D.C. Code § 46-303.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.10
§ 46-303.10. Duties of Mayor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-226.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.06
§ 46-226.06. Directory of New Hires.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall establish and maintain a District of Columbia Directory of New Hires, which shall contain information supplied in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Except as specified in subsections (e), (f), and (g) of this section, within 20 days of the date an employee begins employment in the District of Columbia, or is rehired, the employer shall supply the following information to the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires:
  (1) Name of the employee;
  (2) Address of the employee;
  (3) Social security number of the employee;
  (4) Name of the employer;
  (5) Address of the employer;
  (6) Employer identification number issued to the employer under section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved October 22, 1986 (75 Stat. 828; 26 U.S.C. § 6109); and
  (7) Date of hire of the employee, defined as the first day that the employee performed services for compensation.
(c) An employer may, at the employer’s option, supply the following information to the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires:
  (1) Name of an employer contact person;
  (2) Telephone number of an employer contact person;
  (3) Availability of medical insurance coverage for the employee and the date on which the employee became or will become eligible for the coverage, if appropriate;
  (4) Date of birth of the employee; and
  (5) Repealed;
  (6) Employee’s salary, wages, or other compensation.
(d) Each report required by subsection (b) of this section shall be:
  (1) Made on an Internal Revenue Service W-4 form, or, at the option of the employer, an equivalent form;
  (2) Transmitted by first-class mail, magnetically or electronically;
  (3) Entered into the data base of the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires within 5 business days of receipt of the report from the employer; and
  (4) Forwarded by the IV-D agency to the National Directory of New Hires within 3 business days of entry of the information under paragraph (3) of this subsection.
(e) An employer that transmits reports to the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires magnetically or electronically may transmit reports in up to 2 monthly transmissions, not less than 12 days nor more than 16 days apart.
(f) Within 2 business days after the date a report under subsection (b) of this section is entered into the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires, the IV-D agency shall transmit an order to withhold to the employer in accordance with this subchapter, unless the employee’s income is not subject to withholding.
(g) An employer that has employees in the District and in at least one other state and transmits reports magnetically or electronically may comply with subsection (b) of this section by designating either the District or a state in which the employer has employees and transmitting reports on new hires only to the District or that state. Any employer transmitting reports pursuant to this subsection shall provide the United States Department of Health and Human Services with written notice of the jurisdiction the employer has designated.
(h) Any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States shall comply with this section to the extent permitted by section 453A(b)(l)(C) of the Social Security Act, approved August 22, 1996 (110 Stat. 2216; 42 U.S.C. § 653(i)).
(i) An employer who fails to comply with this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of $25 for each employee with respect to whom the employer failed to comply or the employer shall be subject to a civil penalty of $500 for each employee with respect to whom the employer failed to comply if the noncompliance was the result of a conspiracy between the employer and the employee not to supply the required report or to supply a false or incomplete report. The employer shall be penalized each calendar month until the employer complies. Penalties pursuant to this subsection shall be enforced in the Court by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
(j) The Mayor may contract for services to carry out this section.
(k) The Mayor shall promulgate rules pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , to implement the provisions of this section, including establishment of a procedure for an employer to challenge the imposition of a civil penalty pursuant to subsection (i) of this section, with a right to appeal the decision to the Court in accordance with the manner and standards for appeals as set forth in § 2-510 .
(l) For purposes of this section, the term:
  (1) “Employee” means a person who is an employee within the meaning of chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved August 16, 1954 (68A Stat. 455; 26 U.S.C. § 3401 et seq.), but does not include an employee of a federal or state agency performing intelligence or counterintelligence functions if the head of the agency has determined that reporting pursuant to this section could endanger the safety of the employee or compromise an ongoing investigation or intelligence mission.
  (2) “Employer” has the meaning given to the term in section 3401(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, approved August 16, 1954 (68A Stat. 457; 26 U.S.C. § 3401(d)), and includes any governmental entity and any labor organization, as defined under section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act, approved July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 450; 29 U.S.C. § 152(5)), including a hiring hall.
  (3) “New hire” means an employee for whom an employer is required to complete a new Internal Revenue Service W-4 form.
(m) Information collected for the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires may be used by a federal agency, a state or District agency, or a private entity under contract with a government agency to:
  (1) Establish paternity;
  (2) Establish, modify, and enforce a support order;
  (3) Administer worker’s compensation and unemployment insurance programs; and
  (4) Verify eligibility for public assistance programs.
D.C. Code § 46-302.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.08
§ 46-302.08. Child support orders for 2 or more obligees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-307.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-307.01
§ 46-307.01. Proceeding to determine parentage.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-357.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.03
§ 46-357.03. Relationship of Office of the Attorney General to United States central authority.
Status: in_force

The Office of the Attorney General is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.
D.C. Code § 46-305.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.05
§ 46-305.05. Penalties for noncompliance.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-352.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.01
§ 46-352.01. .
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of the District may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:
  (1) The individual is personally served with notice within the District;
  (2) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of the District by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;
  (3) The individual resided with the child in the District;
  (4) The individual resided in the District and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child;
  (5) The child resides in the District as a result of the acts or directives of the individual;
  (6) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in the District and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse; or
  (7) There is any other basis consistent with the laws of the District and the Constitution of the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) of this section or in any other law of the District may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of the District to modify a child-support order of another state unless the requirements of § 46-356.11 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of § 46-356.15 are met.
D.C. Code § 46-351.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-351.01
§ 46-351.01. Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
Status: in_force

This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.
D.C. Code § 46-356.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.07
§ 46-356.07. Contest of registration or enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more of the following defenses:
  (1) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction over the contesting party;
  (2) The order was obtained by fraud;
  (3) The order has been vacated, suspended, or modified by a later order;
  (4) The issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending appeal;
  (5) There is a defense under the law of the District to the remedy sought;
  (6) Full or partial payment has been made;
  (7) The statute of limitation under § 46-356.04 precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or
  (8) The alleged controlling order is not the controlling order.
(b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or partial defense under subsection (a) of this section, a tribunal may stay enforcement of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by all remedies available under the law of the District.
(c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense under subsection (a) of this section to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.
D.C. Code § 46-223 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-223
§ 46-223. Initiation of withholding in other jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

(a) When an obligor under a support order derives income in another jurisdiction, the IV-D agency, the Court, or any other appropriate person or entity may serve a notice or order to withhold on a holder in the jurisdiction where the obligor receives income.
(b) In any case being enforced by the IV-D agency pursuant to title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), where the IV-D agency determines that the obligor derives income in another jurisdiction and that interstate withholding is necessary to enforce the support order, the IV-D agency shall, within 20 days of this determination, notify the IV-D agency in the jurisdiction in which the obligor derives income to implement interstate withholding. The notice shall include all information necessary to carry out the withholding, including:
  (1) The amount requested to be withheld;
  (2) A copy of the support order with all modifications; and
  (3) A statement of arrears, if appropriate.
D.C. Code § 46-303.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.11
§ 46-303.11. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-502 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-502
§ 46-502. Formalities.
Status: in_force

A premarital agreement must be in writing and signed by both parties. It is enforceable without consideration.
D.C. Code § 46-721 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-721
§ 46-721. Effect of participation in proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-504 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-504
§ 46-504. Effect of marriage or domestic partnership.
Status: in_force

A premarital agreement becomes effective upon marriage or the registration of a domestic partnership under § 32-702 .
D.C. Code § 46-251.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.06
§ 46-251.06. Selection of a health insurance coverage option.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of notice from a health insurer that more than one health insurance coverage option is available for a child included in a medical support notice, the IV-D agency shall select an available option in consultation with the child’s custodian.
(b) In selecting an option in consultation with the child’s custodian pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the IV-D agency shall consider, at a minimum, the cost, comprehensiveness, and accessibility of the health insurance coverage. For the purposes of this section, health insurance coverage shall be considered accessible if, based on the work history of the parent providing the coverage, it will be available for at least one year, and if the child lives within the geographic area covered by the plan or within 30 minutes or 30 miles of primary care services.
(c) The IV-D agency shall notify the health insurer of its selection promptly after the health insurer provides the IV-D agency with the information required under § 46-251.05(d) .
D.C. Code § 46-356.15 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.15
§ 46-356.15. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in § 46-357.11 , if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of the District may assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual pursuant to § 46-356.11 has been given or whether the individual seeking modification is a resident of the District or of the foreign country.
(b) An order issued by a tribunal of the District modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this section is the controlling order.
D.C. Code § 46-302.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.05
§ 46-302.05. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-218 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-218
§ 46-218. Voluntary income withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligor may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing with the IV-D agency a request for withholding and, if the support order is from another jurisdiction, a certified copy of the support order.
(b) Upon receipt of a request under subsection (a) of this section, the IV-D agency shall serve an order to withhold on the holder specified in the obligor’s request. Payments shall be made through the Collection and Disbursement Unit.
D.C. Code § 46-226.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.11
§ 46-226.11. Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The IV-D agency and any administrative or judicial tribunal with authority to hear child support and paternity cases shall exert District-wide jurisdiction over the parties.
D.C. Code § 46-209 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-209
§ 46-209. Notice of withholding to the obligor.
Status: in_force

(a) If a support order becomes enforceable by withholding pursuant to § 46-207(d) , the IV-D agency shall send a notice of withholding to the obligor and shall certify the date the notice is mailed.
(b) The notice of withholding to the obligor shall include the following:
  (1) Notice that withholding has commenced;
  (2) A statement of any arrearage that has accrued, the amount of the support obligation that is accruing, and the periodic amount required to be paid in the future;
  (3) A statement of the amount of the obligor’s earnings or other income that shall be withheld;
  (4) A statement that the withholding shall apply to any current and subsequent employer or period of employment;
  (5) A statement that the obligor has the right to object to the withholding, a statement of the procedures available for objecting to the withholding, and a statement that the only basis for objecting to the withholding is a mistake of fact as defined in § 46-210(c) ;
  (6) A statement of the actions that will be taken if the obligor objects to the withholding; and
  (7) A statement of the information given to the holder pursuant to § 46-211 .
(c) The IV-D agency shall send the notice of withholding to the obligor within 15 days after serving the order to withhold on the holder.
D.C. Code § 46-414 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-414
§ 46-414. Record books.
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 .*
(a) 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 numbered consecutively from 1 upward, and also a record book in which shall be recorded, in the order of their numbers, the certificates of the minister or other persons authorized, upon their return to said office, corresponding to said record book of licenses issued, and a copy of any license and certificate of marriage so kept and recorded, certified by the Clerk under his hand and seal, shall be competent evidence of the marriage.
(b) (1) The Mayor shall maintain:
    (A) A true and accurate copy of each marriage license issued by the Mayor affixed with a seal;
    (B) Each marriage license certificate returned to the Mayor by a minister, magistrate, or other person authorized by § 46-406 to perform or witness a marriage ceremony;
    (C) A record book filled with the names and residences of the parties for whose marriage any license has been issued by the Mayor; and
    (D) A record book filled with the names of each minister, magistrate, or other person authorized by § 46-406 to perform or witness a marriage ceremony ("officiant") who has returned a marriage license certificate to the Mayor and the license number of each marriage license certificate returned by the officiant.
  (2) A copy of each license and marriage license certificate so kept and recorded, certified by the Mayor, shall be competent evidence of the marriage.
  (3) The Mayor shall number each marriage license consecutively, from one upward, and with an alphabetical prefix to such number to distinguish each license issued by the Mayor from licenses issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(c) (1) Within 5 business days after a marriage license is issued by the Mayor or a marriage license certificate is returned to the Mayor by a minister, magistrate, or other person authorized by § 46-406 to perform or witness a marriage ceremony, the Mayor shall transmit to the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia a true and accurate copy of the marriage license or marriage license certificate.
  (2) A copy of each license and marriage license certificate so transmitted, as maintained and certified by the Clerk, shall be competent evidence of the marriage.
D.C. Code § 46-358.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-358.02
§ 46-358.02. Conditions of rendition.
Status: in_force

(a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual charged criminally in the District with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee, the Mayor may require a prosecutor of the District to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the obligee had initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this chapter or that the proceeding would be of no avail.
(b) If, under this chapter or a law substantially similar to this chapter, the governor of another state makes a demand that the Mayor surrender an individual charged criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the Mayor may require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a proceeding would be effective but has not been initiated, the Mayor may delay honoring the demand for a reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.
(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the Mayor may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying with the support order.
D.C. Code § 46-702 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-702
§ 46-702. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-405 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-405
§ 46-405. Illegal marriages entered into in another jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

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 manner as if it had been celebrated therein.
D.C. Code § 46-301.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-301.01
§ 46-301.01. Definitions.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-101 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 1 / § 46-101
§ 46-101. Enumerated.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any rule of common or other law to the contrary in effect on July 22, 1976, the age of majority in the District of Columbia shall be 18 years of age, except that this chapter shall not affect any common-law or statutory right to child support.
D.C. Code § 46-725 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-725
§ 46-725. Registration of foreign support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.06
§ 46-356.06. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered support order in the District shall request a hearing within the time required by § 46-356.05 . The nonregistering party may seek to vacate the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of noncompliance with the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to § 46-356.07 .
(b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the order is confirmed by operation of law.
(c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.
D.C. Code § 46-306.14 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.14
§ 46-306.14. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.06
§ 46-303.06. Inappropriate tribunal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-357.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.01
§ 46-357.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subchapter:
(1) “Application” means a request under the Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.
(2) “Central authority” means the entity designated by the United States or a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
(3) “Convention support order” means a support order of a tribunal of a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D) .
(4) “Direct request” means a petition filed by an individual in a tribunal of the District in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.
(5) “Foreign central authority” means the entity designated by a foreign country described in § 46-351.02(6)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.
(6) “Foreign support agreement”:
  (A) Means an agreement for support in a record that:
    (i) Is enforceable as a support order in the country of origin;
    (ii) Has been:
      (I) Formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or
      (II) Authenticated by, or concluded, registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and
    (iii) May be reviewed and modified by a foreign tribunal; and
  (B) Includes a maintenance arrangement or authentic instrument under the Convention.
(7) “United States central authority” means the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
D.C. Code § 46-356.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.08
§ 46-356.08. Confirmed order.
Status: in_force

Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing, precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that could have been asserted at the time of registration.
D.C. Code § 46-203 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-203
§ 46-203. Subrogation of District; notice to caretakers.
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall be subrogated to the right of the caretaker to prosecute or maintain any support action. If a Court orders support to be paid by a responsible relative, the District shall be subrogated to the right of the caretaker to receive past, present, and future payments under an order or decree, and any money judgment entered under an order or decree shall be considered to be in favor of the District.
(b) The Mayor shall inform any individual who is a caretaker on February 24, 1987, of the provisions of this subchapter within 120 days after February 24, 1987. Any individual who becomes a caretaker after February 24, 1987, shall be informed of the provisions of this subchapter when the individual becomes a caretaker.
D.C. Code § 46-302.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.09
§ 46-302.09. Credit for payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-220 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-220
§ 46-220. Payments by employer where employee has no salary or salary inadequate for services rendered.
Status: in_force

Where the obligor claims to be rendering services without salary or compensation, or at a salary or compensation so inadequate as to satisfy the Court that the salary or compensation is merely colorable and designed to defraud or impede withholding, the Court may direct the employer to make payments to satisfy the withholding in installments, based upon a reasonable value of the services rendered by the obligor under this employment or upon the obligor’s current earnings ability.
D.C. Code § 46-205.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-205.01
§ 46-205.01. Inclusion of social security numbers in support records.
Status: in_force

The social security number of each individual who is party to a support order shall be included in the Court and IV-D agency records relating to the order.
D.C. Code § 46-354.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-354.01
§ 46-354.01. Establishment of support order.
Status: in_force

(a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of the District with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:
  (1) The individual seeking the order resides outside the District; or
  (2) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside the District.
(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is:
  (1) A presumed father of the child;
  (2) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;
  (3) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing;
  (4) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing;
  (5) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child;
  (6) An acknowledged father as provided by §§ 16-909.01 to 16-909.05 ;
  (7) The mother of the child; or
  (8) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.
(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to § 46-353.05 .
D.C. Code § 46-355.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.06
§ 46-355.06. Contest by obligor.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in the District by registering the order in a tribunal of the District and filing a contest to that order as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter [ § 46-356.01 et seq.], or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of the District.
(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:
  (1) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee;
  (2) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and
  (3) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.
D.C. Code § 46-226.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.08
§ 46-226.08. Fraudulent transfers.
Status: in_force

Whenever the IV-D agency knows of a transfer by a support judgment debtor pursuant to Chapter 31 of Title 28 , for which a prima facie case is established, the IV-D agency shall seek to void the transfer or obtain a settlement in the best interest of the support creditor.
D.C. Code § 46-303.19 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.19
§ 46-303.19. Receipt and disbursement of payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-214 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-214
§ 46-214. Termination of withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) Withholding shall terminate:
  (1) When the support obligation has been terminated and the total arrearage has been satisfied;
  (2) When the holder, by reason of termination of employment or other reason, no longer holds earnings or other income payable to the obligor;
  (3) When the payee has failed to give notice to the Court and the IV-D agency of a change of address as required by § 46-226.02 , and the holder receives written notice from the Court or the IV-D agency that withholding is no longer required; or
  (4) When the holder receives written notice from the Court or the IV-D agency that withholding is no longer required based on information received from another jurisdiction.
(b) The Court shall provide the IV-D agency with a copy of each notice of termination it issues to a holder within 2 business days after issuance.
(c) If, because of the failure of a payee to give notice to the Court and the IV-D agency of a change in address as required by § 46-226.02 , the Collection and Disbursement Unit is unable, for a 3-month period, to deliver payments received pursuant to a notice or order to withhold, the IV-D agency shall send written notice to the holder to cease the withholding. The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall prorate and apply the undeliverable payments to satisfy amounts the obligor owes under other support orders, and shall prioritize these payments in accordance with § 46-217 . If the obligor does not owe support under an additional support order, the Collection and Disbursement Unit shall apply the payments to any fees or debts owed to the IV-D agency and return the balance of the undeliverable payments, if any, to the obligor.
D.C. Code § 46-353.17 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.17
§ 46-353.17. Communications between tribunals.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District may communicate with a tribunal outside the District in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of the District may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal outside the District.
D.C. Code § 46-720 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-720
§ 46-720. Duty to support illegitimate child.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-355.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.03
§ 46-355.03. Employer’s compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders.
Status: in_force

If an obligor’s employer receives 2 or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for 2 or more child-support obligees.
D.C. Code § 46-415 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-415
§ 46-415. Issue of marriages of colored persons.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.04
§ 46-356.04. Choice of law.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, the law of the issuing state or foreign country governs:
  (1) The nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments under a registered support order;
  (2) The computation and payment of arrearages and accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and
  (3) The existence and satisfaction of other obligations under the support order.
(b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the statute of limitation of the District, or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is longer, applies.
(c) A responding tribunal of the District shall apply the procedures and remedies of the District to enforce current support and collect arrears and interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in the District.
(d) After a tribunal of the District or another state determines which is the controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal of the District shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and future support, and on consolidated arrears.
D.C. Code § 46-356.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.05
§ 46-356.05. Notice of registration of order.
Status: in_force

(a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of the District shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.
(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:
  (1) That a registered support order is enforceable as of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of the District;
  (2) That a hearing to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under § 46-357.07 ;
  (3) That failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and
  (4) Of the amount of any alleged arrearages.
(c) If the registering party asserts that 2 or more orders are in effect, a notice must also:
  (1) Identify the 2 or more orders and the order alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;
  (2) Notify the nonregistering party of the right to a determination of which is the controlling order;
  (3) State that the procedures provided in subsection (b) of this section apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and
  (4) State that failure to contest the validity or enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.
(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor’s employer pursuant to Chapter 2 of this title [ § 46-201 et seq.].
D.C. Code § 46-710 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-710
§ 46-710. Duty of Court when District is initiating state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-357.13 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.13
§ 46-357.13. Record in original language; English translation.
Status: in_force

A record filed with a tribunal of the District under this subchapter must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.
D.C. Code § 46-224 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-224
§ 46-224. Enforcement of orders by means other than income withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) A lien is created by operation of law against the real and personal property of an obligor subject to a support order who resides or owns property in the District for amounts of overdue support, as defined by section 466(e) of the Social Security Act, approved August 16, 1984 (98 Stat. 1310; 42 U.S.C. § 666(e)), that are owed by the obligor. In addition to withholding of earnings or other income, this lien shall be separate from and in addition to any other lien created by or provided for under law. The IV-D agency or the custodian to whom support is payable shall have the priority of a secured creditor.
(b) The lien shall be enforceable from the date the lien is filed and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia. A lien may be enforced by the IV-D agency or the custodian to whom support is payable. This remedy does not affect the availability of other remedies provided by law.
(c) If a lien has been filed in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, and a person having notice of the lien possesses nonexempt personal property of the obligor that may be subject to the lien, the property may not be paid over, released, sold, transferred, encumbered, or conveyed unless:
  (1) A release of lien is signed by the party who filed the lien; or
  (2) A court, after notice to the claimant and hearing, has ordered the release of the lien because arrearages do not exist.
(d) The District shall accord full faith and credit to liens described in subsection (b) of this section that arise in another state, if the other state’s IV-D agency, a party to a support action, or other entity seeking to enforce such a lien complies with the procedural rules relating to recording or serving liens that arise in the District, except that judicial notice or hearing prior to enforcement of the lien shall not be required.
D.C. Code § 46-207 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-207
§ 46-207. Enforcement by withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) All support orders, whether they are original orders or modifications of existing orders, that are effective on or after January 1, 1994, or that are effective on or after November 1, 1990 in cases being enforced by the IV-D agency pursuant to title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), shall be immediately enforceable by withholding, unless the Court finds there is good cause not to require immediate withholding or the parties agree in writing to an alternative method of payment.
(b) A finding of good cause not to require immediate withholding pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be based on at least:
  (1) A written finding and explanation by the Court establishing the reasons that immediate withholding would not be in the best interests of the child; and
  (2) Proof of timely payment of previously ordered support in cases involving the modification of support orders.
(c) A written agreement to an alternative method of payment shall be signed by the parties, and by the IV-D agency for support orders being enforced by the IV-D agency. The agreement shall be submitted to the Court for its review and approval, and entered into the Court’s record.
(d) All support orders being enforced by the IV-D agency that are not immediately enforceable by withholding under subsection (a) of this section, including support orders subject to a finding of good cause or a written agreement to an alternative method of payment, shall become enforceable by withholding on the earliest of:
  (1) The date the obligor requests that the withholding begin;
  (2) The date the custodian requests that the withholding begin; provided, that the IV-D agency approves the request pursuant to procedures the IV-D agency adopts for determining that withholding is in the best interests of the child; or
  (3) The date on which arrearages equal one month of support payments.
(e) A support order shall be enforceable by withholding pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) of this section regardless of whether or not the Court has entered an order authorizing withholding as a means of enforcement.
(f) All support orders not enforceable by withholding under subsection (a) or (d) of this section shall be enforceable by withholding on the effective date of a court order authorizing the withholding. The Court shall enter an order authorizing withholding, at the request of a party, upon a showing that:
  (1) Arrearages equal one month of support payments; or
  (2) Withholding is in the best interests of the child.
D.C. Code § 46-303.14 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.14
§ 46-303.14. Limited immunity of petitioner.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-716 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-716
§ 46-716. Copies of orders to be transmitted to initiating state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-219 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-219
§ 46-219. No discrimination in employment for withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) No employer shall discharge, refuse to employ, take disciplinary action, or otherwise discriminate against any obligor for the reason that a party has subjected or attempted to subject unpaid earnings of the obligor to withholding or like proceedings for the purposes of paying support.
(b) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any employer who engages in conduct described in subsection (a) of this section, within 90 days from the date of receipt of a notice or order to withhold, is in violation of this subchapter and may be subject to the sanctions in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Any employer who engages in conduct described in subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000.
(d) Any civil penalty obtained under subsection (c) of this section shall be used to offset the obligor’s duty of support.
D.C. Code § 46-357.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.06
§ 46-357.06. Registration of Convention support order.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in the District as provided in subchapter VI of this chapter [ § 46-356.01 et seq.].
(b) Notwithstanding §§ 46-353.11 and 46-356.02(a) , a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:
  (1) A complete text of the support order or an abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law;
  (2) A record stating that the support order is enforceable in the issuing country;
  (3) If the respondent did not appear and was not represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;
  (4) A record showing the amount of arrears, if any, and the date the amount was calculated;
  (5) A record showing a requirement for automatic adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and
  (6) If necessary, a record showing the extent to which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.
(c) A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.
(d) A tribunal of the District may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under § 46-357.07 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
(e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.
D.C. Code § 46-305.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.02
§ 46-305.02. Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.12 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.12
§ 46-356.12. Recognition of order modified in another state.
Status: in_force

If a child-support order issued by a tribunal of the District is modified by a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of the District:
(1) May enforce its order that was modified only as to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;
(2) May provide appropriate relief for violations of its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and
(3) Shall recognize the modifying order of the other state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.
D.C. Code § 46-711 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-711
§ 46-711. Fees and costs to accompany complaint; waiver of payment.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-306.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.04
§ 46-306.04. Choice of law.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-206 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-206
§ 46-206. Service.
Status: in_force

