No. 24-5844

Kimberly Edelstein v. Max Edelstein

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2024-10-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedRelisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-rights contract-law due-process free-exercise-clause neutral-principles religious-marriage
Latest Conference: 2025-02-28 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Does the Ohio court's dedsiofi to invalidate a Jewish Ketufaah as an
unenforceable "promise to marry " and void as against public policy conflict with
decisions of other state coasts ihat-have iBsxjgsizedxeligioiis marriage contracts as
valid and enforceable agreements, thereby creating a si
rights that must be resolved by the XJ.S, Supreme Court?

2. Should rehgimis mama ga contracts, that protect women of faitirbased
be deemed valid under the East ikaentfaeni 's Free Exercise Clause,
the liberty and property protections of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, and
be mifer agotral principle s of contact law consistent with the U.S.
Supreme Court 's decision in denes v_ Wolf, 443B.S. 595 (1979)?

3. Does the Ohio court 's refusal to apply neutral principles of law to interpret and
or.Tmw» ft J^gyab Bwte with the DUEL Supreme Court 's decision in Jones
v. Wolf; 443 UJ3- 595 (1979), which held that courts may resolve disputes involving
religious entities by applying neutral principles of law without violating the
Establishment Clause?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Ohio courts improperly invalidated a Jewish marriage contract (Ketubah) by refusing to enforce religious marriage agreements and applying inconsistent legal principles

Docket Entries

2025-03-03
Petition DENIED.
2025-02-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/28/2025.
2025-01-28
Petitioner complied with order of January 13, 2025.
2025-01-13
The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. Petitioner is allowed until February 3, 2025, within which to pay the docketing fee required by Rule 38(a) and to submit a petition in compliance with Rule 33.1 of the Rules of this Court.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-20
Waiver of right of respondent Max Edelstein to respond filed.
2024-10-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 29, 2024)

Attorneys

Kimberly Edelstein
Kimberly Edelstein — Petitioner
Max Edelstein
Max Edelstein — Respondent