The parties were married on 21 July 1994 and had three children. The plaintiff submitted that, since 2008, she and the defendant had begun to quarrel regularly. The defendant's lack of desire to work, as well as his being suspicious of the plaintiff, who had no choice but to work to make ends meet, were all points of contention for the plaintiff.
Problems escalated on 4 September 2014, when the defendant, who was still yet to alter his attitude or behaviour, asked the plaintiff for money to purchase cigarettes. This caused the plaintiff to ask the defendant to leave. The parties had remained separated since.
The court, pursuant to art 19(f) of Government Regulation No. 9 of 1975, in conjunction with art 116(f) of the Compilation of Islamic Laws, acceded to the plaintiff's request for an irrevocable divorce (talak satu ba'in shugra) on the grounds that ongoing conflict between the parties was a legitimate reason for divorce.