Marriage that is expected to be eternal must run aground in the middle of the road due to family problems. Problems are solved by violence. Violence that occurs in the household sphere is Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence is one reason to file a divorce lawsuit. Divorce does not cause a breakdown in the relationship between parents (husband and wife) and children. Both parents must care for and educate their children until the child marries or can stand alone even though the marriage of the two parents has broken up. As for the formulation of the problem in this thesis is the regulation of Domestic Violence can be used as an excuse to file a divorce in court and to take care of child care due to divorce based on the reasons for the occurrence of Domestic Violence. The research in this thesis is to use a type of normative research. Legal material collection techniques with library research. The sources of legal material in the object of this research are primary legal material and secondary legal material. The analysis technique used is descriptive analysis. The results of this research are Domestic Violence can be used as an excuse to file for divorce in the court by including post mortem evidence as evidence in the decision and custody of underage children under the control of the mother.