Custody

To keep you and your child safe during visits with the abuser, the judge can order any of these protections:

1. You and the abuser pick up and drop off (exchange) the child in a “protected setting.”
2. The visits are supervised, and the abuser has to pay for some or all of the cost of the supervised visitation.
3. The abuser must complete a batterers’ intervention program or other counseling to get visitation.
4. The abuser can’t drink alcohol or use drugs during the visits and for 24 hours before the visits.
5. The abuser can’t have the child for overnight visits.
6. The abuser must post a money bond as a guarantee that s/he will return the child to you and keep the child safe.
7. The judge can also order anything else s/he believes is needed to protect the child, you, or another person in your family or household.¹

¹ 16 V.I.C. § 109(d)