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MONICA D. SORENSEN v. JAYSON R. SORENSEN

Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 15, 2026

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jayson R. Sorensen, Clarksville, Tennessee, Pro se.

Attorneys 2: Stacy A. Turner, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Monica D. Sorensen.

Judge(s): STAFFORD

The trial court denied Husband’s timely motion to alter or amend a divorce decree involving child custody, child support, and the distribution of military retirement benefits. Several days later, the trial court entered a Military Retired Pay Division Order. Husband’s notice of appeal was filed more than thirty days after the former order, but within thirty days of the latter order. Because we determine that the time for filing an appeal from the order denying Husband’s motion was not affected by the entry of the Military Retired Pay Division Order, we conclude that Husband’s appeal was untimely. Without a timely filed notice of appeal, this Court lacks jurisdiction, and the appeal is dismissed.

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