D.C. Code § 46-356.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.09
§ 46-356.09. Procedure to register child-support order of another state for modification.
Status: in_force

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in another state shall register that order in the District in the same manner provided in §§ 46-356.01 through 46-356.08 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for modification.
D.C. Code § 46-703 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-703
§ 46-703. Existing remedies preserved.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-352.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.06
§ 46-352.06. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of the District that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the District, may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:
  (1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or
  (2) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(b) A tribunal of the District having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
D.C. Code § 46-226.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.01
§ 46-226.01. Child support enforcement funding.
Status: in_force

(a) The following payments received by the District under Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), and appropriated by Congress shall be allocated exclusively to the IV-D agency for the purpose of funding for the IV-D program:
  (1) Reimbursements from the federal government for fixed percentages of the costs of administering the IV-D program;
  (2) Incentive payments received by the District based on the performance of the District’s IV-D program;
  (3) Support collections retained by the District pursuant to section 457 of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2356; 42 U.S.C. § 657); and
  (4) Reimbursements and fees received in connection with the operation of the IV-D program.
(b) The payments specified in subsection (a)(2), (3), and (4) of this section shall not lapse at the end of any fiscal year or at any other time, but shall continue to be available to the IV-D agency for the purpose of funding the IV-D program until expended, subject to authorization by Congress in an appropriations act.
(c) The payments allocated to the IV-D agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be in addition to the annual appropriation for the IV-D agency.
D.C. Code § 46-251.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.04
§ 46-251.04. Duties of the employer.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice, an employer shall, within 20 business days after the date of the medical support notice:
  (1) Determine whether health insurance coverage is available to the child included in the medical support notice based on the parent’s employment status;
  (2) Complete and return to the IV-D agency the applicable portion of the medical support notice if health insurance coverage is unavailable to the child based on the parent’s employment status; and
  (3) Send the medical support notice, excluding the severable employer withholding notice, to each health insurer that provides health insurance coverage for which the child may be eligible, if health insurance coverage is available to the child based on the parent’s employment status.
(b) If the employer determines that the child cannot be enrolled in health insurance coverage because the employee contributions exceed the amount that may be withheld from the parent’s earnings due to federal or District of Columbia withholding limitations or prioritizations, the employer shall promptly complete and send to the IV-D agency the applicable portion of the medical support notice.
(c) If the employer receives notice from a health insurer that the parent is subject to a waiting period that expires more than 90 days from the health insurer’s receipt of the medical support notice, or that has a duration determined by a measure other than the passage of time, the employer shall inform the health insurer, when the parent is eligible to enroll in health insurance coverage, that the parent is eligible and that the medical support notice requires the enrollment of the child.
(d) Within 10 days after an employer receives notice that a parent subject to a medical support notice will terminate employment, or within 10 days after the termination, whichever occurs earlier, the employer shall notify the IV-D agency of the termination and provide the IV-D agency with the last known address and the name and address of the parent’s new employer, if known.
D.C. Code § 46-229 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-229
§ 46-229. Rules of procedure.
Status: in_force

The Court shall establish rules of procedure necessary to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter.
D.C. Code § 46-355.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.05
§ 46-355.05. Penalties for noncompliance.
Status: in_force

An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-301.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-301.02
§ 46-301.02. Tribunal of the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-357.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.02
§ 46-357.02. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This subchapter applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this subchapter is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through 46-356.16 ], this subchapter controls.
D.C. Code § 46-410 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-410
§ 46-410. Duty of the Mayor or Clerk.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section includes amendments by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026. To view the text of this section after the expiration of all emergency and temporary legislation affecting this section, click this link: Permanent Version .*
It shall be the duty of the Mayor or 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, whether they were previously married, whether they are related or not, and if so, in what degree, which facts shall appear on the face of the application, of which the Mayor or the Clerk shall provide a printed form, and any false swearing in regard to such matters shall be deemed perjury.
D.C. Code § 46-306.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.11
§ 46-306.11. Modification of child-support order of another state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.04
§ 46-353.04. Duties of initiating tribunal.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this chapter, an initiating tribunal of the District shall forward the petition and its accompanying documents:
  (1) To the responding tribunal or appropriate support enforcement agency in the responding state; or
  (2) If the identity of the responding tribunal is unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.
(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of the District shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of the District shall specify the amount of support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign currency under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements of the responding foreign tribunal.
D.C. Code § 46-353.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.08
§ 46-353.08. Duty of Office of the Attorney General.
Status: in_force

The Office of the Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with the District and take appropriate action for notification of the determination.
D.C. Code § 46-217 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-217
§ 46-217. Limitations and priorities.
Status: in_force

