The parties were married on 5 December 2010 and had one child. The plaintiff submitted that, since January 2012, the parties marriage had become quarrelsome. This was because the defendant:
Problems escalated and, by June 2014, the parties had separated. Familial efforts to make the parties reconcile had been in vain and the plaintiff requested that the court grant her an irrevocable divorce (talak satu ba'in sughra).
Despite the defendant's absence from court, on the grounds of ongoing conflict between the parties, the court acceded to the plaintiff's request, pursuant to art 19(f) of Government Regulation No. 9 of 1975, and art 116(f) of the Compilation of Islamic Laws.