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Extracted case name
FLOYD MICHAEL WOODY v. JOY DARLENE WOODY
Extracted reporter citation
pending
Docket / number
E2001-02078-COA-R3-CV In this case from the Chancery
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 1068685 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to pension / defined benefit issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.

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Category: pension / defined benefit issues

Evidence quotes

QDRO

equally divide all stock in Mr. Woody's Roadway Services, Incorporated, Stock Retirement Income Plan, as of April 20, 1993. The total number of shares to be divided is 3,168. Each party will receive 1,584 shares. These shares will be distributed as per the Qualified Domestic Relations Order which will issue from this Court and be fully adopted as if fully set forth herein. Thereafter, in accord with the above provision, the Trial Court entered a qualified domestic relations order (hereinafter "QDRO") which orders distribution to Ms. Woody of her designated share of the stock in the above referenced stock retirement income plan, which the QD

pension

Chancellor FILED OCTOBER 29, 2002 No. E2001-02078-COA-R3-CV In this case from the Chancery Court of Hamblen County the Appellant, Floyd Michael Woody contends that the Trial Court erred in amending a final judgment for divorce to include one half of his pension fund as part of the marital property to be awarded the Appellee, Joy Darlene Woody. The judgment of the Trial Court is affirmed as modified. Tenn.R.App.P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Chancery Court Affirmed as Modified; Cause Remanded HOUSTON M. GODDARD , P.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS and CHARLES D. SUSA

domestic relations order

vide all stock in Mr. Woody's Roadway Services, Incorporated, Stock Retirement Income Plan, as of April 20, 1993. The total number of shares to be divided is 3,168. Each party will receive 1,584 shares. These shares will be distributed as per the Qualified Domestic Relations Order which will issue from this Court and be fully adopted as if fully set forth herein. Thereafter, in accord with the above provision, the Trial Court entered a qualified domestic relations order (hereinafter "QDRO") which orders distribution to Ms. Woody of her designated share of the stock in the above referenced stock retirement income plan, which the QD

Source and provenance

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courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
Permissions posture
public
Generated status
machine draft public v0
Review status
gold label pending
Jurisdiction metadata
US
Deterministic extraction
docket: E2001-02078-COA-R3-CV In this case from the Chancery
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
 AT KNOXVILLE
 September 30, 2002 Session

 FLOYD MICHAEL WOODY v. JOY DARLENE WOODY

 Appeal from the Chancery Court for Hamblen County
 No. 92-179 Thomas R. Frierson, II, Chancellor

 FILED OCTOBER 29, 2002

 No. E2001-02078-COA-R3-CV

In this case from the Chancery Court of Hamblen County the Appellant, Floyd Michael Woody
contends that the Trial Court erred in amending a final judgment for divorce to include one half of
his pension fund as part of the marital property to be awarded the Appellee, Joy Darlene Woody.
The judgment of the Trial Court is affirmed as modified.

 Tenn.R.App.P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Chancery Court Affirmed as
 Modified; Cause Remanded

HOUSTON M. GODDARD , P.J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which HERSCHEL P. FRANKS and
CHARLES D. SUSANO, JR., JJ., joined.

P. Richard Talley, Dandridge, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Floyd Michael Woody

Paul Whetstone, Mosheim, Tennessee, for the Appellee, Joy Darlene Woody

 OPINION

 In this divorce case from the Chancery Court for Hamblen County the Appellant, Floyd
Michael Woody, raises one issue for our review which we restate as follows:

 Did the Trial Court err in amending the final decree of divorce between the Appellant, Floyd
Michael Woody, and the Appellee, Joy Darlene Woody, to include one-half of Mr. Woody's pension
fund as a portion of the marital property awarded to Ms. Woody?

 The parties to this appeal were divorced by judgment of the Trial Court1 entered on July 20,
1993, which provided for the distribution of marital property and included the following:

 1
 The record shows that Judge William Jenkins was sitting by interchange as the presiding judge o f this case
at the time of divo rce.
 4. The parties are to equally divide all stock in Mr. Woody's Roadway Services,
 Incorporated, Stock Retirement Income Plan, as of April 20, 1993. The total
 number of shares to be divided is 3,168. Each party will receive 1,584 shares.
 These shares will be distributed as per the Qualified Domestic Relations Order
 which will issue from this Court and be fully adopted as if fully set forth herein.

 Thereafter, in accord with the above provision, the Trial Court entered a qualified domestic
relations order (hereinafter "QDRO") which orders distribution to Ms. Woody of her designated
share of the stock in the above referenced stock retirement income plan, which the QDRO described
as the \Stock Bonus Plan