The Supreme Court ruling in favor of the appeal by Machicha Mochtar against Law No. 1/1974 on Marriage was a major breakthrough. In its February 17 ruling on children born out of wedlock, the Court found that such children not only have a civil law connection with their father, but also with the family of their father, as long as this can be proved by using scientific, technological or other means according to law.

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