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View all search resultsSurabaya blocks public services for 8,000 men failing to pay child support
The measure aims to address widespread noncompliance with post-divorce financial obligations, which he said has left many former spouses and children without adequate support.
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A judge’s gavel sits atop a table in this undated Illustration of divorce proceedings. (Shutterstock/Roman Motizov)
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he Surabaya administration in East Java has barred more than 8,000 men from accessing public services for failing to pay court-ordered child support following their divorces, an official said.
R. Irvan Wahyudradjad, head of the city’s Population and Civil Registration Agency, said the policy was introduced in 2023 and the first of its kind in Indonesia.
The measure aims to address widespread noncompliance with post-divorce financial obligations, which he said has left many former spouses and children without adequate support.
“There are many men who fail to fulfill child support and alimony obligations despite court rulings. Their ex-wives and children ultimately bear the consequences,” Irvan said on Tuesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Under the policy, affected individuals are denied access to 30 types of public services related to population administration and civil registration.
These include applications for relocation documents, updates to family registration cards, document legalization, replacement of lost identity cards and registration of vital records such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces.
Irvan said access to the restricted services can be restored once former husbands fulfill their court-ordered financial obligations and report compliance.
