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The DC Code: 46 Domestic Relations
46-101: Enumerated.
46-201: Definitions.
46-202: Findings of Council.
46-202.01: Collection and Disbursement Unit.
46-203: Subrogation of District; notice to caretakers.
46-204: Amendment of order establishing alimony, child support, or maintenance; award as money judgment.
46-205: Contents of support order.
46-205.01: Inclusion of social security numbers in support records.
46-206: Service.
46-207: Enforcement by withholding.
46-207.01: Implementation of withholding.
46-208: Withholding.
46-209: Notice of withholding to the obligor.
46-210: Objections to withholding.
46-211: Notice to withhold to the holder.
46-212: Holder's duty to withhold and make payments.
46-213: Judgment against holder for failure to comply.
46-214: Termination of withholding.
46-215: Lapse of order of withholding.
46-216: Termination of employment.
46-217: Limitations and priorities.
46-218: Voluntary income withholding.
46-219: No discrimination in employment for withholding.
46-220: Payments by employer where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered.
46-221: Quashing withholding where judgment obtained to hinder just claims.
46-222: Interstate withholding.
46-223: Initiation of withholding in other jurisdictions.
46-224: Enforcement of orders by means other than income withholding.
46-224.01: Interception of lottery prizes for delinquent child support payments.
46-224.02: Parent locator service.
46-225: Reporting and publication of delinquent accounts.
46-225.01: Sanctions.
46-225.02: Criminal contempt remedy for failure to pay child support.
46-226: Limitation of liability.
46-226.01: Child support enforcement funding.
46-226.02: Filing of identifying information by parties to paternity and support proceedings.
46-226.03: Authority of IV-D agency to expedite paternity and support processes.
46-226.04: Recognition and enforcement of authority of other state IV-D agencies.
46-226.05: Access to locate systems.
46-226.06: Directory of New Hires.
46-226.07: Administrative enforcement in interstate cases.
46-226.08: Fraudulent transfers.
46-226.09: Court ordered work requirements.
46-226.10: Automated procedures.
46-226.11: Jurisdiction.
46-227: Rulemaking authority.
46-228: Choice of law.
46-229: Rules of procedure.
46-230: Public Information Program.
46-231: Enforcement.
46-251.01: Definitions.
46-251.02: Use of medical support notice; IV-D agency.
46-251.03: Medical support notice; contents; effect.
46-251.04: Duties of the employer.
46-251.05: Duties of the health insurer.
46-251.06: Selection of a health insurance coverage option.
46-251.07: Withholding for health insurance coverage.
46-251.08: Priority of withholding for employee contributions to health insurance coverage.
46-251.09: Liability for contributions to health insurance coverage; objections to withholding.
46-251.10: Sanctions; limitations on liability.
46-301.01: Definitions.
46-301.02: Tribunal of the District.
46-301.03: Remedies cumulative.
46-302.01: Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
46-302.02: Duration of personal jurisdiction.
46-302.03: Initiating and responding tribunal of the District.
46-302.04: Simultaneous proceedings.
46-302.05: Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order.
46-302.06: Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order.
46-302.07: Determination of controlling child-support order.
46-302.08: Child support orders for 2 or more obligees.
46-302.09: Credit for payments.
46-302.10: Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
46-302.11: Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.
46-303.01: Proceedings available under this chapter.
46-303.02: Proceeding by minor parent.
46-303.03: Application of law of the District.
46-303.04: Duties of initiating tribunal.
46-303.05: Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
46-303.06: Inappropriate tribunal.
46-303.07: Duties of support enforcement agency.
46-303.07a: Redesignated as § 46-303.08.
46-303.08: Duty of Mayor to order or provide services.
46-303.09: Private counsel.
46-303.10: Duties of Mayor.
46-303.11: Pleadings and accompanying documents.
46-303.12: Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
46-303.13: Costs and fees.
46-303.14: Limited immunity of petitioner.
46-303.15: Nonparentage as defense.
46-303.16: Special rules of evidence and procedure.
46-303.17: Communications between tribunals.
46-303.18: Assistance with discovery.
46-303.19: Receipt and disbursement of payments.
46-304.01: Petition to establish support order.
