Title 46 — Domestic Relations.

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D.C. Code § 46-401.01 Marriages void ab initio — In general
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The following marriages are prohibited in the District of Columbia and shall be absolutely void ab initio, without being so decreed, and their nullity may be shown in any collateral proceedings, namely: (1) Repealed. (2) Repealed. (2A) The marriage of a person with a person’s gra…
D.C. Code § 46-402 Marriages void ab initio — Judicial decree
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Any of such marriages may also be declared to have been null and void by judicial decree.
D.C. Code § 46-403 Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent
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The following marriages in said District shall be illegal, and shall be void from the time when their nullity shall be declared by decree, namely: (1) The marriage of a person adjudged to be, or to have been at the time a marriage was performed, unable by reason of mental incapac…
D.C. Code § 46-404 Persons allowed to institute annulment proceedings
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A proceeding to declare the nullity of a marriage may be instituted in the case of an infant under the age of consent by such infant, through a next friend, or by the parent or guardian of such infant; and in the case of a person with mental illness, by next friend. But no such p…
D.C. Code § 46-405 Illegal marriages entered into in another jurisdiction
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If any marriage declared illegal by the aforegoing sections shall be entered into in another jurisdiction by persons having and retaining their domicile in the District of Columbia, such marriage shall be deemed illegal, and may be decreed to be void in said District in the same …
D.C. Code § 46-405.01 Recognition of marriages from other jurisdictions
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A marriage legally entered into in another jurisdiction between 2 persons of the same sex that is recognized as valid in that jurisdiction, that is not expressly prohibited by §§ 46-401.01 through 46-404, and has not been deemed illegal under § 46-405, shall be recognized as a ma…
D.C. Code § 46-406 Persons authorized to celebrate marriages
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Civil celebrant” means a person of a secular or non-religious organization who performs marriage ceremonies. (2) “Religious” includes or pertains to a belief in a theological doctrine, a belief in and worship of a divine ruling…
D.C. Code § 46-407 Celebration of marriage by unauthorized persons
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-408 Celebration of marriage without license
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-409 Issuance of license — Waiting period
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-410 Issuance of license — Duty of Clerk; false swearing by applicant deemed perjury
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It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia before issuing any license to solemnize a marriage to examine any applicant for said license under oath and to ascertain the names and ages of the parties desiring to marry, and if they are under …
D.C. Code § 46-411 Consent of parent or guardian
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If any person intending to marry and seeking a license therefor shall be under 18 years of age, and shall not have been previously married, the said Clerk shall not issue such license unless a parent, or, if there be neither father nor mother, the guardian, if there be such, shal…
D.C. Code § 46-412 Form of license; return; coupons
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Licenses to perform the marriage ceremony shall be addressed to some particular minister, magistrate, or other person authorized by § 46-406 to perform or witness the marriage ceremony and shall be in the following form: Number .......... To ...................., authorized to ce…
D.C. Code § 46-413 Failure to make return
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Any minister or other person, having solemnized or witnessed the rites of marriage under the authority of a license issued as aforesaid, who shall fail to make return as therein required, shall be liable to a penalty of $50 upon conviction of said failure upon information in the …
D.C. Code § 46-414 Record books
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The Clerk of the said Court shall provide a record book in his office, consisting of applications and licenses in blank, to be filled up by him with the names and residences of the parties for whose marriage any license may have been issued, said applications and licenses to be n…
D.C. Code § 46-415 Issue of marriages of colored persons
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-416 Public inspection and examination of applications
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All applications for marriage licenses shall be open to inspection as public records, except as limited by § 46-416.01. All such applications upon which licenses have not yet been issued shall be kept together in a separate file readily accessible to public examination.
D.C. Code § 46-416.01 Social security numbers to be filed with application
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(a) Each applicant for a marriage license shall record on the application each social security number assigned to the applicant. If the applicants’ social security numbers are not recorded on the face of the license, the agency shall keep on file each applicant’s social security …
D.C. Code § 46-417 Premarital blood tests; statement regarding test to be filed with application
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-418 Waiver of certain requirements
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-419 Financial inability to pay for blood test or required statement
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-420 Confidential character of blood test information
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Any information obtained from any laboratory blood test required under § 46-417 [repealed] shall be regarded as confidential by each person, agency, or committee who obtains, transmits, or receives such information.
D.C. Code § 46-421 Violations; prosecutions
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Whoever fails to comply with §§ 46-416, 46-416.01, and 46-420 shall be imprisoned for not more than 6 months, or fined not more than the amount set forth in § 22-3571.01, or both. Prosecutions for violations of this section shall be conducted by the Attorney General for the Distr…
D.C. Code § 46-501 Definitions
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For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3). (2) “Domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4). (3) “Premarital agreement” means an agreement between prospective spouses …
D.C. Code § 46-502 Formalities
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A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties. It is enforceable without consideration.
D.C. Code § 46-503 Content
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(a) Parties to a premarital agreement may contract with respect to: (1) The rights and obligations of each of the parties in any of the property of either or both of them whenever and wherever acquired or located; (2) The right to buy, sell, use, transfer, exchange, abandon, leas…
D.C. Code § 46-504 Effect of marriage or domestic partnership
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A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage or the registration of a domestic partnership under § 32-702.
D.C. Code § 46-505 Amendment; revocation
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After marriage or the registration of a domestic partnership under § 32-702, a premarital agreement may be amended or revoked only by a written agreement signed by the parties. The amended agreement or the revocation is enforceable without consideration.
D.C. Code § 46-506 Enforcement
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(a) A premarital agreement is not enforceable if the party against whom enforcement is sought proves that: (1) That party did not execute the agreement voluntarily; or (2) The agreement was unconscionable when it was executed and, before execution of the agreement, that party: (A…
D.C. Code § 46-507 Void marriage or domestic partnership
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If a marriage or domestic partnership is determined to be void, an agreement that would otherwise have been a premarital agreement is enforceable only to the extent necessary to avoid an inequitable result, unless the agreement expressly provides that it shall be enforceable in t…
D.C. Code § 46-508 Limitation of actions
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Any statute of limitations applicable to an action asserting a claim for relief under a premarital agreement is tolled during the marriage or domestic partnership of the parties to the agreement. However, equitable defenses limiting the time for enforcement, including laches and …
D.C. Code § 46-509 Applicability
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This chapter applies to any premarital agreement executed on or after February 9, 1996.
D.C. Code § 46-510 Application and construction
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This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.
D.C. Code § 46-601 Rights enumerated
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(a) For the purposes of this section, the term: (1) “Domestic partner” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(3). (2) “Domestic partnership” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 32-701(4). (b)(1) The fact that a person is or was married or registered as a dom…
D.C. Code § 46-701 Purposes; effective date
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-702 Definitions
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-703 Existing remedies preserved
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-704 Extent of duties of support
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-705 Remedies of a state furnishing support or institutional care
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-706 Commencement of proceedings; jurisdiction of Superior Court
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-707 Complaint; verification; contents; attachments
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-708 Representation of plaintiff by Corporation Counsel or private counsel
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-709 Complaint on behalf of minor dependent
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-710 Duty of Court when District is initiating state
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-711 Fees and costs to accompany complaint; waiver of payment
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-712 Flight of defendant from jurisdiction of responding state
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-713 Duties of Director of Department of Human Services
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-714 Duty of Court when District is responding state
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-715 Orders of Court on finding duty of support
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Repealed Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-716 Copies of orders to be transmitted to initiating state
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Repealed Repealed.