Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker: - Family Court of Australia

Table 20Income distribution for the General Court clients surveyedIncome in Rp Frequency Percent Valid Percent CumulativePercentValid Lowest–100,000 1 0.16 0.18 0.18100,000–250,000 14 2.29 2.51 2.70250,000–400,000 9 1.47 1.62 4.31400,000–550,000 23 3.75 4.13 8.441550,000–700,000 6 0.98 1.08 9.52700,000–850,000 22 3.59 3.95 13.46850,000–1,000,000 10 1.63 1.80 15.261,000,000–1,500,000 85 13.87 15.26 30.521,500,000–2,000,000 66 10.77 11.85 42.372,000,000–2,500,000 86 14.03 15.44 57.812,500,000–3,000,000 32 5.22 5.75 63.553,000,000–3,500,000 49 7.99 8.80 72.353,500,000–4,000,000 13 2.12 2.33 74.694,000,000–4,500,000 19 3.10 3.41 78.104,500,000–5,000,000 6 0.98 1.08 79.175,000,000–highest 116 18.92 20.83 100Total 557 90.8646 100.00Not recorded 56 9.1354Total 613 100Over a third of General Court clients surveyed (36%) had incomes over Rp 3 million per capitaper month compared with only 3% of Religious Court clients surveyed.43% of Religious Court clients surveyed had incomes of under Rp 550,000 per month whereas8% of General Court clients surveyed had incomes under Rp 550,000 per capita per month.Given that both the General and Religious Court clients surveyed supported on average 3dependents, Rp 550,000 per month approximates the Indonesian poverty line of Rp 200,000per capita per month. Therefore, a significant percentage of Religious Courts clients (close tohalf) are living near the Indonesian poverty line. For these parties to bring their divorce caseto court means they either go into or increase their level of, debt, or use several months ofhousehold income.52 Providing Justice to the Justice Seeker A Report on the Access and Equity Study in theIndonesian General and Religious Courts 2007–2009