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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs October 8, 2008 VENITA DECOSTA GILLIAM v. ROLLIE GILLIAM, JR.
Appeal from the Chancery Court for Montgomery County No. MC-CH-CV-D1-07-31 Laurence M. McMillan, Chancellor

No. M2007-02507-COA-R3-CV - Filed November 13, 2008

When the trial court entered its divorce decree, husband, who was in prison in another state, was representing himself. Husband asserts that the trial court erred because it lacked personal jurisdiction over him and lacked subject matter jurisdiction in this matter. We have concluded that husband waived the personal jurisdiction issue. However, because the trial court failed to rule on husband's pending motions before adjudicating the divorce, we vacate and remand. Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Chancery Court Vacated and Remanded ANDY D. BENNETT , J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined. PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., not participating. R. Lance Miller, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Rollie Gilliam, Jr. Gary J. Hodges, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellee, Venita Decosta Gilliam OPINION FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Venita DeCosta Gilliam ("Wife") and Rollie Gilliam, Jr. ("Husband") were married on September 16, 2001 in Florida. No children were born of the marriage. Wife filed a petition for divorce in the Montgomery County Chancery Court on January 11, 2007, alleging four grounds for divorce: irreconcilable differences pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann.

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