Code of the District of Columbia
Official codified DC law sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain). 21,163 sections indexed.
- § 16-801Definitions.
- § 16-802Sealing of criminal records on grounds of actual innocence.
- § 16-803Sealing of public criminal records in other cases.
- § 16-804Motion to seal.
- § 16-805Review by Court.
- § 16-806Availability of sealed records.
- § 16-807Savings provision.
- § 16-831.01Definitions.
- § 16-831.02Action for custody of child by a third party.
- § 16-831.03Action for custody of a child by a de facto parent.
- § 16-831.04Third-party custody orders.
- § 16-831.05Parental presumption.
- § 16-831.06Award of custody to third party.
- § 16-831.07Findings necessary to rebut the parental presumption by clear and convincing evidence.
- § 16-831.08Factors to consider in determining best interests of child.
- § 16-831.09Pendente lite relief.
- § 16-831.10Effect of a third-party custody order.
- § 16-831.11Modification or termination of orders.
- § 16-831.12Jurisdiction.
- § 16-831.13Other actions for custody not abolished, diminished, or preempted.
- § 16-901Definitions.
- § 16-902Residency requirements.
- § 16-903Decree annulling marriage.
- § 16-904Grounds for divorce, legal separation, and annulment.
- § 16-905Revocation and enlargement of decree of legal separation.
- § 16-906Causes for absolute divorce arising after decree for separation.
- § 16-907Parent and child relationship defined.
- § 16-908Relationship not dependent on marriage or domestic partnership.
- § 16-909.01Establishment of paternity by voluntary acknowledgment and based on genetic test results.
- § 16-909.02Full faith and credit to parentage determinations by other states.
- § 16-909.03Voluntary paternity acknowledgment program for birthing hospitals.
- § 16-909.04Voluntary paternity acknowledgment program for birth records agency.
- § 16-909.05Mayor authorized to designate other sites for paternity acknowledgment program.
- § 16-909Proof of child’s relationship to parents.
- § 16-910Assignment and equitable distribution of property.
- § 16-911Pendente lite relief.
- § 16-912Permanent alimony; enforcement.
- § 16-913Alimony.
- § 16-914.01Retention of jurisdiction as to alimony, custody of children, and child support.
- § 16-914.02Child custody and visitation rights of parents during deployment for military service.
- § 16-914Custody of children.
- § 16-915Change of name on divorce.
- § 16-916.01Child Support Guideline.
- § 16-916.01a— Appendices to § 16-916.01.
- § 16-916.02Child Support Guideline Commission.
- § 16-916.03Proceedings in which child support matters may be considered.
- § 16-916Maintenance of spouse [or domestic partner] and minor children; maintenance of former spouse [or domestic partner]; maintenance of minor children; enforcement.
- § 16-917Co-respondents as defendants; service of process.
- § 16-918Appointment of counsel; compensation; termination of appointment.
- § 16-919Proof required on default or admission of defendant.
- § 16-920Effective date of decree or judgment for annulment or absolute divorce.
- § 16-921Validity of marriage, action to determine.
- § 16-922Validity of marriages and divorces solemnized or pronounced before January 1, 1902.
- § 16-923Abolition of action for breach of promise, alienation of affections, and criminal conversation.
- § 16-924Expedited judicial hearing for child support.
- § 16-925Privacy protection for victims of domestic violence.
- § 17-101Appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals; filing, form and contents of petition
- § 17-102Procedure, generally, on appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals; record; rules of court
- § 17-103Time for petitioning for allowance of appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- § 17-104Determination of appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals
- § 17-301Applications for allowance of appeals from certain Superior Court judgments; hearing; effect of denial.
- § 17-302Regulation of appeals; record; costs.
- § 17-303Appeals from administrative orders and decisions.
- § 17-304Stay upon application for review of, or pending appeal from, administrative order or decision.
- § 17-305Scope of review.
- § 17-306Determination of appeals.
- § 17-307Time for taking or applying for allowance of appeals.
- § 18-101Definitions.
- § 18-102Capacity to make a will.
- § 18-103Execution of written will; attestation.
- § 18-104Devises, legacies, etc., to attesting witnesses.
- § 18-105Retention or demand of void devise or legacy by attesting witness prohibited.
- § 18-106Creditors as competent witnesses.
- § 18-107Nuncupative wills.
- § 18-108Execution of power by will.
- § 18-109Revocation of wills; revival.
- § 18-110Opening will before delivery to Probate Court.
- § 18-111Withholding will.
- § 18-112Taking and carrying away, or destroying, mutilating, or secreting will.
- § 18-301Estates disposable by will.
- § 18-302Devises or bequests for religious purposes.
- § 18-303General devise and bequest of all property.
- § 18-304Devise of land to include leaseholds.
- § 18-305After-acquired real property.
- § 18-306“Pour over” trusts.
- § 18-307Advancement as satisfaction of devise or bequest.
- § 18-308Death of devisee or legatee; lapsed or void devises or bequests.
- § 18-501Notice of petition for probate
- § 18-502Notice to nonresidents and unfound residents
- § 18-503Notice to unknown kin or heirs at law
- § 18-504Probate; waiver of notice; proof of execution
- § 18-505Proof of wills; testimony; witnesses outside District
- § 18-506Appearance of persons not cited
- § 18-507Admission to probate
- § 18-508Caveat; will not to be probated while issues pending
- § 18-509Caveat; time for filing
- § 18-510Prior will not to be probated pending issues
- § 18-511Guardian ad litem
- § 18-512Plenary proceedings
- § 18-513Rules of procedure
- § 18-514Wills filed prior to June 8, 1898, may be probated as of real estate
- § 18-701Definitions.