(a) In any case brought in Court under § 11-1101(a)(1) , (3) , (10) , or (11) involving the establishment of support, the Clerk of the Court shall issue notice to the alleged responsible relative stating that a hearing to determine the matter of support has been scheduled. This hearing shall be scheduled within 45 days after the date the application is filed.
(b) Personal service of the notice may be made in the following manner:
  (1) By delivering a copy of the notice to:
    (A) The responsible relative;
    (B) A person of suitable age and discretion who resides at the alleged responsible relative’s dwelling house or usual place of abode; or
    (C) A person of suitable age and discretion at the alleged responsible relative’s place of employment; or
  (2) By mailing the notice to the alleged responsible relative by certified mail, return receipt requested, and also by separate first-class mail. A certified mail notice of the complaint shall be sufficient, although unclaimed or refused by the respondent, when the first-class mail notice is not returned. Service by certified mail that is unclaimed or refused and first-class mail alone shall not be a sufficient basis to permit the entry of a default order of paternity in a case where the respondent fails to file an answer or otherwise fails to respond appropriately. Delivery may be made by a competent adult with no interest in the proceedings.
(c) The notice shall include the following:
  (1) The name of the person for whom support is being claimed;
  (2) A demand that the alleged responsible relative attend a hearing and the date, time, and place of the hearing;
  (3) An explanation of the possible consequences of the alleged responsible relative’s failure to attend the scheduled hearing;
  (4) A demand that the alleged responsible relative bring to the hearing any record in the relative’s possession of earnings received in the past 2 years, including receipts for earnings provided by an employer, or any wage and tax statements prepared by an employer setting forth earnings for tax purposes;
  (5) A demand that the alleged responsible relative bring to the hearing documentation of the cost, comprehensiveness, and accessibility of any health insurance available to the responsible relative for the child;
  (6) Notice that the alleged responsible relative may be represented by counsel at any stage of the proceedings;
  (7) An explanation that a request for a continuance may result in the setting of interim support or the posting of collateral; and
  (8) A copy of the complaint or petition.
(d) The custodian shall be given a notice containing the provisions outlined in subsection (c) of this section.
(e) Where a party is seeking a modification of a support order:
  (1) The Clerk of the Court shall issue notice to the opposing party:
    (A) Stating that a hearing to determine the matter of support has been scheduled;
    (B) Containing the information stated in subsection (c) of this section; and
    (C) Including a copy of the motion for modification;
  (2) The hearing shall be scheduled within 45 days after the date the application is filed; and
  (3) Personal service on the opposing party may be made in accordance with subsection (b) or (f) of this section.
(f) In any support enforcement action following entry of a support order, upon showing that a diligent effort, which includes more than a search of IV-D agency and Court records, has been made to ascertain the location of a party, the Court shall accept as adequate service on the party delivery by first-class mail of any pleading or notice to the most recent residential or employer address filed by the party with the IV-D agency or the Court pursuant to § 46-226.02 .
D.C. Code § 46-418 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-418
§ 46-418. Waiver of certain requirements.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-722 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-722
§ 46-722. Right of appeal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-404 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-404
§ 46-404. Persons allowed to institute annulment proceedings.
Status: in_force

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 proceedings shall be allowed to be instituted by any person who, being fully capable of contracting a marriage, has knowingly and wilfully contracted any marriage declared illegal by the foregoing sections.
D.C. Code § 46-412 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-412
§ 46-412. Form of license; return; coupons.
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 .*
(a) 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 (except when such a license is issued by the Mayor, in which case a form consistent with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be used):
Number ..........
To ...................., authorized to celebrate (or witness) marriages in the
District of Columbia, greeting:
You are hereby authorized to celebrate (or witness) the rites of marriage between ...................., of .........., and ...................., of .........., and having done so, you are commanded to make return of the same to the Clerk’s Office of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia within 10 days under a penalty of $50 for default therein.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this .......... day of ,
anno Domini ...........
Clerk.
By   Assistant Clerk.
Said return shall be made in person or by mail on a coupon issued with said license and bearing a corresponding number therewith within 10 days from the time of said marriage, and shall be in the following form (except when such a license is issued by the Mayor, in which case a form consistent with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be used):
Number ..........
I, ...................., who have been duly authorized to celebrate (or witness) the rites of marriage in the District of Columbia, do hereby certify that, by authority of a license of corresponding number herewith, I solemnized (or witnessed) the marriage of .................... and ....................., named therein, on the .......... day of .........., at .........., in said District.
A 2nd coupon, of corresponding number with the license, shall be attached to and issued with said license, to be given to the contracting parties by the minister or other person to whom such license was addressed, and shall be in the following form (except when such a license is issued by the Mayor, in which case a form consistent with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be used):
Number ..........
I hereby certify that on this ....... day of .........., at .........., .................... and .................... were by (or before) me united in marriage in accordance with the license issued by the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
Name ....................,
Residence
(b) (1) The Mayor shall create a form for a license to perform a marriage ceremony that is consistent with the form set forth in subsection (a) of this section except that such a form shall be modified by replacing the references to the "Clerk's Office of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia", "Court", "Clerk", "Assistant Clerk", and "Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia" with appropriate references to the Mayor or to an office or officer within the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia; provided, that the form may require that the license be returned to one or either of:
    (A) The Clerk's Office of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; or
    (B) The Mayor or to an office or officer within the executive branch of the government of the District of Columbia.
  (2) The Mayor shall issue the form for a license described in paragraph (1) of this subsection to persons authorized by § 46-406 to perform a marriage ceremony when authorized to issue a license pursuant to the Let Our Vows Endure Temporary Amendment Act of 2025 .
D.C. Code § 46-302.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.04
§ 46-302.04. Simultaneous proceedings.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-308.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-308.01
§ 46-308.01. Grounds for rendition.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.16 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.16
§ 46-303.16. Special rules of evidence and procedure.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-226.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.03
§ 46-226.03. Authority of IV-D agency to expedite paternity and support processes.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency may take the following actions relating to paternity establishment or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of support orders without obtaining an order from any judicial or other administrative tribunal:
  (1) Order genetic testing relating to the establishment of paternity;
  (2) Issue an administrative subpoena to an individual or public or private entity (including a financial institution) for financial or other information needed to establish, modify, or enforce a support order, which may include information from a public utility or cable television company, that provides the name and address of a customer or a customer’s employer as well as information in paragraph (3) of this subsection;
  (3) Require a public or private entity in the District to provide promptly, in response to a request from the District’s IV-D agency or any other state’s IV-D agency, information on the employment status, number of hours worked, title, employment start date, employment termination date (if applicable), whether the employee ever quit voluntarily, location of work site, compensation, and benefits (including access to health insurance) of any employee of the entity, or of one of its contractors;
  (4) Obtain prompt access, including automated access, to information in the following records maintained or possessed by the District government, subject to any applicable privacy provisions under District or federal law:
    (A) Vital records maintained by the Registrar and the court;
    (B) Tax and revenue records;
    (C) Records of real and titled personal property;
    (D) Records of occupational, professional, recreational, and sporting licenses issued under any District law or regulation;
    (E) Records concerning the ownership and control of corporations, partnerships, and other business entities;
    (F) Employment security records, subject to such restrictions as the Mayor may, by regulation, prescribe pursuant to Chapter 1 of Title 51 ;
    (G) Records concerning public assistance, as defined in § 4-201.01(6) , subject to confidentiality restrictions set forth in the Chapter 2 of Title 4 or prescribed by the Mayor;
    (H) Records maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles;
    (I) Records maintained by the Department of Corrections; and
    (J) Social security numbers on file, if submitted in an application;
  (5) Direct an obligor or other payor to substitute for the payee of a support order the appropriate governmental entity, upon notice to the obligor (or other payor) and obligee, sent by first-class mail, to their last known address, if the support is subject to:
    (A) An assignment to pay the District government under Chapter 2 of Title 4 , title IV, part E of the Social Security Act, approved June 17, 1980 (94 Stat. 501; 42 U.S.C. § 670et seq.), or section 1912 of the Social Security Act, approved October 25, 1977 (91 Stat. 1196; 42 U.S.C. § 1396k); or
    et seq.
    (B) A requirement to pay support through the Collection and Disbursement Unit;
  (6) Order income withholding, including the amount of periodic support payments and any additional amount for health insurance coverage, medical support, overdue support payments, and other costs or fees required under a support order;
  (7) When there is a support arrearage, secure assets to satisfy any current support obligation and the support arrearage by:
    (A) Intercepting or seizing periodic or lump-sum payments from:
      (i) Any District agency, including payments for unemployment compensation, worker’s compensation, and other non-means-tested public benefits; and
      (ii) Judgments, settlements, and lotteries (interception or seizure of lottery prize winnings shall be made pursuant to § 46-224.01 );
    (B) Attaching and seizing assets owned by the support obligor and held in financial institutions, or held in a financial institution by another on behalf of the support obligor;
    (C) Attaching public and private retirement funds, to the extent permitted by federal law; and
    (D) Imposing liens pursuant to § 46-224 and, when appropriate, forcing the sale of property and distributing the proceeds;
  (8) Increase the amount of periodic support payments to include amounts for arrearages, subject to section 303 of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 USC § 1673), to secure overdue support; and
  (9) Enter agreements with financial institutions pursuant to Chapter 5A of Title 26 .
(b) The IV-D agency shall provide notice of any action taken under subsection (a) of this section to any person or entity, other than another agency of the District government, that is subject to the action, except that the IV-D agency shall provide notice of withholding to the obligor only as required pursuant to § 46-209 .
(c) Any person or entity subject to any IV-D action under subsection (a) of this section, other than another agency of the District government, is entitled to an administrative proceeding before the Office of Administrative Hearings to contest the action and to judicial review based upon the administrative record. The procedures set forth in §§ 2-509 and 2-510 shall apply to the administrative proceeding and the judicial review, respectively. This subsection shall not apply to IV-D agency actions related to the withholding of earnings or other income under this subchapter.
(d) The Superior Court may issue an ex parte order to enforce any power asserted by the IV-D agency pursuant to subsection (a) of this section upon petition by the IV-D agency.
(e) A person or entity shall honor an administrative subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section to the same extent as a judicial subpoena issued by the Court. The subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section may be served by first-class mail. If any person or entity neglects or otherwise fails to comply with an administrative subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, the IV-D agency may report the noncompliance to the Court, and the Court is empowered to compel obedience to the subpoena to the same extent that it may compel obedience to subpoenas issued by the Court.
(f) As an alternative to judicial enforcement pursuant to subsections (d) and (e) of this section, the IV-D agency may impose a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per incident for failure to comply with an administrative subpoena issued pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of this section, or a request for information made pursuant to subsection (a)(3) of this section. The IV-D agency may double the penalty if the failure to comply persists for more than 30 days after the date the subpoena or request required compliance. The Court is authorized to enter a penalty assessed by the IV-D agency pursuant to this subsection as a judgment in the Court, upon application by the IV-D agency, and that judgment shall be enforceable by the Attorney General for the District of Columbia.
(g) A District government agency shall promptly provide information in response to a request by the IV-D agency made pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of this section. If a District government agency fails to provide information requested by the IV-D agency pursuant to subsection (a)(4) of this section, the Mayor shall promptly direct the agency to comply within a period specified by the Mayor.
(h) No public or private entity providing the IV-D agency with information or access to information pursuant to this section shall be liable under any District law to any person for providing the information or access.
(i) The IV-D agency shall promulgate rules pursuant to subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2 to implement this section.
D.C. Code § 46-355.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.04
§ 46-355.04. Immunity from civil liability.
Status: in_force

An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this subchapter is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer’s withholding of child support from the obligor’s income.
D.C. Code § 46-351.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-351.05
§ 46-351.05. Application of chapter to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of the District shall apply subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ] and, as applicable, subchapter VII of this chapter [ § 46-357.01 et seq.], to a support proceeding involving:
  (1) A foreign support order;
  (2) A foreign tribunal; or
  (3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(b) A tribunal of the District that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ].
(c) Subchapter VII of this chapter [ § 46-357.01 et seq.] applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of subchapter VII of this chapter [ § 46-357.01 et seq.] is inconsistent with subchapters I through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-351.01 through § 46-356.16 ], subchapter VII [ § 46-357.01 et seq.] controls.
D.C. Code § 46-508 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-508
§ 46-508. Limitation of actions.
Status: in_force

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 estoppel, are available to either party.
D.C. Code § 46-355.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.01
§ 46-355.01. Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
Status: in_force

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Chapter 2 of this title [ § 46-201 et seq.] without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-207.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-207.01
§ 46-207.01. Implementation of withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency shall implement withholding for support orders enforceable by withholding pursuant to § 46-207 by issuing an order to withhold in the format prescribed by federal law and serving this order on the holder of the obligor’s earnings or other income as follows:
  (1) For support orders that are immediately enforceable by withholding pursuant to § 46-207(a) , within 2 business days after the date the support order is received if the holder’s address is known, or, if the holder’s address is unknown, within 2 business days after receiving or locating the holder’s address.
  (2) For support orders that become enforceable by withholding pursuant to § 46-207(d) , within 2 business days after the date the support order becomes enforceable by withholding if the holder’s address is known, or, if the holder’s address is unknown, within 2 business days after receiving or locating the holder’s address.
  (3) For support orders enforceable by withholding pursuant to § 46-207(f) , within 2 business days of receipt of a written request from the Court or a party that includes a copy of the support order and the order authorizing the withholding; provided, that the holder’s address is known, or if the holder’s address is unknown, within 2 business days after receiving the holder’s address.
(b) If an obligor changes employment while a withholding is in effect, the IV-D agency shall serve an order to withhold on the new holder within 2 business days after receiving or locating the new holder’s address.
(c) For the purpose of this section, the IV-D agency shall be deemed to have received the holder’s address on the date the IV-D agency’s computerized support enforcement system receives notice of income or an income source from a court, a state, a holder, the Federal Parent Locator Service, or another source recognized by the IV-D agency, or the date information regarding a newly hired employee is entered into the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires pursuant to § 46-226.06 . The Court shall provide the IV-D agency with information it receives concerning the name or address of a holder within 2 business days after receiving the information.
(d) The IV-D agency shall use the automated system it maintains pursuant to § 46-226.10 to the maximum extent that is feasible to assist and facilitate the collection and disbursement of support payments and the implementation of withholding, including:
  (1) Transmission of orders to withhold to employers and other holders;
  (2) Ongoing monitoring to promptly identify failures to make timely payment of support; and
  (3) Automatic use of enforcement procedures if payments are not timely made.
(e) Any person or entity may serve a notice to withhold in the format prescribed by federal law on a holder of an obligor’s earnings or other income to inform the holder that the obligor’s support order is enforceable by withholding and to require the holder to implement withholding in accordance with this subchapter. A person or entity serving a notice to withhold shall provide a copy of the support order and the order authorizing the withholding to the holder with the notice.
(f) Notices and orders to withhold may be served without prior notice to the obligor, by in-person delivery, certified mail, first-class mail, facsimile, or electronically, if the holder can receive electronic notices.
D.C. Code § 46-353.18 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.18
§ 46-353.18. Assistance with discovery.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District may:
(1) Request a tribunal outside the District to assist in obtaining discovery; and
(2) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside the District.
D.C. Code § 46-357.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.10
§ 46-357.10. Foreign support agreement.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in the District.
(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:
  (1) A complete text of the foreign support agreement; and
  (2) A record stating that the foreign support agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.
(c) A tribunal of the District may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.
(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of the District may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:
  (1) Recognition and enforcement of the agreement is manifestly incompatible with public policy;
  (2) The agreement was obtained by fraud or falsification;
  (3) The agreement is incompatible with a support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in the District, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the District; or
  (4) The record submitted under subsection (b) of this section lacks authenticity or integrity.
(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
D.C. Code § 46-408 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-408
§ 46-408. Celebration of marriage without license.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.02
§ 46-303.02. Proceeding by minor parent.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-306.15 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.15
§ 46-306.15. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country or political subdivision.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.10
§ 46-356.10. Effect of registration for modification.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of the District, but the registered support order may be modified only if the requirements of § 46-356.11 or § 46-356.13 have been met.
D.C. Code § 46-354.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-354.02
§ 46-354.02. Proceeding to determine parentage.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this chapter or a law or procedure substantially similar to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-306.13 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.13
§ 46-306.13. Jurisdiction to modify child support order of another state when individual parties reside in the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.19 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.19
§ 46-353.19. Receipt and disbursement of payments.
Status: in_force

