2010 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - Domestic Relations
Chapter 4 - Divorce and Annulment
36-4-120 - Decree of court in action brought under § 36-4-102.
36-4-120. Decree of court in action brought under § 36-4-102.
(a) If the cause assigned for a divorce is that specified in § 36-4-101(11), the defendant may make defense by alleging and proving the ill conduct of the complainant as a justifiable cause for the conduct complained of, and on making out the defense to the satisfaction of the court, the bill may be dismissed with or without costs, in the discretion of the court.
(b) But if the court is of the opinion that the complainant is entitled to relief, it may be granted, according to the prayer of the bill, by annulling the marriage, or by ordering a separation, perpetual or temporary, or such other decree as the nature and circumstances of the case require.
[Code 1858, §§ 2466, 2467 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, §§ 19, 20); Shan., §§ 4219, 4220; Code 1932, §§ 8444, 8445; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 36-818, 36-819; Acts 1998, ch. 1059, § 11.]
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