APPELLATE COURT PROCEDURE

1.    Notice Appeal must be filed in writing or verbally with the Religious Court/Sharia Court within the following time limits:

a.  14 (fourteen) days, starting from the day following the pronouncement of the judgment, upon service of the judgment to the        litigants;

b.   30 (thirty) days for appellants residing outside the jurisdiction of the Religious Court/Sharia Court that issued the first-                 instance decision (Article 7 of Law No. 20 of 1947).

2.    Payment of of appellate court fees (Article 7 of Law No. 20 of 1947, Article 89 of Law No. 7 of 1989 as amended by Law No. 3 of         2006).

3.    The court clerk shall notify the opposing party of the Notice of Appeal (Article 7 of Law No. 20 of 1947).

4.    The appellant may submit a Appellate Brief, and the appellee may submit a Reply Brief (Article 11 paragraph (3) of Law No. 20           of 1947).

5.    No later than 14 (fourteen) days after the appeal petition is notified to the opposing party, the court clerk shall provide both                 parties access to review the case files at the office of the Religious Court/Sharia Court (Article 11 paragraph (1) of Law No. 20 of       1947).

6.   The case files shall be transmitted to the High Religious Court/Provincial Sharia Court by the Religious Court/Sharia Court no            later than 1 (one) month after the appeal case is received.

7.   The court clerk shall assign a registration number and notify the submitting Religious Court, with copies served upon the parties.

8.   A certified copy of the appellate decision shall be transmitted by the High Religious Court/Provincial Sharia Court to the Religious       Court/Sharia Court that examined the case at the first instance, to be delivered to the parties.

9.   The Religious Court/Sharia Court shall serve the certified copy of the decision upon the parties.

   10.  Once the decision becomes final and binding, the court clerk shall:

      a.  For talaq (husband-initiated) divorce cases:

         1). Notify both parties of the scheduled court session for the witnessing of the talaq pronouncement by summoning the                         Petitioner and the Respondent;

         2). Issues a Divorce Certificate as proof of divorce no later than 7 (seven) days.

     b.  For gugat (wife-initiated) divorce cases:

        Issues a Divorce Certificate as proof of divorce no later than 7 (seven) days.