RATCLIFFE v. RATCLIFFE


709 S.W.2d 609 (1986)

Shelia P. RATCLIFFE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carl R. RATCLIFFE, Jr., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Eastern Section.

January 28, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.J. Michael Cody, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, Robert Conley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald K. Vowell, of Rainwater, Humble & Vowell, Knoxville, for defendant-appellee.


OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

The trial court refused to entertain the wife's petition for support, filed pursuant to the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, T.C.A., § 36-5-201, et seq., on the grounds the court was without subject matter jurisdiction.1

The wife's petition for support against the husband, residing in Tennessee, was filed on May 3, 1984, in Arlington County, Virginia. The Virginia court...

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