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U.S. Virgin Islands Legal Code

395j

U.S. Virgin Islands § 395j — U.S. Virgin Islands law

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(a) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of the Virgin Islands has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.\n(b) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.\n(c) A tribunal of the Virgin Islands that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as:\n(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in the Virgin Islands; or\n(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.