Barrow v. Barrow

This cause comes to this Court from the Probate Court of Davidson County, Tennessee upon the trial judge sustaining a plea in abatement grounded on the premise the court did not have jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit. The question presented is whether the Probate Court of Davidson County, Tennessee has jurisdiction to entertain a petition filed pursuant to T.C.A. Sections 36-901 through 36-929 generally referred to as the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act.

The Probate Court of Davidson County, Tennessee was created by Chapter 124, Private Acts of Tennessee for 1963.…