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CUSTOMARY LAW
Dawn of a New Era

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Balinese women are now entitled to inheritance, child custody, and to determine their line of descendants. A change in customary law after more than 100 years.

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AT the end of 2010, both good and bad news came together to Ketut Widi. The good news: the Denpasar court granted her divorce petition against her husband who seldom came home and did not take care of her and their two children. The bad news was the judge gave custody of both children to her husband.

Balinese divorce laws follow adat (customary) regulations concerning purusa, in which the descendant line is governed by men. In this regard, every

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