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GOVERNMENT OF VIRGIN ISLANDS EX REL. BODIN v. BRATHWAITE

No. 71-1068.

459 F.2d 543 (1972)

GOVERNMENT OF the VIRGIN ISLANDS ex rel. Lillian BODIN v. Dennis Neville Ansel BRATHWAITE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Ocean, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I., for appellant.

Jeffrey Resnick, Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Croix, V. I., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and ALDISERT and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court ordering Dennis Neville Ansel Brathwaite ("defendant") to contribute weekly payments toward the support of his illegitimate son.

Pursuant to 16 V.I.C. § 291(a) Lillian Bodin, the mother, petitioned the Municipal Court of the Virgin Islands for an order directing the defendant, a resident of the Islands, to pay child support. Mrs. Bodin was represented...

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