The father has the authority over his daughter regarding her erusin —- [whether effected] by money, by document, or by relations. He has the right to her findings, her handiwork, and the absolution of her vows, and he receives her bill of divorce; but he does not enjoy the usufruct during her lifetime.  [If] she married, the husband exceeds him in that he enjoys the usufruct during her lifetime. He is liable for her support, her ransom, and her burial. R’ Yehudah says: Even the poorest in Israel may not hire fewer than two flutes and a lamenting woman.

She is still under the authority of her father until she enters the authority of her husband at marriage. [If] the father gave [her] over to the agents of the husband, she is in the authority of the husband. [If] the father went along with the husband’s agents, or [if] the father’s agents went along with the husband’s agents, she is [still] in the authority of the father. [If] the father’s agents gave her over to the husband’s agents, she is in the authority of the husband.

The father is not liable for his daughter’s support. This exposition did R’ Elazar ben Azariah expound before the Sages in the academy in Yavneh: “The sons will inherit, and the daughters will be sustained.” Just as the sons inherit only after the father’s death, so are the daughters supported only after their father’s death.

[If] he did not write a kesubah for her, a virgin collects two hundred [zuz], and a widow one hundred, because it is a condition established by the court. [If] he assigned to her in writing a field worth a hundred in lieu of the two hundred zuz, and he did not write to her: “All properties that I own are surety for your kesubah,” he is [nevertheless] liable, since it is a condition established by the court.