KEDUDUKAN WARIS ANAK ANGKAT MENURUT HUKUM WARIS ADAT BALI

Children adoption already existed since a long time ago. However, the position of adopted children weredifferent from one region to another region in Indonesia. Bali people followed patrilineal kinship. It made theposition of a son hold a very important role. Therefore each family really wanted to h...

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Published in:Jurnal Cakrawala Hukum
Main Author: Ketut Meta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Merdeka Malang 2017-10-01
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Online Access:https://jurnal.unmer.ac.id/index.php/jch/article/view/1129
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Summary:Children adoption already existed since a long time ago. However, the position of adopted children weredifferent from one region to another region in Indonesia. Bali people followed patrilineal kinship. It made theposition of a son hold a very important role. Therefore each family really wanted to have a son. For the familiesthat did not a have a son, they adopted a son. There were two kinds of adoption in Bali custom. They were: first,children adoption followed with tradition ceremony meperas or Widi Widana, witnessed by custom chief andpeople or society; second, children adoption which was not followed withtradition ceremony meperas or WidiWidana.The first adoption made the adopted son break the relation with his biological parents, and he cameinto his adopting fathers family. In the case of heir, he was not the heirs of his biological father but he was theheirs of his adopting father.
ISSN:2356-4962
2598-6538