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Hackett v. Hackett

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 24, 1958
168 Ohio St. 373 (Ohio 1958)

Summary

In Hackett v. Hackett (App. 1958), 78 Ohio Law Abs. 485, 150 N.E.2d 431, the Sixth District Court of Appeals held that a custodial parent could not be forced to send her child to a parochial school pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement that had been incorporated into a divorce decree.

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Opinion

No. 35756

Decided December 24, 1958.

Supreme Court — Dismissal — No debatable constitutional question involved — Contempt proceeding — For violation of divorce decree — Incorporating separation agreement containing provisions of antenuptial agreement — Providing for specified schooling and religious training of minor child of parties — Void and unenforceable — Section 7, Article I, Constitution — "Religious freedom."

APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Lucas County.

Messrs. Holloway, Peppers Romanoff and Mr. Peter L. Moran, for appellee.

Mr. William A. Finn, for appellant.


The appeal as of right herein is dismissed for the reason that no debatable constitutional question is involved.

Appeal dismissed.

WEYGANDT, C.J., STEWART, MATTHIAS and BELL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hackett v. Hackett

Supreme Court of Ohio
Dec 24, 1958
168 Ohio St. 373 (Ohio 1958)

In Hackett v. Hackett (App. 1958), 78 Ohio Law Abs. 485, 150 N.E.2d 431, the Sixth District Court of Appeals held that a custodial parent could not be forced to send her child to a parochial school pursuant to the terms of a separation agreement that had been incorporated into a divorce decree.

Summary of this case from Lawson v. Lawson
Case details for

Hackett v. Hackett

Case Details

Full title:HACKETT, APPELLEE v. HACKETT, JR., APPELLANT

Court:Supreme Court of Ohio

Date published: Dec 24, 1958

Citations

168 Ohio St. 373 (Ohio 1958)
154 N.E.2d 820

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