Legal Opinion

Stanfill v. Stanfill

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided September 30, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge.

In this divorce case the defendant-counter-plaintiff husband has appealed from a judgment that both the complaint and counterclaim be dismissed.

The Pleadings

The complaint of the plaintiff-wife alleges:

The parties were married on June 28, 1980, are not yet separated and have two children, aged 3 and 5. The grounds of divorce are irreconcilable differences.

The answer of the defendant-husband denies irreconcilable differences and prays for dismissal of the complaint.

By subsequent petition the wife requested a restraining order to prevent the husband from coming about…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Chastain v. ChastainTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Moore v. MooreTennessee Supreme Court · 1899
  3. Bush v. BushCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  4. Fox v. FoxTennessee Supreme Court · 1984

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