A decree granting a legal separation or dissolving a marriage may be entered when the court is satisfied from the evidence presented that there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the legitimate objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.
Title 16 V.I.C. § 104  et.seq.

The legitimate objects of matrimony would be considered destroyed, where no reasonable likelihood of preservation of the marriage remained, and divorce would be granted, where marriage had been deteriorating for years, during which arguing had increased to point where husband had frequently exercised violence upon wife and police were called on numerous occasions to preserve the peace, several reconciliation efforts had failed, the couple had lost all love and respect for each other, and they had not cohabited as husband and wife for months, and each was determined to end the union. Kirby v. Kirby, 14 V.I. 601 (Terr. Ct. St. C. 1978).