Introduction

This story could spin off in so many directions that it's best to start with a stripped-down fact list.

False Marriage Certificate

In April 23 2005 Ni Made Jati (NMJ) filed an accusation of divorce against her husband Michael Patrick Donnelly (MPD) with a false certificate of marriage claiming they had been married in in Bali in 1993. The truth was that the marriage took place in Los Angeles California USA in 1985, and the 1985 marriage was legal by both USA and Indonesian law.

Based on this Fraud, NMJ has committed other crimes and frauds against her husband MPD and their two children, she has legally abandoned her children as ruled by court of law and has failed to provide for them, and she has stolen rights and properties belong to MPD and their children.

Warrants of arrest have been issued against NMJ in the USA for criminal failure to provide court ordered child support in a case brought to California court by NMJ herself in which she again submitted false marriage and other false documents from Indonesia. For this reason NMJ is afraid to return to the USA, and she has cut off all contact with her children and grandchildren.

In Indonesia NMJ continues to spread false and malicious stories about MPD and her children to both the public and to Indonesian government officials.

A Normal Happy Marriage

Starting with the marriage in 1985 in USA, NMJ signed herself ‘Made Donnelly’ (NMD) and MPD and MJD lived in California, shared one bank account in the names of MPD and NMD, lived off MPD’s salary, bought a house together in California in the names of MPD and NMD, and NMD applied for a Green Card (Permanent Residence) with the name ‘Made Donnelly’.

In 1988 NMD said she wanted to move to Bali to be near her family, so MPD and NMD moved to Bali, bought property and built a house together in Sanur.

Upon moving to Bali Michael had quit his successful career with an Indonesian furniture and plywood manufacturer.

A company Uluwatu was a clothing manufacturer in Bali owned by NMD’s former boyfriend MMcH. Uluwatu was at the edge of going bankrupt, MMcH wanted to leave Bali and move to America, so MPD and NMD agreed to buy Uluwatu from MMcH for $20,000 and take on the many unpaid debts. Because the business was already in NMD’s name, and because Bali in 1988 had very few enforced business laws—according to NMD—the agreement was verbal.

MPD took over Uluwatu and within one year it was doing very well.

In 1993 a son Sean Wayan Donnelly (SWD) was born in California, and NMD signed her name as the mother as ‘Made Donnelly.’

In 1994 a son Brenden Surya Donnelly (BWD) was born in Singapore.

In 1994 NMD asked MPD to enter the Bali Hindu religion so that SWD and BSD could also enter the Hindu religion. MPD agreed and took part in many ceremonies including Sudiwudani, and MPD received the name ‘I Candra Wijaya’ with Certificate Piagam.

Everything seemed like a happy and successful family.

Double Life of NMJ in Tabanan

MPD and NMD lived in Sanur, and the company Uluwatu was in Tabanan. But in Tabanan NMD lived a double life; she obtained many documents that claimed that her name was Ni Made Jati and that she was single and that she lived in Tabanan.

Clearly NMD had formed intentions of fraud against her husband even from the start of the marriage.

Even in 1986 while NMD lived with husband MPD in California, NMD obtained a Surat Keterangan in Tabanan that claimed she lived in Tabanan and that she was never married. She use this Surat Keterangan to convert Uluwatu into PT Uluwatu in 1986, although the false claims in this Surat Keterangan by law meant the PT Uluwatu was founded on false information.

At other times NMD claimed to be not married and living in Gianyar, or in Tabanan, in Kuta, or in Sanur.

MPD did not know about this double personality or documents because as a foreign citizen he did not speak Indonesian well and he trusted his wife NMD to make all government arrangements for the family.

For example, NMD arranged a Surat Tanda Laporan Diri in Sanur for MPD, and in that document she said correctly that MPD was married according to the California Marriage Certificate of 1985 in California, and also the NMD was married and lived with MPD in Sanur.

NMD Wants a Bali Hindu Marriage

In 1994 when NMD arranged for an Upacara Pernikah Bali Hindu at the MPD/NMJ home in Sanur, the first son SWD was already born and NMD was four months pregnant with the second son.

NMD took care of all the paperwork and documents. MPD did not know that she used her Tabanan double personality to file all the Sanur documents in Tabanan, where she claimed to be not married, and that she said that this was the first marriage between MPD and NMD.

NMD Starts Love Affair

After the second son BSD was born, NMD began a passionate affair with an Austrian customer of Uluwatu. From then on MPD and the two sons would go to California for two months every year in July and December, and NMD—now calling herself only NMJ—vacationed with her lover.

MPD did not know about the lover, but after finding out MPD and NMJ no longer lived in the same room or had sex because MPD was afraid of AIDs, but they stayed at the same house, and they agreed to get a divorce.

Successful Divorce Agreement

In 2003 MPD and NMJ finally decided how to split up the family and assets. There was not a fight, both sides agreed that they did not want a fight and that the settlement was fair. NMJ said she would only sign it if not in Indonesia because in Indonesia they would have to use a Notary and she did not want people finding out how much money was in her name. Also she had a friend who was a lawyer and he told her she should not call it a “contract,” just an agreement.

