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2013 District of Columbia Code
Division II — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Title 16 — PARTICULAR ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS
Chapter 3 — ADOPTION
- Section 16-301 — Jurisdiction; rules.
- Section 16-302 — Persons who may adopt.
- Section 16-303 — Persons adopted.
- Section 16-304 — Consent; exceptions.
- Section 16-305 — Petition for adoption.
- Section 16-306 — Notice of adoption proceedings.
- Section 16-307 — Investigation, report, and recommendation.
- Section 16-308 — Investigations when prospective adoptee is adult or petitioner is spouse or domestic partner of natural parent.
- Section 16-309 — Adoption proceedings.
- Section 16-310 — Finality of decrees of adoption.
- Section 16-311 — Sealing and inspection of records and papers.
- Section 16-312 — Legal effects of adoption.
- Section 16-313 — Child as including adopted person.
- Section 16-314 — Birth certificates.
- Section 16-315 — Prior proceedings.
- Section 16-316 — Appointment and compensation of counsel; guardian ad litem.
- Section 16-317 — Recognition of foreign adoptions and elective petitions for District adoption.
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