135 Ijtihad: Jurnal Wacana Hukum Islam dan Kemanusiaan Vol. 21, No. 2 (2021), pp. 135-154, doi : 10.18326/ijtihad.v21i2.135-154 The use of ex offcio to fulfll women’s post-divorce rights at the Samarinda Religious Court Lilik Andar Yuni Institut Agama Islam Negeri (IAIN) Samarinda E-mail: lilikandaryuni@yahoo.com DOI: 10.18326/ijtihad.v21i2.135-154 Problems in fulflling women’s rights after divorce in Religious Courts still exist due to the weakness of supporting elements for the court decisions and their procedures, and obstacles from the ex- couples. Therefore, religious judges are expected to have sensitivity and support for women in making decisions with the value of justice, legal certainty, and beneft. This normative juridical study used statutory and conceptual approaches to explain the use of ex offcio in fulflling iddah and mut’ah living in the Samarinda Religious Court and its suitability to legal purposes. A literary study was done in collecting data by compiling secondary data related to the theme. Then, the data were analyzed using the qualitative descriptive method. Ex offcio discourses and legal objectives theory were used to analyze the raised issues. Fulflling iddah and mut’ah living through ex offcio at the Samarinda Religious Court in talaq divorces refers to Supreme Court Regulation (PERMA) No. 3 of 2017, and Circular Letter of Supreme Court (SEMA) No. 1 of 2017. Meanwhile, the application of ex offcio in lawsuit divorces refers to PERMA No. 3 of 2017 and SEMA No. 2 of 2019. The fulfllment of women’s rights after divorce at the Religious Courts through ex offcio aligns with legal objectives: legal certainty, justice, and beneft. Pemenuhan hak perempuan pasca cerai di Pengadilan Agama menyisakan banyak problem, disebabkan lemahnya elemen pendukung putusan pengadilan dan prosedur pemenuhan hak-hak perempuan, kendala dari pihak mantan suami serta mantan istri. Oleh karena itu, hakim agama diharapkan memiliki sensitivitas dan keberpihakan pada perempuan, sehingga akan menghasilkan putusan yang bernilai keadilan, kepastian hukum dan kemanfaatan. Studi ini dimaksudkan untuk memberikan gambaran bagaimana penggunaan ex offcio hakim dalam pemenuhan nafkah iddah dan mut’ah di Pengadilan Agama Samarinda serta bagaimana keselarasan penggunaan ex offcio dengan tujuan hukum. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian hukum yuridis normative, dengan pendekatan