MESSER v. GOVERNMENT OF V.I., EX REL. PETERSEN

No. CIV.APP.2001-119.

203 F.Supp.2d 399 (2002)

Antonio MESSER, Appellant, v. GOVERNMENT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, ex rel.: Esther D. PETERSEN, Appellee.

District Court, Virgin Islands, Appellate Division, D. St. Croix.

May 15, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan A. Christian, St. Croix, VI, for Appellant.

Robert W. Bornholt, Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, St. Thomas, VI, for Appellee.

Before: THOMAS K. MOORE, Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands; STANLEY S. BROTMAN, Senior Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation; and ISHMAEL A. MEYERS, Judge of the Territorial Court, Division of St. Thomas, sitting by designation.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Antonio Messer ["Messer" or "appellant"] appeals from the Territorial Court's order finding him in contempt of a child support order issued by the Paternity and Child Support Division of the Virgin Islands Department of Justice. Messer challenges both the order finding him in contempt and the underlying child support order, arguing that (1) the support order was illegally modified to include retroactive child support payments...

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