Abstract:
Child marriages is a social phenomenon that commonly happens in all places. Child
marriages occurs if the prospective bride and/or groom doesn’t fulfill the
requirements of minimum age for marriage. In fact, marriage is permitted if the man
reach the age of 19 years old and the woman 16 years old. Therefore, the existence of
Article 7 paragraph (1) and (2) of Law No. 1 Year 1974, clearly has an impact to give
permission for anyone who wants to do a marriage using Dispensasi Perkawinan
procedure even though his/her age is not sufficient for the age limit set out in this
article. This research is using the Juridical-Empirical method. This research is
conducted using a field survey method along with the techniques of interview,
observation, and library research. The aims of this research is to analyze the Child
Marriage phenomenon seen from the Islamic Law perspective and to analyze the
implementation of Article 7 paragraph (1) and (2) of Law No. 1 Year 1974.
