Legal Opinion

Jarvis v. Jarvis

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided August 12, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SANDERS, Judge.

The two issues on this appeal are (1) whether the circuit court has jurisdiction to modify a child support judgment of an abolished county court and (2) whether or not service of notice of an application to modify such decree on the attorney who represented the husband at the time of the original divorce constitutes sufficient notice.

The Appellee, Sharon Kay Jarvis, was awarded a divorce from the Appellant, Donald Edwin Jarvis, in the county court of Hamilton County in June, 1981. She was also awarded custody of their minor child and Donald was ordered to pay her $100…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Crane v. CraneCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1942
  3. Mayhew v. MayhewCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1963
  4. Burden v. BurdenCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1957
  5. Kizer v. BellarTennessee Supreme Court · 1951

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hoyle v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Tanner v. HarrisCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2003
  3. Rowland v. TateCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  4. Chelsea Pirkle v. Justin ParkerCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  5. Hoyle v. WilsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1988

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