Bonnie Faith Rodgers v. Thomas Edward Rodgers.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2011-02190-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge D. Michael Swiney
Originating Judge: Judge L. Marie Williams
Date Filed: Monday, September 10, 2012
This appeal arises from a divorce. Bonnie Faith Rodgers (“Wife”) sued her husband, Thomas Edward Rodgers (“Husband”), for divorce in the Circuit Court for Hamilton County (“the Trial Court”), alleging inappropriate marital conduct and irreconcilable differences. Wife and Husband had been married for more than 40 years. Husband answered and counterclaimed for divorce, also alleging inappropriate marital conduct. After a trial, the Trial Court divided the marital estate and awarded Wife periodic alimony. Husband appeals, arguing that the Trial Court erred in a host of ways, including its classification and division of the marital estate and its award of periodic alimony to Wife. Husband also appeals the Trial Court’s extending Wife’s Order of Protection against him for an additional five years. Wife raises her own issue regarding the allocation of certain vehicles. We affirm the judgment of the Trial Court in its entirety.
Ron Littlefield, et al. v. Hamilton County Election Commission, et al.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hamilton County
Case Number: E2012-00489-COA-R3-CV
Authoring Judge: Judge John W. McClarty
Originating Judge: Judge W. Jeffery Hollingsworth
Date Filed: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
This is the second time the attempt to recall Chattanooga’s mayor has been before this court. In the initial appeal, we concluded the trial court acted prematurely and without jurisdiction when it enjoined the election commission from placing the recall issue on the ballot, because the election commission, at that point in time, had not formally decided whether or not to certify the recall petition. After we vacated the void judgment of the trial court, the election commission certified the recall petition and the mayor again filed suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the petition process was flawed and to enjoin the placement of the recall issue on the ballot. The trial court found that the petition seeking the recall of the mayor is invalid and illegal because it does not comply with all the requirements of Tennessee Code Annotated section 2-5-151. The leaders of the recall effort appeal. We affirm in part and reverse in part.