http://penajournal.com/index.php/PENALAW/issue/feed 2026-10-15T04:07:59+00:00 Raden Rudi Alhempi admin@penajournal.com Open Journal Systems <p><strong>PENA LAW: International Journal of Law</strong> publishes original research papers at the forefront of law. Topics that are published and emphasized in this journal include International law, constitutional and administrative law, criminal law, contract law, tort law, property law, civil law, general and equality law, religious law, political law, legal history, Information Law, Labor Law, Criminology, etc.</p> http://penajournal.com/index.php/PENALAW/article/view/330 2026-10-15T04:07:59+00:00 Asrat Nita Wati silvywati80@gmail.com Yusuf Hanafi Pasaribu silvywati80@gmail.com Zetria Erma silvywati80@gmail.com

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Unregistered marriage does not automatically extinguish women's civil rights. This article examines wives' legal status, inheritance, marital property, evidence, judicial validation, and constitutional protection through normative research using statutory, conceptual, case, comparative, and gender approaches. The study finds that absence of a certificate creates recognition, evidentiary, administrative, and enforcement gaps. A wife neither automatically acquires nor loses all rights. Marriage status must be established; marital property separated before calculating the estate; and Constitutional Court Decision 46/PUU-VIII/2010 protects a child without automatically validating the mother as wife. Reform should integrate courts, registrars, civil records, and legal aid.</span></p>

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