§ 16-915Title 16
Change of name on divorce.
Upon divorce from the bond of marriage, the court shall, on request of a party who assumed a new name on marriage and desires to discontinue using it, state in the decree of divorce either the birth-given or other previous name which such person desires to use.
Annotations
Dec. 23, 1963, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1, 77 Stat. 562 Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 18, 23 DCR 2544 1973 Ed., § 16-915. 1981 Ed., § 16-915.
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