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Custody

Laws current as of December 5, 2024

How can I change my custody order?

You can file a motion asking the judge to change (modify) your custody order.1 To get the judge to agree to change a final custody order, you need to show that:

  • there has been a change in circumstances since your order was given;
  • the change in circumstances is “substantial and continuing”; and
  • changing the custody order in the way you want would be in the child’s best interests.2

1 16 V.I.C. § 110
2 Rogers v. Rogers, No. 153-77, 1977 WL 425576 (Terr. V.I. Sept. 21, 1977)

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