Atchley v. Atchley

OPINION

GODDARD, Judge.

This is a suit for divorce which raises significant questions of res judicata and prior suit pending. On July 18,1977, Kathy Smith Atchley, Plaintiff-Appellee, filed this suit against Allen E. Atchley, Defendant-Appellant, seeking a divorce and custody of their minor child, Allen Atchley, Jr. In her complaint she alleged that she and her child “are citizens and residents of Greene County, Tennessee, and have been for six months next preceding the filing of this complaint.” The Defendant appeared specially to contest jurisdiction by a motion to dismiss on the grounds…