(a) When there is more than 1 withholding order against a single obligor under this subchapter, the Collection and Disbursement Unit shall prorate the withholdings for current support among the orders up to the limits of § 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)).
(b) If current support payments do not exceed the limits of section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act [15 U.S.C.§ 1673(b)], the Collection and Disbursement Unit shall prorate payments toward health insurance coverage, medical support, arrearages, and other costs and fees among the orders and prioritize these payments in accordance with § 46-251.08 and applicable federal requirements.
D.C. Code § 46-226.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.05
§ 46-226.05. Access to locate systems.
Status: in_force

The IV-D agency shall develop procedures to ensure that all federal and state agencies engaged in child support enforcement activities under title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651   et seq.) have access to any system used by the District to locate an individual for purposes related to motor vehicles or law enforcement.
D.C. Code § 46-405.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-405.01
§ 46-405.01. Recognition of marriages from other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

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 marriage in the District.
D.C. Code § 46-726 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-726
§ 46-726. Effect of foreign support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.14 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.14
§ 46-356.14. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
Status: in_force

Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child-support order, the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order with the issuing tribunal that had continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal in which the party knows the earlier order has been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 46-202 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-202
§ 46-202. Findings of Council.
Status: in_force

The Council of the District of Columbia finds that:
(1) Dependent children shall be maintained, as completely as possible, from the resources of their parents, thereby relieving or avoiding, at least in part, the burden borne by the citizens of the District for public welfare programs.
(2) The existing remedies pertaining to the support of dependent children are to be augmented by the additional remedies mandated or recommended in the Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984 (42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.).
(3) Enactment of this legislation will maximize the potential for children to receive timely, regular, and adequate support from their parents, safeguard the basic rights of all parties, and utilize the resources of the District in the most efficient manner.
D.C. Code § 46-357.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.11
§ 46-357.11. Modification of convention child-support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of the District may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:
  (1) The obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a tribunal of the District, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or
  (2) The foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.
(b) If a tribunal of the District does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in the District, § 46-357.08(c) applies.
D.C. Code § 46-303.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.08
§ 46-303.08. Duty of Mayor to order or provide services.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-421 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-421
§ 46-421. Violations; prosecutions.
Status: in_force

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 District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 46-302.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.03
§ 46-302.03. Initiating and responding tribunal of the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-707 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-707
§ 46-707. Complaint; verification; contents; attachments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-351.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-351.02
§ 46-351.02. Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter:
(1) “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual’s parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a support order directed to the parent.
(2) “Child-support order” means a support order for a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country.
(3) “Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007.
(4) “District” means the District of Columbia.
(5) “Duty of support” means an obligation imposed or imposable by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former spouse, including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.
(6) “Foreign country” means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:
  (A) Which has been declared under the law of the United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;
  (B) Which has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with the District as provided in § 46-353.08 ;
  (C) Which has enacted a law or established procedures for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this chapter; or
  (D) In which the Convention is in force with respect to the United States.
(7) “Foreign support order” means a support order of a foreign tribunal.
(8) “Foreign tribunal” means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country which is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. The term includes a competent authority under the Convention.
(9) “Home state” means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable pleading for support and, if a child is less than six months old, the state or foreign country in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the six-month or other period.
(10) “Income” includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for support under the law of the District.
(11) “Income-withholding order” means an order or other legal process directed to an obligor’s holder, as defined by § 46-201(11) , to withhold support from the income of the obligor.
(12) “Initiating tribunal” means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country.
(13) “Issuing foreign country” means the foreign country in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(14) “Issuing state” means the state in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(15) “Issuing tribunal” means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(16) “Law” includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law.
(17) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(18) “Obligee” means:
  (A) An individual to whom a duty of support is or is alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued;
  (B) A foreign country, state, or political subdivision of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support;
  (C) An individual seeking a judgment determining parentage of the individual’s child; or
  (D) A person that is a creditor in a proceeding under subchapter VII of this chapter [ § 46-357.01 et seq.].
(19) “Obligor” means an individual, or the estate of a decedent that:
  (A) Owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;
  (B) Is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a parent of a child;
  (C) Is liable under a support order; or
  (D) Is a debtor in a proceeding under subchapter VII of this chapter [ § 46-357.01 et seq.].
(20) “Office of the Attorney General” means the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
(21) “Outside the District” means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country.
(22) “Person” means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(23) “Record” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.
(24) “Register” means to file in a tribunal of the District a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country.
(25) “Registering tribunal” means a tribunal in which a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered.
(26) “Responding state” means a state in which a petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from another state or a foreign country.
(27) “Responding tribunal” means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country.
(28) “Spousal-support order” means a support order for a spouse or former spouse of the obligor.
(29) “State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian nation or tribe.
(30) “Support enforcement agency” means a public official, governmental entity, or private agency authorized to:
  (A) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support;
  (B) Seek establishment or modification of child support;
  (C) Request determination of parentage of a child;
  (D) Attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or
  (E) Request determination of the controlling child-support order.
(31) “Support order” means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. The term may include related costs and fees, interest, income withholding, automatic adjustment, reasonable attorney’s fees, and other relief.
(32) “Tribunal” means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child.
D.C. Code § 46-712 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-712
§ 46-712. Flight of defendant from jurisdiction of responding state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.03
§ 46-353.03. Application of law of the District.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a responding tribunal of the District shall:
(1) Apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to similar proceedings originating in the District and may exercise all powers and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and
(2) Determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance with the law and support guidelines of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-226.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.09
§ 46-226.09. Court ordered work requirements.
Status: in_force

