If the defendant admits the facts charged in the bill or petition and relied upon as the ground for a divorce, or the bill is taken for confessed, the court shall, nevertheless, before decreeing a divorce, except a divorce on the ground of irreconcilable differences, hear proof of the facts alleged as aforementioned, and either dismiss the bill or petition or grant a divorce, as the justice of the case may require.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-114
Proof required
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Hyneman v. Hyneman (2003)
Most recently applied in Hyneman v. Hyneman (September 2003)
Code 1858, § 2459 (deriv
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