(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of the District shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.
(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in the District, upon request from the support enforcement agency of the District or another state, the support enforcement agency of the District or a tribunal of the District shall:
  (1) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and
  (2) Issue and send to the obligor’s employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.
(c) The support enforcement agency of the District receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.
D.C. Code § 46-352.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.03
§ 46-352.03. Initiating and responding tribunal of state.
Status: in_force

Under this chapter, a tribunal of the District may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
D.C. Code § 46-301.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-301.03
§ 46-301.03. Remedies cumulative.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-706 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-706
§ 46-706. Commencement of proceedings; jurisdiction of Superior Court.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-419 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-419
§ 46-419. Financial inability to pay for blood test or required statement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-509 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-509
§ 46-509. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to any premarital agreement executed on or after February 9, 1996.
D.C. Code § 46-353.14 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.14
§ 46-353.14. Limited immunity of petitioner.
Status: in_force

(a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.
(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in the District to participate in a proceeding under this chapter.
(c) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this chapter committed by a party while physically present in the District to participate in the proceeding.
D.C. Code § 46-715 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-715
§ 46-715. Orders of Court on finding duty of support.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-417 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-417
§ 46-417. Premarital blood tests; statement regarding test to be filed with application.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.07
§ 46-353.07. Duties of support enforcement agency.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a support enforcement agency of the District, upon request:
  (1) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing in a state;
  (2) Shall provide services to a petitioner requesting services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in § 46-351.02(6)(A) or (D); and
  (3) May provide services to a petitioner who is an individual not residing in a state.
(b) A support enforcement agency of the District that is providing services to the petitioner shall:
  (1) Take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate tribunal of the District, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;
  (2) Request an appropriate tribunal to set a date, time, and place for a hearing;
  (3) Make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant information, including information as to income and property of the parties;
  (4) Within 2 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;
  (5) Within 2 days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent’s attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and
  (6) Notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the respondent cannot be obtained.
(c) A support enforcement agency of the District that requests registration of a child-support order in the District for enforcement or for modification shall make reasonable efforts:
  (1) To ensure that the order to be registered is the controlling order; or
  (2) If 2 or more child-support orders exist and the identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.
(d) A support enforcement agency of the District that requests registration and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
(e) A support enforcement agency of the District shall issue or request a tribunal of the District to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to § 46-353.19 .
(f) This chapter does not create or negate a relationship of attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being assisted by the agency.
D.C. Code § 46-204 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-204
§ 46-204. Amendment of order establishing alimony, child support, or maintenance; award as money judgment.
Status: in_force

(a) Any order requiring payment of an amount of child support, regardless of whether the amount of the child support was the subject of a voluntary agreement of the parties, may be modified upon a showing that there has been a substantial and material change in the needs of the child or the ability of the responsible relative to pay since the day on which the order was issued. A showing or proof of a change in circumstances shall not be required to modify a support order that is being reviewed or modified pursuant to § 16-916.01(r)(3) or (r)(4).
(b) An award of alimony, child support, or maintenance is a money judgment that becomes absolute, vested, and upon which execution may be taken, when it becomes due.
(c) No modification of an award of alimony, child support, or maintenance may be retroactive, except that a modification may be permitted for the period during which a petition for modification is pending. The modification may then be permitted from the date on which the opposing party was given notice of the petition for modification according to statute or court rule.
(d) (1) A petition for modification of a child support order filed pursuant to § 23-112 a may be adjudicated after the petitioner has been released from imprisonment.
  (2) A petition for modification of a child support order filed pursuant to § 23-112 a(b) shall be deemed filed as of the date the petition is filed in open court during sentencing at a criminal proceeding.
  (3) Incarceration for contempt for failure to pay child support pursuant to § 46-225.02 shall not constitute a change in circumstances sufficient to warrant a modification of support under subsection (a) of this section.
D.C. Code § 46-352.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.02
§ 46-352.02. Duration of personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of the District in a proceeding under this chapter or other law of the District relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of the District has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by §§ 46-352.05 , 46-352.06 , and 46-352.11 .
D.C. Code § 46-302.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.07
§ 46-302.07. Determination of controlling child-support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-352.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.10
§ 46-352.10. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

A tribunal of the District exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this chapter, under other law of the District relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order, may receive evidence from outside the District pursuant to § 46-353.16 , communicate with a tribunal outside the District pursuant to § 46-353.17 , and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside the District pursuant to § 46-353.18 . In all other respects, subchapters III through VI of this chapter [§§ 46-353.01 through § 46-356.16 ] do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-351.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-351.03
§ 46-351.03. Tribunal and support enforcement agency of the District.
Status: in_force

(a) The Family Division of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is the tribunal of the District.
(b) The Office of the Attorney General is the support enforcement agency of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-306.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.10
§ 46-306.10. Effect of registration for modification.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.10
§ 46-353.10. Duties of Office of the Attorney General as state information agency.
Status: in_force

(a) The Office of the Attorney General is the state information agency under this chapter.
(b) The state information agency shall:
  (1) Compile and maintain a current list, including addresses, of the tribunals in the District which have jurisdiction under this chapter and any support enforcement agencies in the District and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;
  (2) Maintain a register of names and addresses of tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;
  (3) Forward to the appropriate tribunal in the District all documents concerning a proceeding under this chapter received from another state or a foreign country; and
  (4) Obtain information concerning the location of the obligor and the obligor’s property within the District not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor’s address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver’s licenses, and social security.
D.C. Code § 46-305.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.07
§ 46-305.07. Administrative enforcement of orders.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.01
§ 46-303.01. Proceedings available under this chapter.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.18 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.18
§ 46-303.18. Assistance with discovery.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.01
§ 46-356.01. Registration of order for enforcement.
Status: in_force

A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be registered in the District for enforcement.
D.C. Code § 46-357.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.08
§ 46-357.08. Recognition and enforcement of registered convention support order.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.
(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of the District may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:
  (1) Recognition and enforcement of the order is manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;
  (2) The issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction consistent with § 46-352.01 ;
  (3) The order is not enforceable in the issuing country;
  (4) The order was obtained by fraud in connection with a matter of procedure;
  (5) A record transmitted in accordance with § 46-357.06 lacks authenticity or integrity;
  (6) A proceeding between the same parties and having the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of the District and that proceeding was the first to be filed;
  (7) The order is incompatible with a more recent support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this chapter in the District;
  (8) Payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been paid in whole or in part;
  (9) In a case in which the respondent neither appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:
    (A) If the law of that country provides for prior notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or
    (B) If the law of that country does not provide for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or
  (10) The order was made in violation of § 46-357.11 .
(c) If a tribunal of the District does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9) of this section:
  (1) The tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and
  (2) The Office of the Attorney General shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under § 46-357.04 .
D.C. Code § 46-352.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.11
§ 46-352.11. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support order.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of the District issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of the District has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(b) A tribunal of the District may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(c) A tribunal of the District that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order, may serve as:
  (1) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in the District; or
  (2) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
D.C. Code § 46-306.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.07
§ 46-306.07. Contest of registration or enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-505 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-505
§ 46-505. Amendment; revocation.
Status: in_force

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 § 46-251.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.02
§ 46-251.02. Use of medical support notice; IV-D agency.
Status: in_force

(a) In cases being enforced pursuant to Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), where a parent is required by a support order to provide health insurance coverage for a child, which is available through the parent’s employer, the IV-D agency may apply for the enrollment of the child in the health insurance coverage by submitting a medical support notice to the employer. The IV-D agency shall, where appropriate, submit a medical support notice to the employer when the support order requires the noncustodial parent to provide health insurance coverage for the child and the employer is known to the IV-D agency, unless the support order directs enrollment of the child in alternative coverage.
(b) Where a noncustodial parent is a newly hired employee entered in the District of Columbia Directory of New Hires pursuant to § 46-226.06 , and the support order requires the noncustodial parent to provide health insurance coverage for a child, the IV-D agency shall submit the medical support notice to the employer within 2 business days after the entry of the employee in the directory.
(c) The IV-D agency shall promptly notify an employer that has received a medical support notice when there is no longer a support order in effect for which the IV-D agency is responsible that requires a parent to provide health insurance coverage for a child.
D.C. Code § 46-357.12 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.12
§ 46-357.12. Personal information; limit on use.
Status: in_force

Personal information gathered or transmitted under this subchapter may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.
D.C. Code § 46-416 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-416
§ 46-416. Public inspection and examination of applications.
Status: in_force

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 § 46-352.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.04
§ 46-352.04. Simultaneous proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) A tribunal of the District may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:
  (1) The petition or comparable pleading in the District is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;
  (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and
  (3) If relevant, the District is the home state of the child.
(b) A tribunal of the District may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if:
  (1) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the District for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the District;
  (2) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the District; and
  (3) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
D.C. Code § 46-420 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-420
§ 46-420. Confidential character of blood test information.
Status: in_force

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 § 46-510 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-510
§ 46-510. Application and construction.
Status: in_force

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 § 46-210 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-210
§ 46-210. Objections to withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) An obligor may object to a withholding commenced pursuant to § 46-207.01 by filing a motion to quash the withholding with the Court within 15 days after the earlier of the date the notice of withholding was mailed or the date the first payment was withheld.
(b) The Court shall resolve any motion to quash the withholding within 90 days after service of the motion on the opposing party, unless, upon a showing of good cause, the Court finds that additional time is needed to resolve the motion.
(c) The only ground for an objection to a withholding is a mistake of fact, which is defined as:
  (1) A mistake in the amount of arrears;
  (2) A mistake in the identity of the obligor; or
  (3) A mistake in the amount of the withholding that causes the amount withheld to exceed the limits specified in § 46-208 or section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C.§ 1673(b)).
(d) Payment of arrearages after the date of issuance of a notice of withholding to the obligor pursuant to § 46-209 is not a defense to the withholding.
(e) The Court shall deny the motion in all cases except where the identity of the obligor is mistaken or, if applicable, where arrearages have never equaled one month of support payments, and shall notify the obligor.
(f) If the Court determines that the amount to be withheld exceeds the limits of § 46-208 or section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act [15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)], the Court shall serve or direct the IV-D agency to serve an order to withhold on the holder that complies with those limits.
(g) The Court shall deny any request to stay the withholding pending resolution of an objection or appeal.
D.C. Code § 46-719 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-719
§ 46-719. Crediting of payments under support orders.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-709 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-709
§ 46-709. Complaint on behalf of minor dependent.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-230 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-230
§ 46-230. Public Information Program.
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall ensure that an extensive program of public information detailing the effects of this subchapter is undertaken within 30 calendar days of February 24, 1987.
D.C. Code § 46-305.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.06
§ 46-305.06. Contest by obligor.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.03
§ 46-356.03. Effect of registration for enforcement.
Status: in_force

(a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of the District.
(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by a tribunal of the District.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a tribunal of the District shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.
D.C. Code § 46-309.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-309.01
§ 46-309.01. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-226.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.04
§ 46-226.04. Recognition and enforcement of authority of other state IV-D agencies.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, the IV-D agency shall recognize and enforce the authority of a IV-D agency in another state to take the actions specified in § 46-226.03(a) if those actions were taken in accordance with the laws and procedures of the other state.
D.C. Code § 46-306.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.06
§ 46-306.06. Procedure to contest validity or enforcement of registered order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-205 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-205
§ 46-205. Contents of support order.
Status: in_force

