Legal Opinion
Government of Virgin Islands v. Bradshaw
Municipal Court of The Virgin Islands
Decided February 8, 1968No. J.D.R. 126/1966PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MOOKHEAD, Municipal Judge
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Defendant has filed herein a motion to dismiss alleging that the complaining witness, Doreen Elliott, is not a resident of the Virgin Islands but is a resident of St. Kitts, W.I. He refers to our paternity statute, 16 V.I.C. § 291, which provides, in pertinent part:
§ 291. Paternity Proceedings.(a) Proceedings under this chapter may be instituted by any female resident of the Virgin Islands who hás delivered an illegitimate child or who is pregnant with a child which, if born alive, would be illegitimate.
* * *(c) The United States attorney,1 on behalf…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Robinson v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Townsend v. Bucyrus-Erie Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944
- State v. TetreaultSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1952
- Clark v. ReichmanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1954
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Government of the Virgin Islands Ex Rel. Lillian Bodin v. Dennis Neville Ansel BrathwaiteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Government of the Virgin Islands Ex Rel. Lillian Bodin v. Dennis Neville Ansel BrathwaiteCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972