Legal Opinion

Drayton v. Drayton

Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands

Decided August 30, 2016No. S. Ct. Civil No. 2015-0068PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

(August 30, 2016)

Swan, Associate Justice.

Appellant, Freeston Drayton (“Mr. Drayton”), appeals the Superior Court’s amended findings of fact and conclusions of law, which distributed separate and marital property between him and his former wife, Nadia Drayton (“Ms. Drayton”). For the reasons elucidated below, we remand this case to the Superior Court for the equitable distribution of the 2009 Ford Escape vehicle purchased by Mr. Drayton, as well as for the equitable distribution of the parties’ marital debt, consistent with the evidence presented. We affirm the court’s…

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