All support orders, whether they are original orders or modifications of existing orders, shall contain the following:
(1) A provision requiring the withholding of support payments from the obligor’s earnings or other income in accordance with this subchapter;
(2) Notice that the support order shall be enforceable by withholding as specified in §§ 46-207 and 46-207.01 ;
(3) Notice that payments required by a support order specified in § 46-202.01(b) shall be made through the Collection and Disbursement Unit and any other payments shall be considered a gift and shall not offset the duty of support;
(4) A provision that directs the parties to file and update the information specified in § 46-226.02 with the IV-D agency and the Court in accordance with that section;
(5) Terms providing for the payment of the child’s medical expenses, whether or not health insurance is available to pay for those expenses, which shall include a provision directing the obligor and obligee to notify the IV-D agency and the Court of the following:
  (A) Any change in either the obligor’s or the obligee’s access to health insurance coverage for the child or the reasonableness of the costs of coverage; and
  (B) All health insurance policy information necessary to enroll the child in the health insurance to which the obligor or obligee has access;
(6) Notice that if the obligor is required under the support order to provide health insurance coverage for a child, the obligor’s employer will, upon receipt of notice of the health insurance coverage provision, enroll the child in health insurance coverage and deduct the premiums from the obligor’s earnings in accordance with §§ 1-307.41 , 1-307.42 , and subchapter II of this chapter ;
(7) Notice that the amount and name of the obligor and obligee of all support orders entered, modified, registered, or enforced in the District after December 23, 1997 shall be reported to a consumer credit reporting agency if the obligor owes overdue support in the amount of $1,000 or more;
(8) The name, address, and telephone number of the obligor’s current employer; and
(9) Notice that an order to withhold may be changed upon a motion by a party or the IV-D agency for a reapportionment of periodic arrears payments pursuant to § 46-208(c) .
D.C. Code § 46-303.13 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.13
§ 46-303.13. Costs and fees.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.06 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.06
§ 46-353.06. Inappropriate tribunal.
Status: in_force

If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of the District, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of the District or of another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading was sent.
D.C. Code § 46-303.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.04
§ 46-303.04. Duties of initiating tribunal.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-201 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-201
§ 46-201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Business day” means a day on which District offices are open for regular business.
(2) “Caretaker” means a parent, relative, guardian, or other person whose needs are included in a public assistance payment for a dependent child and who is using those payments for the benefit of the dependent child.
(3) “Collection and Disbursement Unit” or “CDU” means the centralized unit operated by the IV-D agency for the collection and disbursement of support payments as required under section 454B of title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved August 22, 1996 (110 Stat. 2207; 42 U.S.C. § 654B).
(4) “Court” means the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
(5) “Custodian” means the parent, relative, guardian, or other person with whom the dependent child resides.
(6) “Dependent child” means any child whose support is required by § 16-916 , or any child to whom a responsible relative owes a duty of support.
(7) “Duty of support” means:
  (A) Any duty of support imposed by statute or by common law;
  (B) Any duty of support imposed by court order, decree, or judgment, whether interlocutory or final; and
  (C) Any duty of reimbursement imposed by law for monies expended by the District for support, including public assistance and foster care.
(8) “Earnings” means any remuneration based on employment, including wages, salaries, annuities, retirement benefits, unemployment compensation, and disability benefits.
(9) “Entity” means a partnership, firm, association, corporation, sole proprietorship, company, organization, or other business, including a governmental or nonprofit organization.
(10) “IV-D agency” means the Child Support Services Division of the Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, or successor organizational unit, that is responsible for administering or supervising the administration of the District’s State Plan under title IV, part D, of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.), pertaining to parent locator services, paternity establishment, and the establishment, modification, and enforcement of support orders.
(11) “Holder” means any person, firm, association, corporation, government official, or other entity that is believed to possess property of an obligor, including earnings or other income.
(12) “Mayor” means the Mayor of the District of Columbia or the Mayor’s designee.
(13) “Notice to withhold” means a written notice informing a holder that an obligor’s support order is enforceable by withholding and directing the holder to implement the withholding.
(14) “Obligee” means a person or entity who is entitled to receive support pursuant to a support order.
(15) “Obligor” means a person who is required to pay support pursuant to a support order.
(16) “Order to withhold” means an order that requires a holder to turn over earnings or other income in a specified amount to a specified payee rather than to an individual to whom the earnings or other income would otherwise be payable.
(17) “Other income” means any income available to an individual whether or not derived from remuneration based on employment.
(18) “Public assistance” means assistance granted under the District’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program or Program on Work, Employment, and Responsibility pursuant to Chapter 2 of Title 4 .
(19) “Responsible relative” means a person obligated under law for the support of a dependent child.
(20) “Support order” means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement and which may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorneys’ fees, and other relief.
D.C. Code § 46-353.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.09
§ 46-353.09. Private counsel.
Status: in_force

An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-306.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.02
§ 46-306.02. Procedure to register order for enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-251.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.01
§ 46-251.01. Definitions.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Custodian” means the parent, relative, guardian, or other person with whom the dependent child resides.
(2) “Health insurance coverage” means benefits consisting of amounts paid for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or amounts paid for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body (provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise, and includes items and services) under any hospital or medical service policy or certificate, hospital, or medical service plan contract, or health maintenance organization contract offered by a health insurer that is available to either parent, under which medical services could be provided to a dependent child.
(3) “Health insurer” means any person that provides one or more health benefit plans or insurance in the District of Columbia, including a group health plan, as defined in section 607(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, approved April 7, 1986 (100 Stat. 231; 29 U.S.C. § 1167(1)), a plan administrator as defined in section 3(16) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, approved September 2, 1974 (88 Stat. 835; 29 U.S.C. § 1002(16)), an insurer, a hospital and medical service corporation, a health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or any other person providing a plan of health insurance subject to the authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation [Commissioner of Insurance, Securities, and Banking].
(4) “IV-D agency” means the organizational unit of the District of Columbia government, its contractors or assignees, or a successor organizational unit, that is responsible for administering or supervising the administration of the District of Columbia’s State Plan 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.), pertaining to parent locator services, paternity establishment, and the establishment, modification, and enforcement of support orders.
(5) “Medical support notice” means a notice issued by the IV-D agency that meets the requirements of a National Medical Support Notice promulgated under section 401(b) of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, approved July 16, 1998 (112 Stat. 660; 42 U.S.C. § 651 note).
(6) “Support order” means a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary or final, or subject to modification, issued by a court or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, for the support and maintenance of a child, including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state, or a child and the parent with whom the child is living, which provides for monetary support, health care, arrearages, or reimbursement, and which may include related costs and fees, interest and penalties, income withholding, attorneys’ fees, and other relief.
D.C. Code § 46-306.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.03
§ 46-306.03. Effect of registration for enforcement.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-501 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-501
§ 46-501. Definitions.
Status: in_force

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 or prospective domestic partners made in contemplation of marriage or domestic partnership and to be effective upon marriage or domestic partnership.
(4) “Property” means an interest, present or future, legal or equitable, vested or contingent, in real or personal property, including income and earnings.
D.C. Code § 46-353.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.02
§ 46-353.02. Proceeding by minor parent.
Status: in_force

A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor’s child.
D.C. Code § 46-407 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-407
§ 46-407. Celebration of marriage by unauthorized persons.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-403 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-403
§ 46-403. Marriages void from date of decree; age of consent.
Status: in_force

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 incapacity to give valid consent to marriage;
(2) Any marriage the consent to which of either party has been procured by force or fraud;
(3) Repealed.
(4) When either of the parties is under the age of consent, which is hereby declared to be 18 years of age.
D.C. Code § 46-601 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 6 / § 46-601
§ 46-601. Rights enumerated.
Status: in_force

(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 domestic partner shall not impair the rights and responsibilities of such person, which rights and responsibilities are hereby granted or confirmed, to acquire from anyone, and to hold and dispose of, in any manner, as his or hers, property of any kind, or to accept and be bound by any covenant or agreement relating to any property or debt, or to contract or engage in any trade, occupation, or business arrangement or in any civil litigation of any sort (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) with or against anyone, including such person’s spouse or domestic partner, to the same extent as an unmarried person.
  (2) A person’s spouse or domestic partner and the property of a person’s spouse or domestic partner shall not be liable because of any contract or tort by that person in which the spouse or domestic partner has not directly or indirectly participated, except that both spouses or domestic partners shall be liable on any debt, contract, or engagement entered into by either of them during their marriage or the term of the domestic partnership for necessaries for either of them or for their dependent children.
  (3) Except as otherwise provided by law, a married minor shall be subject to the same disabilities, including the requirement for appointment of a guardian of the minor’s estate, as an unmarried minor.
(c) This section shall not be deemed to affect the law relating to ownership of property held by the spouses, or the domestic partners, as tenants by the entireties, inheritance of property, actions for loss of consortium, family relations, or, except as to necessaries purchased during marriage or domestic partnership, obligations for marital support.
(d) A tenancy by the entirety may be created in any conveyance of personal property to spouses or to domestic partners.
D.C. Code § 46-708 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-708
§ 46-708. Representation of plaintiff by Corporation Counsel or private counsel.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-251.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.09
§ 46-251.09. Liability for contributions to health insurance coverage; objections to withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) An employee is liable for employee contributions required to enroll a child in health insurance coverage pursuant to a medical support notice or a support order, except that an employee may contest a withholding for employee contributions for health insurance coverage based on a mistake of fact.
(b) An employee may contest a withholding for employee contributions for health insurance coverage by filing a motion to quash the withholding with the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, with service upon the IV-D agency if the withholding was commenced pursuant to a medical support notice. The employee shall file the motion within 15 days after the date the first employee contributions for health insurance coverage are withheld from the employee’s earnings.
(c) The only grounds for contesting a withholding based on a mistake of fact under this section are:
  (1) The identity of the employee;
  (2) The accuracy of the amount of the employee contributions withheld to enroll the child in the health insurance coverage;
  (3) The existence of an underlying support order requiring the employee to provide health insurance coverage for the child; and
  (4) Whether the amount withheld for health insurance coverage exceeds the limits of section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)).
(d) Enrollment of a child in health insurance coverage and withholding of the employee’s contributions for health insurance coverage shall not be stayed or terminated until the employer receives written notice that the contest has been resolved in the employee’s favor.
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit an employee’s right to contest an underlying support order requiring the employee to provide health insurance coverage for a child.
D.C. Code § 46-306.12 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.12
§ 46-306.12. Recognition of order modified in another state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-724 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-724
§ 46-724. Appropriations.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-356.13 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.13
§ 46-356.13. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of another state when individual parties reside in the District.
Status: in_force

(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in the District and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of the District has jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state’s child-support order in a proceeding to register that order.
(b) A tribunal of the District exercising jurisdiction under this section shall apply the provisions of subchapter I [ § 46-351.01 ] and II [ § 46-352.01 ], this subchapter, and the procedural and substantive law of the District to the proceeding for enforcement or modification. Subchapters III, IV, V, VII, and VIII [§§ 46-353.01 through 46-355.07 and §§ 46-357.01 through 46-358.02 ] do not apply.
D.C. Code § 46-701 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-701
§ 46-701. Purposes; effective date.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-352.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.07
§ 46-352.07. Determination of controlling child-support order.
Status: in_force

(a) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter and only one tribunal has issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized.
(b) If a proceeding is brought under this chapter, and 2 or more child-support orders have been issued by tribunals of the District, of another state, or a foreign country with regard to the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of the District having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and individual obligee shall apply the following rules and by order shall determine which order controls and must be recognized:
  (1) If only one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter, the order of that tribunal controls.
  (2) If more than one of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter:
    (A) An order issued by a tribunal in the current home state of the child controls; or
    (B) If an order has not been issued in the current home state of the child, the order most recently issued controls.
  (3) If none of the tribunals would have continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this chapter, the tribunal of the District shall issue a child-support order, which controls.
(c) If 2 or more child-support orders have been issued for the same obligor and same child, upon request of a party who is an individual or that is a support enforcement agency, a tribunal of the District having personal jurisdiction over both the obligor and the obligee who is an individual shall determine which order controls under subsection (b) of this section. The request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or registration for modification pursuant to subchapter VI of this chapter [ § 46-356.01 et seq.], or may be filed as a separate proceeding.
(d) A request to determine which is the controlling order must be accompanied by a copy of every child-support order in effect and the applicable record of payments. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.
(e) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section has continuing jurisdiction to the extent provided in § 46-352.05 or § 46-352.06 .
(f) A tribunal of the District that determines by order which is the controlling order under subsection (b)(1) or (2) or (c) of this section, or that issues a new controlling order under subsection (b)(3) of this section, shall state in that order:
  (1) The basis upon which the tribunal made its determination;
  (2) The amount of prospective support, if any; and
  (3) The total amount of consolidated arrears and accrued interest, if any, under all of the orders after all payments made are credited as provided by § 46-352.09 .
(g) Within 30 days after issuance of an order determining which is the controlling order, the party obtaining the order shall file a certified copy of it in each tribunal that issued or registered an earlier order of child support. A party or support enforcement agency obtaining the order that 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 controlling order.
(h) An order that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a judgment for consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made pursuant to this section must be recognized in proceedings under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-359.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-359.03
§ 46-359.03. Applicability.
Status: in_force

This chapter applies to proceedings begun on or after February 27, 2016, to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.
D.C. Code § 46-303.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.09
§ 46-303.09. Private counsel.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.03
§ 46-303.03. Application of law of the District.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-359.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-359.01
§ 46-359.01. Uniformity of application and construction.
Status: in_force

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
D.C. Code § 46-352.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.05
§ 46-352.05. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify 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, has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and:
  (1) At the time of the filing of a request for modification the District is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or
  (2) Even if the District is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of the District may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(b) A tribunal of the District that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of the District, may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if:
  (1) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of the District that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or
  (2) Its order is not the controlling order.
(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of the District, a tribunal of the District shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(d) A tribunal of the District that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order, may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
D.C. Code § 46-211 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-211
§ 46-211. Notice to withhold to the holder.
Status: in_force

