Virgin Islands· 6/26/2003

Armstrong v. Armstrong

Citations

266 F. Supp. 2d 385
2003 WL 21649426
2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12066

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holding that although joint tenancy could not be dissolved by the Family Court, distribution of the property could “be done in a separate civil action for partition, after consideration of each party’s equitable interest.” (citing Section 451)
explaining that Superior Court lacks jurisdiction to equitably distribute, in a divorce action, a property in which a third person has an ownership interest
vacating and remanding trial court’s award of child support for failure to adhere to the child support guidelines
considering the “contribution of a spouse as a homemaker or to the family unit”
“The court’s authority to distribute property in a divorce action is limited to two types of marital property: personal property acquired during the marriage and only that real property utilized as the marital homestead.”

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Judges: Finch, Islands, Moore, Swan

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