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2023 Tennessee Code
Title 36 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS (§§ 36-1-101 — 36-8-104)
Chapter 4 - DIVORCE AND ANNULMENT (§§ 36-4-101 — 36-4-135)
- Section 36-4-101 - Grounds for divorce from bonds of matrimony
- Section 36-4-102 - Legal separation
- Section 36-4-103 - Irreconcilable differences - Procedure
- Section 36-4-104 - Residence requirements
- Section 36-4-105 - Venue
- Section 36-4-106 - Complaint for divorce or legal separation - Temporary injunctions
- Section 36-4-107 - Verification of petition - Effect of noncompliance
- Section 36-4-108 - Security for costs - Service of process
- Section 36-4-109 - Time for hearing
- Section 36-4-110 - Appearance and answer
- Section 36-4-111 - Failure to separate not a defense
- Section 36-4-112 - Defense when ground is adultery
- Section 36-4-113 - Issues - Trial by jury - New trial
- Section 36-4-114 - Proof required
- Section 36-4-115 - Form of proof
- Section 36-4-116 - Affidavits of proof not required - Sworn statements concerning financial matters required - Sworn statements as evidence
- Section 36-4-117 - Proof when ground is spouse's refusal to remove to this state
- Section 36-4-118 - Proof when ground is conviction of crime
- Section 36-4-119 - Decree of court generally
- Section 36-4-120 - Ill conduct defense
- Section 36-4-121 - Division, distribution, or assignment of marital property - Allocation of marital debt
- Section 36-4-122 - Costs
- Section 36-4-123 - Appeals
- Section 36-4-124 - Right to remarry
- Section 36-4-125 - Legitimacy of children unaffected by divorce or annulment
- Section 36-4-126 - Suspension of proceedings to attempt reconciliation - Revocation
- Section 36-4-127 - Expunction of divorce records upon reconciliation of parties
- Section 36-4-128 - Remarriage after spouse's two-year absence - Effect of spouse's return
- Section 36-4-129 - Stipulated grounds and/or defenses - Grant of divorce
- Section 36-4-130 - Mediation - Confidentiality of information and documents
- Section 36-4-131 - Mediation - Waiver or extension - Domestic abuse - Video conference
- Section 36-4-132 - Appointment of guardian ad litem
- Section 36-4-133 - Compliance with notice of insurance termination provisions required
- Section 36-4-134 - Notice that the decree does not necessarily affect the ability of a creditor to proceed against a party or a party's property
- Section 36-4-135 - False allegations of sexual abuse in furtherance of litigation
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