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f Religious Family Agreements
Mahr, Ketubah, and Religious Upbringing Provisions in Recent U.S. Cases
- Amsterdam University Press
- Source: Journal of Law, Religion and State, Volume 10, Issue 2-3, 2022, p. 252 - 267
Abstract
Abstract
The article offers an overview of recent United States court cases on the topic of religious family agreements, focusing in particular on cases seeking to enforce mahr provisions, provisions of ketubahs, and religious upbringing agreements. Overall, the recent cases display the tensions created by an intersection of separate concerns: interpretive, doctrinal, and constitutional. The cases ultimately display a cautious approach, including a general reluctance to enforce provisions where doing so might interfere with religious freedom or override the financial rights of vulnerable parties.
© Brian H. Bix, 2023. Published with license by Koninklijke Brill NV