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Judges deny woman's lawsuit against mother
Fatima, 90, who was sued by her daughter Nurhana and son-in-law Nurhakim due to a land dispute, can now let out a sigh of relief
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Fatima, 90, who was sued by her daughter Nurhana and son-in-law Nurhakim due to a land dispute, can now let out a sigh of relief.
Nurhana and Nurhakim last month sued Fatima for living on a 397-square-meter plot of land in Cipondoh, Tangerang, where she has resided for more than 10 years. The land's certificate was still under Nurhakim's name, although Fatima's late husband, Abdurrahman, had paid for the land and had been paying land tax over the years.
Fatima said a payment of Rp 10 million (US$824) was witnessed by her children. She added, however, that she and her husband did not ask for any proof of purchase because her husband trusted Nurhakim.
The couple sued Fatima and her three children because they were unwilling to give up the land and demanded that they pay Rp 1 billion.
'Considering that the plaintiff's lawsuit and demands are unclear, the panel of judges declares that defendants one to four are not guilty,' presiding judge Bambang Krismawan said during the trial on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com.
Meanwhile, Nurhakim's lawyer, Singarimbun, said that his client would file an appeal. 'We will file an appeal because [what the defendants have done] is against the law,' he said.
Through their other lawyer, Luhut Sinaga, Nurhana and Nurhakim claimed that in 1987, Fatimah borrowed the land deed from Nurhakim for 'some business'. Fatimah reportedly never returned the certificate, instead promising money to her daughter and son-in-law, but the funds never materialized, Sinaga said.
