Ryan v. Ryan

MEMORANDUM OPINION

(April 7, 2010)

Pending before the Court is the Motion for Allowance of Attorney’s Fees and Costs filed by Defendant in the above-captioned civil action.1 Plaintiff has submitted a written opposition to Defendant’s motion as directed by a previous Order of this Court. As set forth below in more detail, Virgin Islands law does not provide for the allowance of the kinds of costs sought by Defendant in this case. Therefore, Defendant’s motion will be denied in its entirety.2

I Background.

Plaintiff initiated this litigation by filing his complaint on April 20, 2007, seeking…