Legal Opinion
Wikoski v. Wikoski
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 31, 1986No. 01558PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BROSKY, Judge:
This appeal is from a divorce decree. Appellant contends that the Divorce Code provision allowing no-fault divorce 1 violates his freedom of religion under the Pennsylvania Constitution. 2 We disagree, and accordingly, affirm.
Appellant contends that the grant of a divorce infringes on his religious beliefs as a Roman Catholic, in that that faith opposes divorce. His devotion to his faith is quite apparent. Such an infringement, he argues, works a violation of his rights under Article I, Section 3 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. That Section states:
All men have a natural and…
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- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Everson v. Board of Ed. of EwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Reynolds v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
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