§ 36-4-110. Appearance and Answer
The defendant may appear according to the rules of the court and answer the bill upon oath or affirmation. Code 1858, § 2457 (deriv. Acts 1835-1836, ch. 26, § 5); Shan., § 4210; Code 1932, § 8435; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 36-810.
§ 36-4-111. Failure to Separate Not a Defense
It is no impediment to a divorce that the offended spouse did not leave the marital domicile or separate from the offending spouse on account of the conduct of the offending spouse.
§ 36-4-101. Grounds for Divorce From Bonds of Matrimony
The following are causes of divorce from the bonds of matrimony: Either party, at the time of the contract, was and still is naturally impotent and incapable of procreation; Either party has knowingly entered into a second marriage, in violation of a previous marriage, still subsisting; Either party has committed adultery; Willful or malicious desertion […]
§ 36-4-102. Legal Separation
A party who alleges grounds for divorce from the bonds of matrimony may, as an alternative to filing a complaint for divorce, file a complaint for legal separation. Such complaint shall set forth the grounds for legal separation in substantially the language of § 36-4-101 and pray only for legal separation or for such other […]
§ 36-4-103. Irreconcilable Differences — Procedure
In all divorces sought because of irreconcilable differences between the parties, if the defendant is a nonresident, personal service may be effectuated by service upon the secretary of state pursuant to § 20-2-215. In lieu of service of process, the defendant may enter into a written notarized marital dissolution agreement with plaintiff that makes specific […]