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Case Information

Filed 2022-10-04
Status CL
Type Divorce Without Minor(s)
Docket 29 entries
Disposition default

Parties

Plaintiff Grindstaff , John Andrew|5/30/2023
Defendant Grindstaff , April Lynn|5/30/2023
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Judge

Hon. Suzanne Cook

Carter County (TN)

Tennessee

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Docket Entries

  1. DIVORCE CERTIFICATE
  2. GEN RESTRAINING ORDER
  3. HEALTH INS NOTICE
  4. PROPOSED MDA
  5. PUBLICATION MAILED
  6. PUBLICATION MAILED
  7. AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION/ JOHNSON CITY PRESS
  8. NOTICE OF STATUS HEARING FILED
  9. MEMO: DEFENDANT CALLED AND STATED THAT SHE STILL LIVED WITH THE PLAINTIFF AND HAS NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF A DIVORCE UNTIL A TEXT FROM HER HUBAND (PLAINTIFF) TODAY. SHE STATED SHE WILL NOT BE IN COURT AND TO LET HIM DIVORCE HER SHE DOESN'T WANT TO LIVE WIT
  10. AMENDED COMPLAINT
  11. CIVIL SUMMONS ISSUED-APRIL GRINDSTAFF
  12. CIVIL SUMMONS ISSUED-APRIL LYNN GRINDSTAFF
  13. CIVIL SUMMONS ISSUED-SECRETARY OF STATE
  14. HEALTH INS NOTICE
  15. STATISTICAL INFORMATION OF THE PARTIES
  16. CIVIL SUMMONS RET/NOT SERVED
  17. AFFIDAVIT OF LANNY R. NORRIS
  18. MOTION FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION FILED
  19. ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION TO BE SIGNED
  20. SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
  21. ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION FILED
  22. PUBLICATION CERTIFICATE FROM JC PRESS
  23. MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGEMENT FILED
  24. NOTICE OF HEARING FILED
  25. FINAL DECREE
  26. JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT
  27. MAILED CERTIFIED COPIES OF JUDGEMENT BY DEFAULT & FINAL DECREE TO BOTH PARTIES & ATTORNEY LANNY NORRIS

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