Tennessee § 36-4-112 Defense when ground is adultery

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§ 36-4-112 — Defense when ground is adultery

Tennessee § 36-4-112

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-112 (2026).

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If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it is a good defense and perpetual bar to the same if the defendant alleges and proves that:

(1)The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime;

(2)The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act;

(3)The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or (4) The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.

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If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it is a good defense and perpetual bar to the same if the defendant alleges and proves that: (1) The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime; (2) The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act; (3) The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or (4) The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.