Religion Clause

In Funti v. Andrews ,  (NY App., Jan. 6, 2026), a New York state appellate court held that a divorce action should be dismissed because the ...

In N.S. v. H.C. ,  (CA App., Oct. 17, 2025), a California state appellate court reversed and remanded a trial court's ruling on divorced...

In Azimi v. Worrell ,  (WD VA, June 3, 2025), plaintiff appearing pro se , challenged on Free Exercise and Establishment Clause grounds an o...

In L.F. v. M.A. , (NY Cnty. Sup. Ct., July 9, 2024), a New York state trial court, in a divorce action, held that a ceremony at a Coptic Ort...

In Mohd v. State of Telangana ,  (India Sup. Ct., July 10, 2024), a 2-judge panel of India's Supreme Court held that a Muslim woman who ...

 In Omid v. Ahmadi ,  (CT Super., March 18, 2024), a Connecticut state trial court in a action for dissolution of a marriage refused to enfo...

 In T.I. v. R.I. , (NY Sup Ct Kings Cty, March 20, 2024), a New York state trial court held that the state would recognize a couple's ma...

In Tilsen v. Benson ,  (CT Sup. Ct., Sept. 5, 2023), the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a trial court's refusal to enforce the provisi...

In Satz v. Satz , (NJ Super., Aug. 18, 2023), a New Jersey state appellate court upheld a trial court's order enforcing a marital settle...

L.M. v. M.A. , (NY County Sup. Ct., Feb. 6, 2023), is a decision by a New York state trial court refusing to quash a subpoena that orders a ...

Kingston v. Kingston ,  (UT Sup. Ct., Dec. 22, 2022), is a challenge by Ryan Kingston to a trial court's order in a divorce proceeding t...

 An unusual suit was filed this week in a New York state trial court by a Bukharian Jewish religious organization which is seeking to recove...

In In re Marriage of Olsen , (CO App., June 23, 2022), a Colorado state appellate court was called on to settle a dispute between a husband ...

 In King v. State of New York ,  (2d Cir., May 9, 2022), the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals held that plaintiff lacked standing to challe...

In Parbeen v. Bari ,  (FL App., March 16, 2022), a Florida state appellate court held that a traditional Islamic prenuptial agreement-- a Ma...

 In Kaur v. Singh ,  (PA Super., Aug. 2, 2021), a Pennsylvania appellate court upheld a Protection From Abuse Order that excludes plaintiff...

In King v. New York ,  (ND NY, Feb. 26, 2021), a New York federal district court rejected a wife's contention that New York's no-fau...

 In In re Marriage of Crouch ,  (CO App., Jan. 14, 2021), a Colorado state appellate court remanded a trial court's refusal to modify th...

The United Arab Emirates today announced liberalizing changes in its Sharia-based personal laws. The Hill , The National , and  Emirates New...

 In Melki v. Melki , (MD App., Sept. 29, 2020), the Maryland Court of Special Appeals rejected a husband's claim that granting his wife ...