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2013 District of Columbia Code
Division II — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
Title 16 — PARTICULAR ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND MATTERS
Chapter 9 — DIVORCE, ANNULMENT, SEPARATION, SUPPORT, ETC.
- Section 16-901 — Definitions.
- Section 16-902 — Residency requirements.
- Section 16-903 — Decree annulling marriage.
- Section 16-904 — Grounds for divorce, legal separation, and annulment.
- Section 16-905 — Revocation and enlargement of decree of legal separation.
- Section 16-906 — Causes for absolute divorce arising after decree for separation.
- Section 16-907 — Parent and child relationship defined.
- Section 16-908 — Relationship not dependent on marriage or domestic partnership.
- Section 16-909 — Proof of child's relationship to parents.
- Section 16-909.01 — Establishment of paternity by voluntary acknowledgment and based on genetic test results.
- Section 16-909.02 — Full faith and credit to parentage determinations by other states.
- Section 16-909.03 — Voluntary paternity acknowledgment program for birthing hospitals.
- Section 16-909.04 — Voluntary paternity acknowledgment program for birth records agency.
- Section 16-909.05 — Mayor authorized to designate other sites for paternity acknowledgment program.
- Section 16-910 — Assignment and equitable distribution of property.
- Section 16-911 — Pendente lite relief.
- Section 16-912 — Permanent alimony; enforcement. [Repealed]
- Section 16-913 — Alimony.
- Section 16-914 — Custody of children.
- Section 16-914.01 — Retention of jurisdiction as to alimony, custody of children, and child support.
- Section 16-914.02 — Child custody and visitation rights of parents during deployment for military service.
- Section 16-915 — Change of name on divorce.
- Section 16-916 — Maintenance of spouse [or domestic partner] and minor children; maintenance of former spouse [or domestic partner]; maintenance of minor children; enforcement.
- Section 16-916.01 — Child Support Guideline.
- Section 16-916.01 - - Appendices to § 16-916.01
- Section 16-916.02 — Child Support Guideline Commission.
- Section 16-916.03 — Proceedings in which child support matters may be considered.
- Section 16-917 — Co-respondents as defendants; service of process. [Repealed]
- Section 16-918 — Appointment of counsel; compensation; termination of appointment.
- Section 16-919 — Proof required on default or admission of defendant.
- Section 16-920 — Effective date of decree or judgment for annulment or absolute divorce.
- Section 16-921 — Validity of marriage, action to determine.
- Section 16-922 — Validity of marriages and divorces solemnized or pronounced before January 1, 1902.
- Section 16-923 — Abolition of action for breach of promise, alienation of affections, and criminal conversation.
- Section 16-924 — Expedited judicial hearing for child support.
- Section 16-925 — Privacy protection for victims of domestic violence.
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