Legal Opinion
Emanuel v. Emanuel
District Court, Virgin Islands
Decided December 7, 1978No. Civil No. 34/1969PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This case requires the court to determine how a child’s emancipation affects the support obligations of the father and to what extent remarriage and the birth of children by that remarriage may also affect those obligations. The court further considers whether the father’s support and alimony obligations, if subject to modification, may be retrospectively modified under Virgin Islands’ law.
The cause came on for hearing on March 2, 1978, on plaintiff’s motion for a reduction of the monthly child support payments required by an April 14, 1970, divorce decree.1 The plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Sistare v. SistareSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Brandt v. BrandtOregon Supreme Court · 1902
- Karlin v. KarlinNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Beaird v. BeairdCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1964
- Berrilla K. Viles v. James VilesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands Ex Rel. Larsen v. RuizDistrict Court, Virgin Islands · 2000
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- Charleswell v. Bank of Nova ScotiaSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2001
- Engeman v. EngemanSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2016
- Towers v. TowersSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 1979
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