Legal Consequences of Change or Revocation of Marriage Agreement: Analysis of Marriage Law in Indonesia

The marriage agreement is an agreement agreed upon by the prospective husband and wife before or at the time of marriage to determine the legal consequences of marriage on their property—provisions of the act. Article 148 of the Civil Code stipulates that a deed of amendment or revocation of a Marriage Agreement can only be made with an authentic deed. The deed can only be done by a notary who is a public official who is authorized to do an original stunt. The legislation has not been regulated in detail how the procedure for making a deed of amendment or revocation of a Marriage Agreement can occur. Problems can arise when making the act results in losses for the third parties involved. This article encourages the notary to carefully push the deed of amendment or revocation of the Marriage Agreement so that the notary can protect the interests of the third parties involved and to avoid all claims and lawsuits that third parties may file if someone is harmed because of the deed made by a notary is detrimental to a third party, the act will be null and void.