A notice or order to withhold served pursuant to § 46-207.01 shall be issued in the format required by federal law and shall state the following:
(1) The amount to be withheld, including any fee deducted and retained under § 46-212 ;
(2) That the amount to be withheld shall not exceed the limits imposed under section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b));
(3) That the holder shall withhold from the obligor’s earnings or other income the amount specified in the notice or order to withhold, pay the withheld amount to the Collection and Disbursement Unit within 7 business days after the date the income would have been paid to the obligor, and report to the Collection and Disbursement Unit the date on which the amount was withheld;
(4) That 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;
(5) That the holder may deduct and retain an additional $ 2 for processing costs or, if applicable, an amount permitted under § 46-212(e) ;
(6) That the withholding is binding on the holder until further notice;
(7) That the holder may be fined in accordance with § 46-219(c) for discharging an obligor from employment, refusing to employ an obligor, or taking disciplinary action against an obligor because of the withholding;
(8) That, if the holder fails to withhold support payments from earnings or other income or remit these payments to the Collection and Disbursement Unit as required under this subchapter, the holder shall be liable as specified in § 46-213 ;
(9) That the withholding has priority over any other legal process under District law;
(10) That the holder may combine withheld amounts from more than one obligor in a single payment and separately identify the portion of the payment that is attributable to each obligor;
(11) That the holder shall withhold according to the requirements of § 46-212 ; and
(12) That the holder shall give notice to the IV-D agency of a termination of the obligor’s employment as required by § 46-216 .
D.C. Code § 46-353.13 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.13
§ 46-353.13. Costs and fees.
Status: in_force

(a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.
(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of the District may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney’s fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee’s witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney’s fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney’s own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.
(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney’s fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under subchapter VI of this chapter [ § 46-356.01 et seq.], a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.
D.C. Code § 46-353.12 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.12
§ 46-353.12. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Status: in_force

If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice.
D.C. Code § 46-306.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.05
§ 46-306.05. Notice of registration of order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-222 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-222
§ 46-222. Interstate withholding.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of notice from another state that withholding is required to enforce a support order, including all documents and information necessary to carry out the withholding, the IV-D agency shall implement the withholding in accordance with § 46-207.01 .
(b) If the IV-D agency determines that the obligor is no longer employed in the District of Columbia, the IV-D agency shall provide the initiating jurisdiction with the name and address of the obligor and the obligor’s new employer, if known.
(c) The IV-D agency, upon receiving a certified copy of a modification of a support order entered or registered in the District of Columbia, shall initiate necessary procedures to amend or modify a withholding that is based on the support order that has been modified.
D.C. Code § 46-221 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-221
§ 46-221. Quashing withholding where judgment obtained to hinder just claims.
Status: in_force

Where a notice or order to withhold issued under this subchapter is based upon a judgment obtained by default or consent without a trial upon the merits, the Court, upon motion of an interested person, may quash the withholding upon satisfactory proof that the judgment was obtained without just cause and solely for the purpose of preventing or delaying the satisfaction of just claims.
D.C. Code § 46-355.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.07
§ 46-355.07. Administrative enforcement of orders.
Status: in_force

(a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of the District.
(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of the District to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-302.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.02
§ 46-302.02. Duration of personal jurisdiction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-305.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.01
§ 46-305.01. Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
Status: in_force

An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor’s employer under Chapter 2 of this title , without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of the District.
Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-409 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-409
§ 46-409. Issuance of license — Waiting period.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-306.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-306.09
§ 46-306.09. Procedure to register child support order of another state for modification.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-303.12 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.12
§ 46-303.12. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-401 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-401
§ 46-401. Equal access to marriage.
Status: in_force

(a) Marriage is the legally recognized union of 2 persons. Any person may enter into a marriage in the District of Columbia with another person, regardless of gender, unless the marriage is expressly prohibited by § 46-401.01 or § 46-403 .
(b) Where necessary to implement the rights and responsibilities relating to the marital relationship or familial relationships, gender-specific terms shall be construed to be gender neutral for all purposes throughout the law, whether in the context of statute, administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil law.
D.C. Code § 46-357.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.07
§ 46-357.07. Contest of registered convention support order.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, §§ 46-356.05 through 46-356.08 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.
(b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration.
(c) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b) of this section, the order is enforceable.
(d) A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in § 46-357.08 . The contesting party bears the burden of proof.
(e) In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of the District:
  (1) Is bound by the findings of fact on which the foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and
  (2) May not review the merits of the order.
(f) A tribunal of the District deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.
(g) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.
D.C. Code § 46-415.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-415.01
§ 46-415.01. Applicability of authority of Mayor to issue marriage licenses.
Status: in_force

*NOTE: This section was created by temporary legislation that will expire on August 13, 2026.*
The authority of the Mayor under [§§ 46-404 through 46-415.01 ] to issue marriage licenses and authorize officiants shall apply only during a period of time when the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia is not issuing marriage licenses because of a total or partial federal government shutdown.
D.C. Code § 46-356.16 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.16
§ 46-356.16. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification.
Status: in_force

A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in the District under §§ 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 at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.
D.C. Code § 46-353.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.05
§ 46-353.05. Duties and powers of responding tribunal.
Status: in_force

(a) When a responding tribunal of the District receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to § 46-353.01(b) , it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.
(b) A responding tribunal of the District, to the extent not prohibited by other law, may do one or more of the following:
  (1) Establish or enforce a support order, modify a child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;
  (2) Order an obligor to comply with a support order, specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;
  (3) Order income withholding;
  (4) Determine the amount of any arrearages, and specify a method of payment;
  (5) Enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or both;
  (6) Set aside property for satisfaction of the support order;
  (7) Place liens and order execution on the obligor’s property;
  (8) Order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of the obligor’s current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;
  (9) Issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;
  (10) Order the obligor to seek appropriate employment by specified methods;
  (11) Award reasonable attorney’s fees and other fees and costs; and
  (12) Grant any other available remedy.
(c) A responding tribunal of the District shall include in a support order issued under this chapter, or in the documents accompanying the order, the calculations on which the support order is based.
(d) A responding tribunal of the District may not condition the payment of a support order issued under this chapter upon compliance by a party with provisions for visitation.
(e) If a responding tribunal of the District issues an order under this chapter, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.
(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of the District shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly reported.
D.C. Code § 46-228 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-228
§ 46-228. Choice of law.
Status: in_force

(a) The law and procedures of the jurisdiction in which the obligor is employed shall apply, except with respect to:
  (1) When withholding must be implemented; and
  (2) The statute of limitations for maintaining an action on arrearages of support payments.
(b) The Court shall apply the statute of limitations for maintaining an action on arrearages of support payments of either this jurisdiction or the jurisdiction that issued the support order, whichever is longer.
D.C. Code § 46-357.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.05
§ 46-357.05. Direct request.
Status: in_force

(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of the District applies.
(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, §§ 46-357.06 through 46-357.13 apply.
(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:
  (1) A security, bond, or deposit is not required to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and
  (2) An obligee or obligor that in the issuing country has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of the District under the same circumstances.
(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Office of the Attorney General.
(e) This subchapter does not prevent the application of laws of the District that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.
D.C. Code § 46-358.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-358.01
§ 46-358.01. Grounds for rendition.
Status: in_force

(a) For purposes of this subchapter, “governor” includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this chapter.
(b) The Mayor may:
  (1) Demand that the governor of another state surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in the District with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or
  (2) On the demand of the governor of another state, surrender an individual found in the District who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.
(c) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with this chapter applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly committed and has not fled therefrom.
D.C. Code § 46-503 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-503
§ 46-503. Content.
Status: in_force

(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, lease, consume, expend, assign, create a security interest in, mortgage, encumber, dispose of, or otherwise manage and control property;
  (3) The disposition of property upon separation, marital dissolution, annulment, termination of a domestic partnership pursuant to § 32-702(d) , death, or the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any other event;
  (4) The modification or elimination of spousal or domestic partner support;
  (5) The making of a will, trust, or other arrangement to carry out the provisions of the agreement;
  (6) The ownership rights in, and disposition of, the death benefit from a life insurance policy;
  (7) The choice of law governing the construction of the agreement; and
  (8) Any other matter, including their personal rights and obligations, not in violation of public policy or a statute imposing a criminal penalty.
(b) The right of a child to support may not be adversely affected by a premarital agreement.
D.C. Code § 46-357.09 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.09
§ 46-357.09. Partial enforcement.
Status: in_force

If a tribunal of the District does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.
D.C. Code § 46-225.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-225.01
§ 46-225.01. Sanctions.
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, no car registration or driver’s license shall be renewed or issued to an obligor who fails to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings after receiving notice, or to an obligor who is receiving income and who owes overdue child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support.  Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a car registration or driver’s license that has been issued to an obligor who is receiving income and who owes overdue child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support payments shall be suspended.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, no professional, business, recreational, or sporting license shall be renewed or issued in the District to an obligor who fails to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings after receiving notice, or to an obligor who is receiving income and who owes overdue child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support payments. Notwithstanding any other law or regulation, a professional, business, or recreational or sporting license that has been issued to an obligor who fails to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings after receiving notice, or to an obligor who is receiving income and who owes overdue child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support payments, shall be suspended.
(b-1) As used in this section, the terms “professional license” and “business license” include any approval, certificate, registration, permit, statutory exemption, or other form of permission to practice a profession or trade, or to operate a business, as granted by a commission, agency, or a professional licensing body of the government of the District of Columbia. The terms “recreational license” and “sporting license” include any approval, certificate, registration, permit, statutory exemption, or other form of permission to hunt, fish, use playing fields, participate in an athletic league, operate a boat or other recreational vehicle for a nonbusiness purpose, or operate or own a weapon for a nonbusiness purpose, as granted by a commission, agency, or a licensing body of the government of the District of Columbia.
(b-2) The obligor shall be entitled to an administrative hearing before the Mayor in accordance with procedures promulgated by the Mayor pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of Chapter 5 of Title 2 , before any proposed denial, refusal to renew, or suspension of a license.
(b-3) Upon receipt of a notice from the Mayor that a license is subject to denial, refusal to renew, or suspension, the licensing agency shall, within 30 days, deny, refuse to renew, or suspend the license. The obligor may appeal the final decision of the Mayor to the Superior Court in accordance with the methods and standards of appeal set forth in §§ 2-509 and 2-510 .
(c) The Mayor shall provide 30 days written notice to the obligor before denying issuance or renewal, or suspending the car registration or the driver’s, professional, business, recreational, or sporting license of an obligor pursuant to this section. The notice shall specify:
  (1) That the obligor has the right to a hearing before the Mayor;
  (2) How, when, and where the notice can be contested;
  (3) The amount owed, if any;
  (4) The date on which the obligor failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant, if applicable, and the nature of the obligor’s noncompliance;
  (5) That the licensing authority shall deny issuance or renewal, or suspend the registration or license, 30 days after the issuance of a decision against the obligor by the Mayor following the hearing unless:
    (A) An obligor who is receiving income and who owes overdue child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support pays the arrearage in full, or the obligor agrees to and complies with a payment schedule that requires the obligor to make monthly child support payments toward the overdue support in an amount equal to 25% of the obligor’s current monthly child support obligation for as long as the obligor is receiving income, subject to the limitations of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 146; 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq.). If the obligor fails to comply with the payment schedule after 30 days, but before the arrears are paid in full, denial or suspension shall take place immediately and without further notice;
    (B) An obligor who has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant related to paternity or child support proceedings, complies with all process required by the Superior Court or IV-D agency for 30 days; or
    (C) An obligor who is receiving income, owes at least 60 days of overdue child support, and has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant related to paternity or child support proceedings complies with both subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this paragraph; and
  (6) That the obligor shall not be entitled to an additional hearing or review regarding the denial or suspension of the license.
(d) The Mayor shall provide the obligor with the opportunity to demonstrate why his or her registration or license should not be denied or suspended under this section. The only issues to be determined are as follows:
  (1) Whether the person named in the court notice is a licensee or applicant, has his or her car registered in the District of Columbia, and seeks to have a car registration issued or renewed;
  (2) Whether the arrearage has been paid in full, or whether a payment schedule has been agreed to and complied with, if the basis for denial or suspension is failure to pay overdue child support;
  (3) Whether the obligor is currently receiving income, if the basis for denial or suspension is failure to pay overdue child support;
  (3A) Whether the obligor failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings after receiving notice; and
  (4) Whether the driver’s license or car registration or professional, business, recreational, or sporting license, should be suspended, or the issuance or renewal should be denied.
(e) If the Clerk of the Court has notified the Mayor that an obligor has failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to paternity or child support proceedings or that an obligor is receiving income and owes child support in an amount equal to at least 60 days of support, and the obligor presents no evidence under subsection (d) of this section that the obligor has complied with the terms described in subsection (c)(5) of this section, as applicable, the obligor’s license or registration shall be suspended, or the request for the issuance or renewal of the license or registration shall be denied.
(f) If the obligor under this subchapter is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Clerk of the Court shall send written notice to the Board of Professional Responsibility so that appropriate action may be taken.
(g) No liability shall be imposed on a licensing authority for refusing to renew, refusing to issue, or suspending a registration or license if the action is taken in response to a court or administrative order pursuant to this section.
D.C. Code § 46-357.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-357.04
§ 46-357.04. Initiation by Office of the Attorney General of support proceeding under Convention.
Status: in_force

