Defense when ground is adultery

Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-112, under Divorce and Annulment.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 36-4-112

(1) If the cause assigned for the divorce is adultery, it is a good defense and perpetual bar to the same if the defendant alleges and proves that:(1) The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime;(2) The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act;(3) The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or(4) The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.

(1) The complainant has been guilty of like act or crime;

(2) The complainant has admitted the defendant into conjugal society and embraces after knowledge of the criminal act;

(3) The complainant, if the husband, allowed the wife's prostitutions and received hire for them; or

(4) The husband exposed the wife to lewd company, whereby the wife became ensnared to the act or crime of adultery.