Fuentes v. Fuentes

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding Family Court has broad discretion in determining alimony and should consider factors including the parties’ living expenses
• “It is public policy in the Virgin Islands to promote marriage as a partnership by designating the products born of the marital union as marital property.”
• setting out a formula for distribution of pension benefits

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bradford v. Cramer
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-03-18· cited 20×
• Inniss v. Inniss
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-08-18· cited 6×
• Fuentes v. Fuentes
  Virgin Islands· 2003-01-21· cited 5×
• Edney v. Edney
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-06-07· cited 4×
• Smith v. Henley
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2016-12-15· cited 3×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• In Re the Marriage of Hunt
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1995-12-18· cited 325×
• In Re the Marriage of Benson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-03-20· cited 156×
• Duckworth v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-11-03· cited 82×
• Brandenburg v. Brandenburg
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-06-12· cited 42×
• Friedman v. Friedman
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-10-19· cited 33×
• Rothbart v. Rothbart
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1996-05-29· cited 17×
• Fuentes v. Fuentes
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 1997-09-08· cited 12×
• Sertic v. Sertic
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 7×
• Hamilton v. Hamilton
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 1996-12-06· cited 5×
• Hanley v. Hanley
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 1991-05-30· cited 4×