Chastain v. Chastain

559 S.W.2d 933 (1977)

Wanda Faye Chapman CHASTAIN, Petitioner,

v.

Harold Lamar CHASTAIN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

December 12, 1977.

Arthur Bass, Southeast Tennessee Legal Services, Chattanooga, for petitioner.

Carl W. Eshbaugh, Knoxville, for respondent.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The plaintiff brought this action for divorce alleging that the defendant had abandoned her, or turned her out of doors, and refused or neglected to provide for her, a ground for divorce specified by T.C.A., § 36-802(3). The defendant failed to interpose any defense and a default judgment was accordingly taken…