Virgin Islands Supreme Court Rules Visitor Appointment Required For Guardianship

Mealey's (May 14, 2021, 8:45 AM EDT) -- ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands — A guardianship appointment for an allegedly cognitively impaired man must be vacated because the court did not appoint a visitor as required by the Virgin Islands Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act (VIUGPPA), the Virgin Islands Supreme Court ruled April 29, remanding the case to the Virgin Islands Superior Court for appointment of a visitor and determination of whether the man had the capacity to express a preference when he granted his daughter a power of attorney and when his lawyer filed a motion stating that the man preferred his wife as his guardian....