A Florida court confirmed the general principle that the civil courts "are prohibited from resolving
A Florida court confirmed the general principle that the civil courts "are prohibited from resolving church property disputes on the basis of religious doctrine."
The civil courts are without jurisdiction to resolve such disputes when the "underlying controversy concerns religious doctrine and only incidentally affects other matters." Archdiocese of Miami v. Sama, 519 So.2d 28 (Fla. App. 1987)
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