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Tennessee judge finds domicile in Tennessee, holds hearing on jurisdiction in Nossinger divorce
Summary
Judge David D. Wolfe held a hearing on whether Tennessee or California should decide the divorce of Carrie and Reed Nossinger; the court allowed the husband to testify remotely, found Tennessee the appropriate forum on the record, and reset substantive motions pending the California court's May hearing.
A Dixon County chancellor on Thursday heard competing jurisdictional claims in the divorce between Carrie Nossinger and Reed Allen Nossinger and allowed the husband to testify remotely before ruling that Tennessee is the appropriate forum to decide the case.
The ruling was limited to the jurisdictional question: whether the Tennessee chancery court or a divorce action filed by Reed Nossinger in Los Angeles County, California, should proceed first. The court then deferred the parties' substantive motions about spousal support, division of marital debt, exclusive possession of the marital residence and sale of a vacation property until after the California court's May hearing.
The issue arose after Reed Nossinger filed for divorce in Los Angeles in November 2024 and Carrie Nossinger filed in Dixon County in December 2024. Counsel for the parties disputed whether Reed had satisfied California's six-month residency requirement when he filed there;…
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