LEGAL STATUS, CAPACITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF CHILDREN UNDER INDONESIAN LAW

Abstract

Legal capacity is one of the most important things in human life. Through the legal capacity, a person can express his/ her will to others and therefore can have his will fulfilled. However, before a person can have a legal capacity, its legal status must be confirmed. Legal capacity will result in legal acts which ended in legal responsibility. The research aims to discuss the legal status, capacity, and responsibility of children or minors in Indonesia. The research is normative legal research. It used secondary data for analysis, which consisted of primary legal sources, secondary legal sources, and tertiary legal sources. Data were collected using google machine using main keywords “children”/ “minors”/ “legal”/ “capacity”. Analysis was conducted using qualitative method with descriptive-analytics approach. Findings and discussions proved that there are many laws and legislations that regulate about children, however not all laws and regulations directly specified the same conception on the legal status and therefor the legal  capacity of children or minors. Therefore researcher suggest that for the purpose of protecting the child’s interest, especially in financial wealth, a comprehensive law must be made.