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SMITH v. SMITH

643 S.W.2d 320 (1982)

Evelyn Mae SMITH, Appellee, v. Clarence L. SMITH, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

December 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Jwill Weaver, Lockett, Slovis & Weaver, Knoxville, for appellant.

James L. Frederick, Maryville, for appellee.

OPINION

FONES, Chief Justice.

This procedural quagmire does not lend itself to a brief introductory statement of the issue. We granted defendant's T.R.A.P. 11 application to examine the propriety of the Court of Appeals' award of a judgment for child support arrearage based on a procedural technicality, there having been no adjudication on the merits of plaintiff's claim in the trial court. We reverse and remand for a trial of that issue on its merits.<...

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