciliation in Malaysia and to identify issues and obstacles of the current legal framework for marriage reconciliation process. This research is based on the hypothesis that the current legal framework for marriage reconciliation has not been able to achieve the objective of preserving the marital relationship and improvements of the legal framework is required. This study will be based on analysing theory, concept, published data and literature relating to the law, the framework and the processes of the marriage reconciliation in Malaysia. The study will apply thorough analysis on the process of conducting the reconciliation session especially the methods applied during the reconciliation session.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	807/54008
Uncontrolled Keywords:	marriage, reconciliation, Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 9176
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws > Department of Legal Practice
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr. Nora Abdul Hak
Date Deposited:	13 Apr 2017 15:16
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2017 15:16
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/54008

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