Glenna Mae Choate Myers v. Ray Edward

This case originated as a divorce action between Glenna Mae Choate Myers, plaintiff, and Ray Edward Myers, defendant. On February 5, 1990, a default judgment was granted to the plaintiff. The plaintiff, Glenna Mae Choate Myers, was awarded an absolute divorce from the defendant and custody of the parties minor children. She was also awarded real property consisting of sixty-eight acres "in lieu of child support." By deed dated April, 1990, the appellee, Ray Edward Myers, executed and delivered a quit-claim deed conveying the real property in question to the original plaintiff, Glenna Myers. On May 29, 1990, this deed was duly recorded in the Registers office of Roane County, Tennessee, the situs of the property. Shortly after the divorce, Glenna Myers married the third-party defendant, France Calvin Cogdill. On May 23, 1990, Glenna Myers executed a deed to France Calvin Cogdill, her husband, creating a tenancy by the entirety. This deed was duly recorded in the Registers office of Roane County on May 29, 1990.