Towers v. Towers
Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph, Judge
*213MEMORANDUM OPINION
I. QUESTIONS PRESENTED
This case requires the court to characterize — as child support or alimony — the right of a former wife to occupy the marital home until the youngest child reaches 18 granted in a divorce decree in conjunction with custody of the children of the marriage.
This court must also determine whether certain factors, e.g., emancipation of one of the children, residency in the home by one not a child of the marriage, or remarriage and formation of a second family by the husband, justify a reduction in the responsibility of the husband to provide the shelter…
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