11 chapters · 247 sections in this title.
16 V.I.C. § 105 Residence requirements for annulment
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When a marriage has been solemnized in the Virgin Islands an action may be maintained to declare it void if the plaintiff is an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands at the commencement of the action. If the marriage has not been solemnized in the Virgin Islands, such action can only …
16 V.I.C. § 106 Divorce; jurisdiction of court
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(a) In an action for the dissolution of the marriage contract or for a legal separation the plaintiff therein must be an inhabitant of the Virgin Islands who is domiciled therein at the commencement of the action and who has resided therein continuously and uninterruptedly for at…
16 V.I.C. § 108 Interlocutory orders
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(1) After the commencement of an action, and before a judgment therein, the court may, in its discretion, provide by order—(1) that a party in need obtain from the other party such funds as may be necessary to enable the party in need to prosecute or defend the action, as the cas…
16 V.I.C. § 109 Final orders
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(a) Whenever a marriage is declared void or dissolved the court may, without regard to any determination that the breakdown of the marriage was the fault of one party or the other, further decree:(1) for the future care and custody of minor children of the marriage as it may deem…