(a) In a support proceeding under this subchapter, the Office of the Attorney General shall:
  (1) Transmit and receive applications; and
  (2) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of the District.
(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
  (1) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order;
  (2) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in the District;
  (3) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;
  (4) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under § 46-357.08(b)(2) , (4), or (9);
  (5) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and
  (6) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
  (1) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of the District;
  (2) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of the District; and
  (3) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(d) A tribunal of the District may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
D.C. Code § 46-251.05 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.05
§ 46-251.05. Duties of the health insurer.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of a medical support notice from an employer, a health insurer shall, within 40 business days after the date of the notice:
  (1) Determine whether the medical support notice contains:
    (A) The employee’s name and mailing address; and
    (B) The name of the child to be enrolled in health insurance coverage and the mailing address of the child or a substituted official; and
  (2) (A) Complete and send to the IV-D agency and the employer the applicable portion of the medical support notice if the medical support notice does not contain the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection; or
    (B) Comply with the following requirements, subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this section, if the medical support notice contains the information described in paragraph (1) of this subsection:
      (i) Determine the child’s eligibility for enrollment in health insurance coverage;
      (ii) Enroll the child in health insurance coverage if the child is eligible for enrollment and not already enrolled, without regard to enrollment season restrictions;
      (iii) Enroll the child and the employee in health insurance coverage if the employee is not enrolled and the health insurance plan requires the employee’s enrollment for the child to be eligible;
      (iv) Complete and send to the IV-D agency and the employer the applicable portion of the medical support notice;
      (v) Send the parent, the child’s custodian, and the child a written notification that health insurance coverage is or will become available to the child; and
      (vi) Send the child’s custodian a written description of the available health insurance coverage, the effective date of the health insurance coverage, summary plan descriptions, and, if not already provided, forms, documents, or other information necessary to obtain health insurance coverage for the child and to submit claims for benefits.
(b) Notification to the child’s custodian of the availability of health insurance coverage pursuant to subsection (a)(3)(E) [sic] of this section shall be deemed to be notification to the child if the child resides at the same address.
(c) If enrollment of a child in health insurance coverage is subject to a waiting period that has not been completed, within 40 business days after the date of the medical support notice the health insurer shall complete and send to the employer, the IV-D agency, and both parents the applicable portion of the medical support notice. Within 20 business days after the employee’s completion of the waiting period, the health insurer shall comply with the requirements of subsection (a)(3) [sic] of this section.
(d) If a child is eligible for enrollment in more than one health insurance coverage option available through the employer, the health insurer shall, within 40 business days after the date of the medical support notice:
  (1) Complete and send to the IV-D agency and the employer the applicable portion of the medical support notice; and
  (2) Send the IV-D agency copies of applicable summary plan descriptions or other documents that describe the available coverage, including any additional employee contributions necessary to obtain coverage for the child under each option, and any applicable service area limitations for each option.
(e) Within 20 business days after the health insurer sends to the IV-D agency the information stated in subsection (d) of this section, the health insurer shall
  (1) Enroll the child in the health insurance coverage option selected by the IV-D agency, and comply with the other requirements of subsection (a)(3) [sic] of this section, if the IV-D agency has notified the health insurer of its selection; or
  (2) Enroll the child in any default option for which the child is eligible, and comply with the other requirements of subsection (a)(3) [sic] of this section, if the IV-D agency has not notified the health insurer of its selection of a different option.
D.C. Code § 46-406 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-406
§ 46-406. Persons authorized to celebrate marriages.
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 .*
(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 power, a recognition of a supernatural power controlling man’s destiny, or a devotion to some principle, strict fidelity or faithfulness, conscientiousness, pious affection, or attachment.
  (3) “Society” means a voluntary association of individuals for religious purposes.
  (4) “Temporary officiant” means a person authorized by the Mayor or the Clerk of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (“Court”) to solemnize a specific marriage. The person’s authority to solemnize that marriage shall expire upon the filing of the marriage license, pursuant to § 46-412 .
(b) For the purpose of preserving the evidence of marriages in the District of Columbia, a marriage authorized under this chapter may be solemnized by the following persons at least 18 years of age at the time of the marriage:
  (1) A judge or retired judge of any court of record;
  (2) The Clerk of the Court or such deputy clerks of the Court as may, in writing, be designated by the Clerk and approved by the Chief Judge of the Court;
  (3) A minister, priest, rabbi, or authorized person of any religious denomination or society;
  (4) For any religious society which does not by its own custom require the intervention of a minister for the celebration of marriages, a marriage may be solemnized in the manner prescribed and practiced in that religious society, with the license issued to, and returns to be made by, a person appointed by the religious society for that purpose;
  (5) A civil celebrant;
  (6) A temporary officiant;
  (7) Members of the Council;
  (8) The Mayor of the District of Columbia; or
  (9) The parties to the marriage.
(b-1) All persons authorized by subsection (b) of this section to solemnize marriages shall comply with the requirements of § 46-412 .
(b-2) The Court shall charge a reasonable registration fee for authorization to solemnize marriages; provided, that the registration fee for a temporary officiant shall not exceed $25.
(c) No priest, imam, rabbi, minister, or other official of any religious society who is authorized to solemnize or celebrate marriages shall be required to solemnize or celebrate any marriage.
(d) Each religious society has exclusive control over its own theological doctrine, teachings, and beliefs regarding who may marry within that particular religious society’s faith.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a religious society, or a nonprofit organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious society, shall not be required to provide services, accommodations, facilities, or goods for a purpose related to the solemnization or celebration of a marriage, or the promotion of marriage through religious programs, counseling, courses, or retreats, that is in violation of the religious society’s beliefs.
  (2) A refusal to provide services, accommodations, facilities, or goods in accordance with this subsection shall not create any civil claim or cause of action, or result in a District action to penalize or withhold benefits from the religious society or nonprofit organization that is operated, supervised, or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious society.
D.C. Code § 46-304.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-304.01
§ 46-304.01. Petition to establish support order.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-416.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-416.01
§ 46-416.01. Social security numbers to be filed with application.
Status: in_force

(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 number and each applicant shall be so advised.
(b) The social security number shall be disclosed only:
  (1) For a purpose directly related to the establishment of paternity, or the establishment, modification, or enforcement of a support order; and
  (2) To the applicant, the other spouse, the child of the applicant or spouse, their attorneys of record, the IV-D agency, a District agency that has entered into a cooperative agreement with the IV-D agency, the IV-D agency of another state, or a private entity with which the District has contracted regarding paternity and child support services.
D.C. Code § 46-413 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-413
§ 46-413. Failure to make return.
Status: in_force

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 Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 46-704 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-704
§ 46-704. Extent of duties of support.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-251.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.03
§ 46-251.03. Medical support notice; contents; effect.
Status: in_force

(a) A medical support notice shall be issued in a format consistent with federal requirements and shall contain all information required by federal law. A medical support notice shall:
  (1) Conform with the requirements applicable to medical child support orders under section 609(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, approved August 10, 1993 (107 Stat. 371; 29 U.S.C. § 1169(a)), in connection with group health plans;
  (2) Conform with the requirements of section 466(a)(19) of the Social Security Act, approved August 16, 1984 (98 Stat. 1306; 42 U.S.C. § 666(a)(19));
  (3) Include a separate and easily severable employer withholding notice that informs the employer of:
    (A) The employer’s obligations under § 46-251.07 to withhold employee contributions due in connection with health insurance coverage a parent is required to provide for a child pursuant to a support order;
    (B) The duration of the withholding requirement as stated in § 1-307.42(3) ;
    (C) The applicability of the limits on withholding imposed under section 303 (b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b));
    (D) The applicability of any prioritization required under § 46-251.08 when the employee’s earnings are insufficient to satisfy fully through withholding the employee’s obligations to provide cash support and contributions for health insurance coverage for the child;
    (E) The name and telephone number of the appropriate person to contact at the IV-D agency about the medical support notice;
    (F) The employee’s right to contest the withholding based on mistake of fact pursuant to § 46-251.09 , and the employer’s obligation to initiate and continue the withholding until the employer receives notice that the contest is resolved; and
    (G) The applicability of sanctions against the employer under § 46-251.10 for discharging, refusing to employ, or taking disciplinary action against a parent because of the requirement to withhold employee contributions for health insurance coverage, or for failing to withhold or remit earnings.
(b) An appropriately completed medical support notice that meets the requirements of section 401(b) of the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998, approved July 16, 1998 (112 Stat. 663; 42 U.S.C. § 651 note), shall be deemed to be a qualified medical child support order under section 609(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, approved August 10, 1993 (107 Stat. 371; 29 U.S.C. § 1169(a)(2)).
(c) A medical support notice issued in another jurisdiction shall be treated under this subchapter in the same manner as a medical support notice issued in the District of Columbia.
D.C. Code § 46-718 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-718
§ 46-718. Husband and wife as witnesses.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-353.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.01
§ 46-353.01. Proceedings under chapter.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this subchapter applies to all proceedings under this chapter.
(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this chapter by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondnet.
D.C. Code § 46-215 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-215
§ 46-215. Lapse of order of withholding.
Status: in_force

An order to withhold issued by the IV-D agency or other appropriate agency upon a judgment or order for support and issued within 12 years from the date of the judgment or order shall not lapse or become invalid before complete satisfaction solely by reason of the expiration of the period of limitation set forth in § 15-101 .
D.C. Code § 46-225.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-225.02
§ 46-225.02. Criminal contempt remedy for failure to pay child support.
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor or a party who has a legal claim to child support may initiate a criminal contempt action for failure to pay the support by filing a motion in the civil action in which the support order was established.
(b) (1) Upon a finding by the Court that an obligor has willfully failed to obey a lawful support order, the Court may:
    (A) Commit the obligor to jail for a term not to exceed 180 days;
    (B) Order the obligor to participate in a rehabilitative program, if the Court determines that participation would assist the obligor in complying with the support order and access to such program is available;
    (C) Order the obligor to accept appropriate available employment or participate in job search and placement activities; or
    (D) Place the obligor on probation under such conditions as the Court may determine and in accordance with the provisions of the criminal procedure law.
  (2) The Court may direct that an obligor’s commitment may be served upon certain specified days or parts of days. The Court may suspend all or part of a sentence and may, at any time within the term of the sentence, revoke the suspension and commit the obligor for the remainder of the original sentence. A period of commitment shall not prevent the Court from committing the obligor for a subsequent failure to comply with a support order.
  (3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection, the term “rehabilitative program” shall include work preparation and skill programs, non-residential alcohol and substance abuse programs, and educational programs.
(c) The Court shall order the obligor to pay the petitioner’s attorney’s fees as well as court costs, unless good cause can be demonstrated on the record against this result.
(d) For purposes of this section, failure to pay child support, as ordered, shall constitute prima facie evidence of a willful violation. This presumption may be rebutted if the obligor was incarcerated, hospitalized, or had a disability during the period of nonsupport. These circumstances do not constitute an exhaustive list of circumstances that may be used to rebut the presumption of willfulness.
(e) The Court shall not deny a request for relief pursuant to this section unless the facts and circumstances constituting the reasons for its determination are set forth in a written memorandum of decision.
D.C. Code § 46-705 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-705
§ 46-705. Remedies of a state furnishing support or institutional care.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-723 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-723
§ 46-723. Severability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-251.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.10
§ 46-251.10. Sanctions; limitations on liability.
Status: in_force

(a) An employer shall not discharge, refuse to employ, or take disciplinary action against a parent or employee based on the parent or employee’s obligation to provide health insurance coverage for a child under a medical support notice or a support order.
(b) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that an employer who engages in conduct described in subsection (a) of this section, within 90 days from the date of receipt of the medical support notice or the support order, is in violation of this section and may be subject to the sanctions in subsection (c) of this section.
(c) Any employer who engages in conduct described in subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000. An employee, a parent, or the IV-D agency may bring a civil action against an employer who violates subsection (a) of this section. A civil penalty obtained under this section shall be used to offset the employee’s duty of support.
(d) If an employer fails to withhold an employee contribution for health insurance coverage or fails to send a withheld contribution to the health insurer as required by § 46-251.08 , a judgment shall be entered against the employer for the amount not withheld or paid to the health insurer, and for any reasonable counsel fees and court costs incurred by the employee, a parent, the health insurer, or the IV-D agency as a result of the failure to withhold or make payment.
(e) An employer shall be liable for unreimbursed health care expenses incurred by or on behalf of a child as a result of the employer’s failure to comply with the requirements of this subchapter or § 1-307.42 .
(f) A health insurer shall be liable for unreimbursed health care expenses incurred by or on behalf of a child as a result of the health insurer’s failure to comply with the requirements of this subchapter or § 1-307.41 .
(g) Neither an employer nor a health insurer shall be subject to liability under subsections (d), (e), or (f) of this section if the employer or health insurer proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the failure to comply was due to exigent circumstances beyond the control of the employer or health insurer.
(h) Neither an employer nor a health insurer who complies, in accordance with the requirements of this subchapter, with a medical support notice or a support order that is regular on its face shall be subject to civil liability to an individual or entity for conduct in compliance with the medical support notice or support order.
D.C. Code § 46-353.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.11
§ 46-353.11. Pleadings and accompanying documents.
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under § 46-353.12 , the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.
(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
D.C. Code § 46-302.10 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-302.10
§ 46-302.10. Application of chapter to nonresident subject to personal jurisdiction.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-251.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.08
§ 46-251.08. Priority of withholding for employee contributions to health insurance coverage.
Status: in_force