Whenever an individual owes past-due support for a child receiving public assistance, the IV-D agency may request the court to issue an order that requires the individual to pay support in accordance with a plan approved by the Court, or, if the individual is subject to such a plan and is not incapacitated, to participate in such work activities as defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act, approved August 22, 1996 (110 Stat. 2133; 42 U.S.C. § 407(d)  ), as the court or the IV-D agency deems appropriate.
D.C. Code § 46-227 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-227
§ 46-227. Rulemaking authority.
Status: in_force

The Mayor, pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , shall issue rules to implement the provisions of this subchapter and the Child Support and Welfare Reform Compliance Amendment Act of 2000, effective April 3, 2001 ( D.C. Law 13-269 ; 48 DCR 1270  ).
D.C. Code § 46-506 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-506
§ 46-506. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(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) Was not provided a fair and reasonable disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party;
    (B) Did not voluntarily and expressly waive, in writing, any right to disclosure of the property or financial obligations of the other party beyond the disclosure provided; and
    (C) Did not have, or reasonably could not have had, an adequate knowledge of the property or financial obligations of the other party.
(b) If a provision of a premarital agreement modifies or eliminates spousal or domestic partner support and that modification or elimination causes one party to the agreement to be eligible for support under a program of public assistance at the time of separation, marital dissolution, or termination of a domestic partnership pursuant to § 32-702(d) , a court, notwithstanding the terms of the agreement, may require the other party to provide support to the extent necessary to avoid that eligibility.
(c) An issue of unconscionability of a premarital agreement shall be decided by the court as a matter of law.
D.C. Code § 46-212 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-212
§ 46-212. Holder’s duty to withhold and make payments.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, a holder that receives a notice or order to withhold issued in accordance with this subchapter shall withhold the specified amount and make payment to the Collection and Disbursement Unit no later than 7 business days after the date the amount would have been paid or credited to the obligor. The holder shall begin withholding no later than the first pay period occurring 10 days after the date the notice or order to withhold was issued.
(b) If a holder receives notice of any legal proceeding challenging the withholding or the judgment or order of support on which it is based, the holder shall continue to withhold and submit the payments to the Collection and Disbursement Unit until the holder receives written notice from the Court or the IV-D agency directing the holder to cease the withholding.
(c) Any payment made by a holder in conformity with this section shall discharge the liability of the holder to the obligor to the extent of the payment.
(d) A holder upon whom a notice or order to withhold has been served may deduct and retain from the obligor’s earnings or other income an additional $2 for each deduction made in accordance with the notice or order to withhold. Where the total amount to be withheld, together with a fee, exceeds the limitations set forth in section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)), the holder shall reduce the amount of the withholding to conform with these limitations, but the amount of the fee shall not be reduced by reason of the limitations.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, if a holder receives a notice or order to withhold issued by another state, the holder shall apply the income withholding law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment in determining:
  (1) The holder’s fee for processing the notice or order to withhold;
  (2) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income;
  (3) The time periods within which the holder must implement the withholding and forward the support payment;
  (4) The priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for multiple support obligees; and
  (5) Any withholding terms or conditions not specified in the notice or order to withhold.
D.C. Code § 46-352.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.09
§ 46-352.09. Credit for payments.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District shall credit amounts collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of the District, another state, or a foreign country.
D.C. Code § 46-231 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-231
§ 46-231. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall not be enforced until 60 calendar days after February 24, 1987.
D.C. Code § 46-208 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-208
§ 46-208. Withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of subchapter II or III of Chapter 5 of Title 16 , where a notice or order to withhold is served on a holder of an obligor’s earnings or other income, the withholding shall be for an amount sufficient to satisfy the obligor’s periodic support obligation, an amount equal to 25% of the periodic support obligation if the obligor owes overdue support, and other costs or fees required by the support order.
(b) When an obligor is no longer subject to a periodic support obligation but owes overdue support, the withholding shall be for the amount of the obligor’s most recent periodic support obligation.
(c) Upon a motion by a party or the IV-D agency, the Court may order withholding of an amount that differs from the amount required for overdue support pursuant to subsection (a) or (b) of this section if the Court finds that the amount required would:
  (1) Cause a substantial hardship to the obligor; or
  (2) Result in an unreasonable delay in the full payment of the overdue support.
(d) A notice or order to withhold served on a holder in accordance with this subchapter shall have priority over any other legal process under District law, and shall not exceed the limitations set forth under section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)).
(e) The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall establish procedures for the prompt return to an obligor of any amounts it receives that have been improperly withheld.
(f) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to require a judicial or administrative hearing before the implementation of withholding.
(g) An order to withhold issued in accordance with this subchapter shall be binding on each present and future holder upon whom it is served until the holder is notified of its termination in writing by the Court or the IV-D agency. Upon a motion filed by a party or the IV-D agency, the Court may enforce an order to withhold issued by the IV-D agency in the same manner as the Court may enforce a judicial order, including civil contempt.
(h) Where a party or entity registers a support order entered in another jurisdiction for enforcement pursuant to Chapter 3 of this title , withholding shall be implemented in the same manner and subject to the same procedures as a support order entered in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 46-356.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.02
§ 46-356.02. Procedure to register order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-357.06 , a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the District by sending the following records to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia:
  (1) A letter of transmittal to the tribunal requesting registration and enforcement;
  (2) Two copies, including one certified copy, of the order to be registered, including any modification of the order;
  (3) A sworn statement by the person requesting registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;
  (4) The name of the obligor and, if known:
    (A) The obligor’s address and social security number;
    (B) The name and address of the obligor’s employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and
    (C) A description and the location of property of the obligor in the District not exempt from execution; and
  (5) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-353.12 , the name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.
(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.
(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy that must be affirmatively sought under other law of the District may be filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.
(d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting registration shall:
  (1) Furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this section;
  (2) Specify the order alleged to be the controlling order, if any; and
  (3) Specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if any.
(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
D.C. Code § 46-303.17 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.17
§ 46-303.17. Communications between tribunals.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.05
§ 46-303.05. Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-306.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.08
§ 46-306.08. Confirmed order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-216 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-216
§ 46-216. Termination of employment.
Status: in_force

