Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-506 (2026)
Time for decision in nonjury cases
✓ current as of May 2026
When any judge of any district tries a case without the intervention of a jury, whether the judge is required to reduce the judge's finding of facts to writing or not, the judge shall be required to render the judge's decision and have judgment entered in the case within sixty (60) days from the completion of the trial.
Acts 1903, ch. 441, § 1; Shan., § 6087a1; Code 1932, § 10347; mod. C. Supp. 1950, § 10347; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 20-1322.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1995–2026 · leading case: Just. v. Sovran Bank, 918 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995).
Just. v. Sovran Bank, 918 S.W.2d 428 (Tenn. Ct. App. 1995). “It is then argued in her brief that since her husband, a party, is deceased that neither she nor her lawyer can adequately prepare a narrative transcript of the evidence, as no court reporter was present during the trial of the case.”
James Franklin Byrd v. Valerie Finley Byrd v. Byrd Bros., LLC (Tenn. Ct. App. 2022). “Valuation Date & Delay First, we consider Husband’s contention that the trial court erred when it entered the final decree of divorce over a year after the trial concluded, which, he claims, resulted in it “not valuing the assets at a point in time close enough to the entry of…”
Heather Danielle Radar Blount v. James Edward Blount (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “He cited Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-9-506, which provides, “When any judge of any district tries a case without the intervention of a jury, whether the 5 Thereafter, Wife filed a petition for scire facias and citation for civil contempt, asserting that Husband had…”
Katherine Wehr Johnson v. Dustin Faeder (Tenn. Ct. App. 2026). “Tennessee Code Annotated section 20-9-506 provides that “[w]hen any judge of any district tries a case without the intervention of a jury .”
Saundra Kay (Pace) Mason v. James E. Mason (Tenn. Ct. App. 2010). “Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-506 states: “When any judge of any district tries a case without the intervention of a jury, whether the judge is required to reduce the judge’s finding of facts to writing or not, the judge shall be required to render the judge’s decision and have…”
Bobby McBee v. CSX Transp., Inc. (2017). “(Citing Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-9-506 .) 6 II. Issues Presented Mr.”
James V. Holleman v. Barbara J. Holleman (Tenn. Ct. App. 2024). “She notes in her brief that the trial “court clerks didn’t adhere to the procedures for filing a Rule 58 Judgment after the Judge signed it on March 8, 2012 (TCA 20-9-506) and recorded it on the Rule docket as a ‘FINAL ORDER.”
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