46-305.01: Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
46-305.02: Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
46-305.03: Employer's compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders.
46-305.04: Immunity from civil liability.
46-305.05: Penalties for noncompliance.
46-305.06: Contest by obligor.
46-305.07: Administrative enforcement of orders.
46-306.01: Registration of order for enforcement.
46-306.02: Procedure to register order for enforcement.
46-306.03: Effect of registration for enforcement.
46-306.04: Choice of law.
46-306.05: Notice of registration of order.
46-306.06: Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order.
46-306.07: Contest of registration or enforcement.
46-306.08: Confirmed order.
46-306.09: Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
46-306.10: Effect of registration for modification.
46-306.11: Modification of child-support order of another state.
46-306.12: Recognition of order modified in another state.
46-306.13: Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the District.
46-306.14: Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
46-306.15: Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country or political subdivision.
46-307.01: Proceeding to determine parentage.
46-308.01: Grounds for rendition.
46-308.02: Conditions of rendition.
46-309.01: Uniformity of application and construction.
46-401: Equal access to marriage.
46-401.01: Marriages void ab initio--In general.
46-402: Marriages void ab initio--Judicial decree.
46-403: Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent.
46-404: Persons allowed to institute annulment proceedings.
46-405: Illegal marriages entered into in another jurisdiction.
46-405.01: Recognition of Marriages from Other Jurisdictions.
46-406: Persons authorized to celebrate marriages.
46-407: Celebration of marriage by unauthorized persons. [Repealed]
46-408: Celebration of marriage without license. [Repealed]
46-409: Issuance of license--Waiting period.
46-410: Issuance of license--Duty of Clerk; false swearing by applicant deemed perjury.
46-411: Consent of parent or guardian.
46-412: Form of license; return; coupons.
46-413: Failure to make return.
46-414: Record books.
46-415: Issue of marriages of colored persons. [Repealed]
46-416: Public inspection and examination of applications.
46-416.01: Social security numbers to be filed with application.
46-417: Premarital blood tests; statement regarding test to be filed with application. [Repealed]
46-418: Waiver of certain requirements.
46-419: Financial inability to pay for blood test or required statement. [Repealed]
46-420: Confidential character of blood test information.
46-421: Violations; prosecutions.
46-501: Definitions.
46-502: Formalities.
46-503: Content.
46-504: Effect of marriage or domestic partnership.
46-505: Amendment; revocation.
46-506: Enforcement.
46-507: Void marriage or domestic partnership.
46-508: Limitation of actions.
46-509: Applicability.
46-510: Application and construction.
46-601: Rights enumerated.
46-701: Purposes; effective date. [Repealed]
46-702: Definitions. [Repealed]
46-703: Existing remedies preserved. [Repealed]
46-704: Extent of duties of support. [Repealed]
46-705: Remedies of a state furnishing support or institutional care. [Repealed]
46-706: Commencement of proceedings; jurisdiction of Superior Court. [Repealed]
46-707: Complaint; verification; contents; attachments. [Repealed]
46-708: Representation of plaintiff by Corporation Counsel or private counsel. [Repealed]
46-709: Complaint on behalf of minor dependent. [Repealed]
46-710: Duty of Court when District is initiating state. [Repealed]
46-711: Fees and costs to accompany complaint; waiver of payment. [Repealed]
46-712: Flight of defendant from jurisdiction of responding state. [Repealed]
46-713: Duties of Director of Department of Human Services. [Repealed]
46-714: Duty of Court when District is responding state. [Repealed]
46-715: Orders of Court on finding duty of support. [Repealed]
46-716: Copies of orders to be transmitted to initiating state. [Repealed]
46-717: Duties of Court as to receipt and disbursement of payments. [Repealed]
46-718: Husband and wife as witnesses. [Repealed]
46-719: Crediting of payments under support orders. [Repealed]
46-720: Duty to support illegitimate child. [Repealed]
46-721: Effect of participation in proceedings. [Repealed]
46-722: Right of appeal. [Repealed]
46-723: Severability. [Repealed]
46-724: Appropriations. [Repealed]
46-725: Registration of foreign support order. [Repealed]
46-726: Effect of foreign support order. [Repealed]