(a) Within 10 days after an employer receives notice that the obligor will terminate employment or within 10 days after the termination, whichever occurs earlier, the employer shall notify the IV-D agency and provide the obligor’s last known address and the name and address of the obligor’s new employer, if known.
(b) The IV-D agency shall serve an order to withhold on the obligor’s new employer within 2 business days after receipt of information regarding the obligor’s new place of employment, or within 2 business days after the date information regarding the obligor is entered into the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires pursuant to § 46-226.06 , whichever occurs first.
D.C. Code § 46-353.15 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.15
§ 46-353.15. Nonparentage as defense.
Status: in_force

A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-302.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.11
§ 46-302.11. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-226.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.10
§ 46-226.10. Automated procedures.
Status: in_force

The IV-D agency shall have in operation a single, District-wide automated data processing and information retrieval system that has the capability to perform the tasks specified by title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651   et seq.) and shall use this system to the maximum extent feasible to implement the expedited procedures required by that act.
D.C. Code § 46-713 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-713
§ 46-713. Duties of Director of Department of Human Services.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-308.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-308.02
§ 46-308.02. Conditions of rendition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.07a — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.07a
§ 46-303.07a. [Transferred].
Status: in_force

Redesignated as § 46-303.08 .
D.C. Code § 46-224.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-224.01
§ 46-224.01. Interception of lottery prizes for delinquent child support payments.
Status: in_force

(a) In the case of orders being enforced by the IV-D agency, the Mayor may intercept a lottery prize winning, including a lump sum or periodic payment that is derived from a previously claimed prize, of an individual who owes delinquent support, as defined in section 466(e) of the Social Security Act, approved August 16, 1984 (98 Stat. 1310; 42 U.S.C. § 666(e)).
(b) Prior to interception of an individual’s lottery prize winnings, the Mayor shall provide notice to the lottery prize winner of the pending interception of the lottery prize winnings and of the opportunity to contest the interception of the lottery prize winnings.
D.C. Code § 46-302.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.01
§ 46-302.01. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.15 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.15
§ 46-303.15. Nonparentage as defense.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-306.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.01
§ 46-306.01. Registration of order for enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-302.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.06
§ 46-302.06. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.