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RUTLEDGE v. BARRETT

802 S.W.2d 604 (1991)

Patsy Olene Barrett RUTLEDGE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. James Albert BARRETT, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam E. Wallace, Nashville, for petitioner-appellee.

Joe P. Binkley, Jr., Nashville, for respondent-appellant.

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

OPINION

In this appeal, we are asked to resolve the question we left open in Hoyle v. Wilson, 746 S.W.2d 665, 677 (Tenn. 1988) (opinion on petition to rehear), that is, whether the 1987 amendment to Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-5-101(a)(5) prevents both retroactive modification of child support orders and the interposition of traditional equitable defenses...

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