Religious Family Agreements: Mahr, Ketubah, and Religious Upbringing Provisions in Recent U.S. Cases

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 a...

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Published in:Journal of law, religion and state
Main Author: Bix, Brian 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of law, religion and state
Further subjects:B religious upbringing provisions
B ketubah
B First Amendment
B private ordering
B mahr
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Summary: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.
ISSN:2212-4810
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22124810-20230001