After they signed the agreement in Singapore, NMJ and MPD began to divide the assets and share the children and build a second house for MPD and MPD moved to the new house as per the agreement, and there were no problems.

In early 2005 the Divorce Agreement was working, so MPD and NMJ agreed that it was time to divorce. MPD would use Austrindo Law Office in Kuta and NMJ would use Ferry, Trombine, Wikantara (FTW) Law Office in Sanur.

Accusation of Divorce Uses False Marriage Certificate

But on 23 April 2025 MPD was shocked to receive an Accusation of Divorce from NMJ that claimed that MPD and NMJ were married in 1996 in Kuta and registered in Badung. This meant that SWD and BSD were born outside of marriage, also that the homes and business MPD and NMJ built since 1985 were outside the marriage and there were no marriage assets.

As far as a marriage ceremony in Kuta, the 1996 ceremony was in Sanur, never in Kuta, so even the false marriage event was also false. Documents that NMJ attached to the Accusation said the ceremony was registered in Tabanan.

It became clear that before NMJ met the ‘W’ of FTW Law Office—Ida Bagus Wikantara (IBW)—she was satisfied with the Singapore agreement. But when IBW saw the false documents, he told her she could get everything including the children and all assets. There was reported an argument about ethics at the FTW Law Office, so IBW left FTW and started his own office to handle NMJ.

From 23 April 2025 until now, NMJ has only one time ever spoken with MPD again, because she said IBW told her never to communicate to MPD again and never to read anything to do with the court documents because he would handle everything.

Ida Bagus Wikantara Helps NMJ Commit Fraud

NMJ was satisfied and fulfilled the Singapore agreement before meeting IBW, but she was already prepared to commit fraud against MPD because she had spent many years preparing many false documents and she showed these false documents to IBW. Then IBW told her how together they could now use the false documents to finish the fraud.

MPD explained to M. Rifan of Austrindo Law Office about the the fraud and false marriage documents, but Rifan said not to worry, all would be settled in court, and that we did not need to report the false documents as fraud to the police.

(Per Law: It became clear, however, by the time of the Putusan PN that accepted NMJ’s false marriage documents and the false testimony from NMJ’s witnesses as real, that Rifan was actually working with IBW to destroy MPD. The actions of Rifan and IBW are discussed in a different section.)

IBW Lies to NMJ About Court Decision

The Putusan PN accepted NMJ’s false marriage documents and the false testimony from NMJ’s witnesses as real, and declared the 1996 marriage as legal, and granted NMJ a divorce of the marriage that took place in Sanur (or Kuta, or Tabanan) in 1994.

(Per law: in 2008 the Mahkamah Agung in PK declared the marriage in California 1985 legal by Indonesian law, that the documents of marriage entered by IBW and NMJ in the Accusation of Divorce were false, and that the 1985 marriage was ended by divorce.)

After the Putusan PN, NMJ stopped the children SWD and BSD from going to their father’s house as per the regular custody schedule. MPD came to NMJ’s house to get them, and in front of the children NMJ screamed at MPD that the children were no longer his children and the he could not see them again because she had won the court decision.

The children cried in terror, and MPD called IBW to come to the house to explain to his client NMJ that MPD had filed an appeal (Naik Banding).

IBW came to the house, but when he told NMJ about Naik Banding and status quo, she screamed at IBW that he never said anything about Naik Banding, he had told her that the children and everything would be hers after the PN court decision, and that he had lied to her.

IBW calmed her down, and the children returned to the regular custody schedule. But NMJ still would not ever speak to MPD, and all information or arrangements about the children had to be sent through the pembantus, especially Ni Made Artini (NMA).

MPD Reports Criminal Fraud at Polda Denpasar

After the Putusan PN, MPD pushed Rifan again to help report NMJ’s false document fraud to the police.

MPD and Rifan met with investigator I Wayan Karta to report the fraud, but Rifan did almost all the talking, while MPD was kept busy by other police, and when the report was finished Rifan read it and said it was okay and that MPD should sign it. MPD read it and told Rifan that it was not accurate, but Rifan said ‘Don’t worry, we can fix it later,” so MPD signed it.

I Wayan Karta met with NMJ and her witnesses, but he did not meet with MPD’s witnesses. On 23 January 2006 I Wayan Karta met with MPD at Rifan’s law office and reported that all witnesses had confirmed NMJ’s documents that the marriage had occurred 10 Juni 1994 in Tabanan and they had all been present, so there was no basis for a criminal complaint.

This was ridiculous: NMJ’s accusation of divorce said the marriage had taken place in Kuta in September 1996, not Tabanan. I Wayan Karta reported that all witnesses agreed the ceremony took place in Tabanan, but I Wayan Karta never met MPD’s witnesses.

(Per Law: this report LP/329/XI/2005/ Dit Reskrim Tanggal 28 Januari 2009 Tentang Tindak Pidana ended with SP2HP, never with SP3. So the Criminal Act was reported within nine months of the event, there is no problem with Statute of Limitations because the delay has been cause by the police themselves, and the report is still active.)