- § 18-702International will; validity.
- § 18-703International will; requirements.
- § 18-704International will; other points of form.
- § 18-705International will; certificate.
- § 18-706International will; effect of certificate.
- § 18-707International will; revocation.
- § 18-708Source and construction.
- § 18-709Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.
- § 18-710International will information registration.
- § 19-101.01Applicable law.
- § 19-101.02Homestead allowance.
- § 19-101.03Exempt property.
- § 19-101.04Family allowance.
- § 19-101.05Source, determination, and documentation; equitable apportionment when minor children are not in custody of the surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner.
- § 19-101.06Penalties.
- § 19-101Family allowance; construction; penalties.
- § 19-102Dower and curtesy abolished.
- § 19-103Forfeiture of dower by desertion and adultery.
- § 19-104Absent or incompetent spouse.
- § 19-105Jointure before marriage as bar to dower.
- § 19-106Jointure after marriage; election.
- § 19-107Effect of acts of one spouse.
- § 19-107aRelease of dower.
- § 19-108Recovery of dower withheld; damages.
- § 19-109Recovery of dower obtained by default or collusion; damages.
- § 19-110Assignment by guardian; rights of heir.
- § 19-1101Definitions.
- § 19-1102Custodial trust; general.
- § 19-1103Custodial trustee for future payment or transfer.
- § 19-1104Form and effect of receipt and acceptance by custodial trustee; jurisdiction.
- § 19-1105Transfer to custodial trustee by fiduciary or obligor; facility of payment.
- § 19-1106Multiple beneficiaries; separate custodial trusts; survivorship.
- § 19-1107General duties of custodial trustee.
- § 19-1108General powers of custodial trustee.
- § 19-1109Use of custodial trust property.
- § 19-111Reendowment upon eviction from jointure.
- § 19-1110Determination of incapacity; effect.
- § 19-1111Exemption of third person from liability.
- § 19-1112Liability to third person.
- § 19-1113Declination, resignation, incapacity, death, or removal of custodial trustee; designation of successor custodial trustee.
- § 19-1114Expenses, compensation, and bond of custodial trustee.
- § 19-1115Reporting and accounting by custodial trustee; determination of liability of custodial trustee.
- § 19-1116Limitations of action against custodial trustee.
- § 19-1117Distribution on termination.
- § 19-1118Methods and forms for creating custodial trusts.
- § 19-1119Applicable law.
- § 19-112Devise or bequest to a spouse or domestic partner.
- § 19-1120Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 19-113Renunciation of devises and bequests; election; time limitations; renunciation or election by guardian or fiduciary; maximum rights; effect of no devise or bequest or if nothing passes under either; antenuptial or postnuptial agreements.
- § 19-114Right of surviving spouse or surviving domestic partner if there is no renunciation.
- § 19-115Definitions.
- § 19-1301.01Short title.
- § 19-1301.02Scope.
- § 19-1301.03Definitions.
- § 19-1301.04Knowledge.
- § 19-1301.05Default and mandatory rules.
- § 19-1301.06Common law of trusts; principles of equity.
- § 19-1301.07Governing law.
- § 19-1301.08Principal place of administration.
- § 19-1301.09Methods and waiver of notice.
- § 19-1301.10Others treated as qualified beneficiaries.
- § 19-1301.11Nonjudicial settlement agreements.
- § 19-1302.01Role of court in administration of trust.
- § 19-1302.02Jurisdiction over trustee and beneficiary.
- § 19-1303.01Representation: basic effect.
- § 19-1303.02Representation by holder of general testamentary power of appointment.
- § 19-1303.03Representation by fiduciaries and parents.
- § 19-1303.04Representation by person having substantially identical interest.
- § 19-1303.05Appointment of representative.
- § 19-1304.01Methods of creating trust.
- § 19-1304.02Requirements for creation.
- § 19-1304.03Trusts created in other jurisdictions.
- § 19-1304.04Trust purposes.
- § 19-1304.05Charitable purposes; enforcement.
- § 19-1304.06Creation of trust induced by fraud, duress, or undue influence.
- § 19-1304.07Evidence of oral trust.
- § 19-1304.08Trust for care of animal.
- § 19-1304.09Noncharitable trust without ascertainable beneficiary.
- § 19-1304.10Modification or termination of trust; proceedings for approval or disapproval.
- § 19-1304.11Modification or termination of noncharitable irrevocable trust by consent.
- § 19-1304.12Modification or termination because of unanticipated circumstances or inability to administer trust effectively.
- § 19-1304.13Cy pres.
- § 19-1304.14Termination of uneconomic trust.
- § 19-1304.15Reformation to correct mistakes.
- § 19-1304.16Modification to achieve settlor’s tax objectives.
- § 19-1304.17Combination and division of trusts.
- § 19-1304.18Title of trust property.
- § 19-1305.01Rights of beneficiary’s creditor or assignee.
- § 19-1305.02Spendthrift provision.
- § 19-1305.03Exceptions to spendthrift provision.
- § 19-1305.04Discretionary trusts; effect of standard
- § 19-1305.05Creditor’s claim against settlor.
- § 19-1305.06Overdue distribution.
- § 19-1305.07Personal obligations of trustee.
- § 19-1306.01Capacity of settlor of revocable trust.
- § 19-1306.02Revocation or amendment of revocable trust.
- § 19-1306.03Settlor’s powers; powers of withdrawal.
- § 19-1306.04Limitation on action contesting validity of revocable trust; distribution of trust property.
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