Clark v. Clark

SUMMERS, Judge.

The sole question before this court is the interpretation of Chastain v. Chastain, 559 S.W.2d 933 (Tenn.1977), an opinion written by Justice Brock.

The Trial Court in the instant case relied on the Chastain case as authority for the proposition that acts occurring after separation cannot constitute grounds for divorce.

On September 28, 1977, prior to the Divorce Complaint which is the basis of this appeal, the defendant-appellee, William Ray Clark, filed a Complaint for Divorce in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. The plain…