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Decisions of Interest

By ALM Staff | Law Journal Newsletters |
November 25, 2009

Court Should Not Have Tried to Decide Religious Matters

Supreme Court, Nassau County, improperly determined that a Hindu marriage entered into in India was valid, though it was performed before India codified the requirements of marriage, because such determination required the court to rule on the validity of religious matters in contravention of the principle of separation of church and state. Madireddy v. Madireddy, — N.Y.S.2d —-, 2009 WL 3209591 (2d Dept. 10/6/09) (Skelos, J.P., Covello, Leventhal and Roman, JJ.).

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