(a) If there are insufficient funds available within the limits of section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)), to meet the employee’s contribution necessary for the coverage of each child included in a support order and to comply with a notice or order to withhold received pursuant to § 46-212 , the employer shall allocate the funds available according to the following priority, unless the court directs otherwise:
  (1) Current child and spousal support;
  (2) Health insurance premiums or current cash medical support;
  (3) Arrearages for current support and current cash medical support; and
  (4) Other child support obligations.
(b) If an employer is required to withhold earnings or employee contributions for health insurance coverage pursuant to more than one support order, the employer shall prorate among the support orders subject to withholding the amount of the employee’s earnings that are available for withholding within the limits of section 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)), and determine whether the available earnings are sufficient to satisfy current cash support due under all applicable support orders. The employer shall not withhold contributions for health insurance coverage required under any support order until all the employee’s current cash support obligations are satisfied. The employer shall fully satisfy each priority level stated in subsection (a) of this section for all of the employee’s support orders before applying payments to an obligation with a lesser priority.
(c) An employer shall apply the law of the employee’s principal place of employment in determining the limitations and priorities applicable to the withholding of employee contributions for health insurance coverage.
D.C. Code § 46-402 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-402
§ 46-402. Marriages void ab initio — Judicial decree.
Status: in_force

Any of such marriages may also be declared to have been null and void by judicial decree.
D.C. Code § 46-717 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-717
§ 46-717. Duties of Court as to receipt and disbursement of payments.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-305.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.04
§ 46-305.04. Immunity from civil liability.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-224.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-224.02
§ 46-224.02. Parent locator service.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency is established as the District’s centralized Parent Locator Service to locate parents of children in need of support.
(b) An officer or employee of the District shall cooperate with the IV-D agency to determine the location of a parent who is not supporting his or her child. The officer or employee shall provide any pertinent information that relates to the location, income, or property of a parent, notwithstanding any District statute, ordinance, or rule that makes the information confidential.
(c) A company, corporation, partnership, association, union, organization, or entity doing business in the District shall provide the IV-D agency with the following available information, if the IV-D agency certifies that the information shall be used to locate a parent of a child in need of support and that the information obtained will be treated as confidential by the IV-D agency unless the parent’s name is published or reported to a consumer credit reporting agency pursuant to § 46-225 :
  (1) Full name of the parent;
  (2) Name and address of the parent’s employer;
  (3) Social security number of the parent;
  (4) Date of birth of the parent;
  (5) Home address of the parent;
  (6) Amount of wages earned by the parent; and
  (7) Number of dependents claimed by the parent on state and federal income withholding forms.
(d) A person may not knowingly refuse to give the IV-D agency information that will assist the IV-D agency in locating the parent of a child.
(e) A person who knowingly refuses to provide information or provides false information that has been requested pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, upon conviction, shall be imprisoned for not more than 3 months, fined not more than $1,000, or both.
D.C. Code § 46-213 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-213
§ 46-213. Judgment against holder for failure to comply.
Status: in_force

(a) If a holder fails to withhold support from earnings or other income, or fails to pay the support to the Collection and Disbursement Unit in accordance with this subchapter, judgment shall be entered against the holder for any amount not withheld or paid to the Collection and Disbursement Unit and for any reasonable counsel fees and court costs incurred by the obligor, obligee, caretaker, custodian, the Mayor, or their representative as a result of this failure to withhold or make payment.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply where the holder proves, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the failure to withhold or make payment was due to exigent circumstances beyond the holder’s control.
D.C. Code § 46-353.16 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-353.16
§ 46-353.16. Special rules of evidence and procedure.
Status: in_force

(a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of the District is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.
(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside the District.
(c) A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.
(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.
(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside the District to a tribunal of the District by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.
(f) In a proceeding under this chapter, a tribunal of the District shall permit a party or witness residing outside the District to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of the District shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.
(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.
(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this chapter.
(j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child.
D.C. Code § 46-225 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-225
§ 46-225. Reporting and publication of delinquent accounts.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency shall report to a consumer credit reporting agency, as defined in section 603(f) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved October 26, 1970 (84 Stat. 1129; 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f)), each support order that was entered, modified, registered, or is being enforced in the District, if the obligor owes overdue support obligations in the amount of $1,000 or more.
(a-1) The IV-D agency shall develop standards for consumer credit reporting that shall be consistent with credit reporting industry standards and reporting format.
(a-2) A report of a support order shall include, at a minimum, the amount of the obligation, the amount paid, the amount overdue (if any), and the names of the obligor and obligee. The IV-D agency shall update this information on at least a quarterly basis.
(b) The IV-D agency may publish information about an obligor whose support payments are more than $2,000 in arrears, including the obligor’s name, last known address, amount of overdue support, occupation, photograph, and physical description, and the names and ages of the individuals on behalf of whom support is owed. The publication may be made by disseminating the information using any media, or by any other means reasonably likely to assist in locating the obligor or to bring the obligor’s non-payment of support to the attention of the public.
(c) The IV-D agency is responsible for the accuracy of information provided pursuant to this section. The information shall be based upon the data available at the time the information is provided to a consumer credit reporting agency. The IV-D agency and the credit reporting agency shall follow reasonable procedures to ensure accuracy of the information provided. The IV-D agency shall not be liable for any consequences of the failure of an obligor to contest the accuracy of the information within the time allowed under subsection (d) of this section.
(d) The IV-D agency shall send notice of the publication or initial consumer credit report by first-class mail to the last known address of the obligor at least 30 days before the publication or initial report. The notice shall inform the obligor of the right to contest the accuracy of the information to be released.
(e) The IV-D agency shall provide the obligor with an opportunity to contest in writing the accuracy of the information in a consumer credit report or publication. If the IV-D agency receives a written objection contesting the accuracy of the information, the IV-D agency shall request the credit reporting agency receiving the information to note on the report that the information is being disputed, until the IV-D agency determines the accuracy of the information.
(f) The only grounds for contesting the accuracy of the information in a consumer credit report or publication are errors in the identities of the obligor or obligee, the amount of the support order, the amount of payment or arrears, or any other fact published or reported to the credit reporting agency.
(g) The IV-D agency may enter into a cooperative agreement with another District government agency, the Superior Court, or a private entity to carry out all or part of the functions required of the IV-D agency under this section.
D.C. Code § 46-507 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 5 / § 46-507
§ 46-507. Void marriage or domestic partnership.
Status: in_force

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 the event that the marriage or domestic partnership is later determined to be void.
D.C. Code § 46-411 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-411
§ 46-411. Persons under 18 years of age.
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 .*
If any person intending to marry and seeking a license therefore shall be under 18 years of age, the Mayor or Clerk shall not issue such license.
D.C. Code § 46-351.04 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-351.04
§ 46-351.04. Remedies cumulative.
Status: in_force

(a) Remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.
(b) This chapter does not:
  (1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of the District; or
  (2) Grant a tribunal of the District jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this chapter.
D.C. Code § 46-401.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 4 / § 46-401.01
§ 46-401.01. Marriages void ab initio — In general.
Status: in_force

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 grandparent, grandparent’s spouse, spouse’s grandparent, parent’s sibling, parent, step-parent, spouse’s parent, child, spouse’s child, child’s spouse, sibling, child’s child, child’s child’s spouse, spouse’s child’s child, sibling’s child.
(3) The marriage of any persons either of whom has been previously married and whose previous marriage has not been terminated by death or a decree of divorce.
D.C. Code § 46-356.11 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-356.11
§ 46-356.11. Modification of child-support order of another state.
Status: in_force

(a) If § 46-356.13 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of the District may modify a child-support order issued in another state which is registered in the District if, after notice and hearing, the tribunal finds that:
  (1) The following requirements are met:
    (A) Neither the child, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state;
    (B) A petitioner who is a nonresident of the District seeks modification; and
    (C) The respondent is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of the District; or
  (2) The District is the residence of the child, or a party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of the District, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of the District to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
(b) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an order issued by a tribunal of the District and the order may be enforced and satisfied in the same manner.
(c) A tribunal of the District may not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation of support. If 2 or more tribunals have issued child-support orders for the same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized under § 46-352.07 establishes the aspects of the support order which are nonmodifiable.
(d) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the duration of the obligation of support. The obligor’s fulfillment of the duty of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further obligation of support by a tribunal of the District.
(e) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of the District modifying a child-support order issued in another state, the tribunal of the District becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (e) of this section and § 46-352.01(b) , a tribunal of the District retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of the District if:
  (1) One party resides in another state; and
  (2) The other party resides outside the United States.
D.C. Code § 46-226 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226
§ 46-226. Limitation of liability.
Status: in_force

(a) Neither the District nor its officers or employees shall be responsible for any injury resulting from the improper enforcement of a lien or a notice or order to withhold, except that the District, its officers, and employees shall be liable for damages caused by gross negligence in the enforcement of liens or withholdings.
(b) A holder who complies with a notice or order to withhold that is regular on its face shall not be subject to civil liability to any individual or agency for conduct in compliance with that notice.
(c) No public or private entity shall be liable for injury resulting from providing access to records under § 46-226.03(a)(2) through (4).
D.C. Code § 46-714 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 7 / § 46-714
§ 46-714. Duty of Court when District is responding state.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-352.08 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-352.08
§ 46-352.08. Child-support orders for 2 or more obligees.
Status: in_force

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of the District shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of the District.
D.C. Code § 46-226.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.07
§ 46-226.07. Administrative enforcement in interstate cases.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency shall respond within 5 business days to a request made by another state to enforce a support order.
(b) The IV-D agency may request the child support agency of a state or jurisdiction outside of the District of Columbia established pursuant to title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651et seq.) to enforce a support order entered in the District of Columbia or in another state or jurisdiction through high-volume automated administrative enforcement. The request shall include sufficient information to enable the jurisdiction to which the request is transmitted to compare the information about the case to the information in that jurisdiction’s database.
et seq.
(c) A request by the IV-D agency to another jurisdiction under subsection (b) of this section or a request to the IV-D agency under subsection (a) of this section shall constitute a certification by the requesting jurisdiction of the amount of arrears accrued under the support order. The request shall also constitute a certification that the requesting jurisdiction has complied with all procedural due process requirements that apply to the case.
(d) The IV-D agency shall maintain records of the number of requests received under this section and the number of cases for which the IV-D agency collected support in response to the requests and the amount collected.
(e) If a jurisdiction provides assistance to another jurisdiction pursuant to this section, neither jurisdiction shall consider the case to be transferred to the case load of the other jurisdiction.
(f) The IV-D agency shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intra-state cases, in response to a request made by another state to enforce a support order, and shall promptly report the results of the enforcement procedures to the requesting state. The term “high-volume automated administrative enforcement”, as used in this section, means the use of automated data processing to search various data bases to determine whether information is available regarding a parent who owes a child support obligation.
D.C. Code § 46-226.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-226.02
§ 46-226.02. Filing of identifying information by parties to paternity and support proceedings.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the first personal appearance before the IV-D agency or the Court in a paternity or child support matter, or upon entry of an order of paternity or child support, whichever is earlier, each party to a paternity or child support proceeding in the District of Columbia shall file and update as necessary with the IV-D agency and with the Court the following information:
  (1) Name;
  (2) Residential and mailing addresses and telephone numbers;
  (3) Name, address, and telephone number of all employers, including all names under which each employer does business, and, if the party is self-employed, the party’s business address and all names under which the party does business;
  (4) Social security number; and
  (5) Driver’s license number.
(b) Provision of information pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be subject to the safeguards provided to victims or potential victims of domestic violence under § 16-925 and any applicable privacy protections under federal or District law.
(c) A party shall update any information required pursuant to subsection (a) of this section within 10 days of any change in that information.
D.C. Code § 46-303.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-303.07
§ 46-303.07. Duties of support enforcement agency.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-305.03 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3 / § 46-305.03
§ 46-305.03. Employer’s compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders.
Status: repealed

Repealed.
D.C. Code § 46-355.02 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 3A / § 46-355.02
§ 46-355.02. Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state.
Status: in_force

(a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor’s employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.
(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of the District.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section and § 46-355.03 , the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:
  (1) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child support, stated as a sum certain;
  (2) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded;
  (3) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor’s employment;
  (4) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee’s attorney, stated as sums certain; and
  (5) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.
(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor’s principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:
  (1) The employer’s fee for processing an income-withholding order;
  (2) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor’s income; and
  (3) The times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.
D.C. Code § 46-251.07 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-251.07
§ 46-251.07. Withholding for health insurance coverage.
Status: in_force

(a) When an employer receives notice from a health insurer that a child has been enrolled in health insurance coverage pursuant to a medical support notice or a support order requiring a parent to provide health insurance coverage, the employer shall:
  (1) Withhold from the employee’s earnings the employee contributions required to effectuate health insurance coverage for the child in each plan in which the child is enrolled;
  (2) Send the amount withheld to the applicable health insurer within 7 business days after the date the amount would have been next paid or credited to the employee;
  (3) Continue to withhold premiums for health insurance coverage from the employee’s earnings on a regular and consistent basis and pay the premiums to the health insurer; and
  (4) Send each additional payment to the health insurer on the same date that the employee is compensated.
(b) Withholding for health insurance coverage shall not exceed the limitations set forth in § 303(b) of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, approved May 29, 1968 (82 Stat. 163; 15 U.S.C. § 1673(b)).
(c) Nothing in this subchapter shall alter the obligation of an obligor, obligee, employer, or other person or entity to comply with the provisions for the withholding of earnings or other income stated in subchapter I of Chapter 2 of this title .
D.C. Code § 46-202.01 — DC Code / Title 46 / Chapter 2 / § 46-202.01
§ 46-202.01. Collection and Disbursement Unit.
Status: in_force

(a) The IV-D agency is established as the centralized Collection and Disbursement Unit for the collection and disbursement of support payments and shall operate the CDU either directly or through a contract or cooperative agreement with another entity.
(b) The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall collect and disburse support payments under the following support orders, and obligors and holders required to pay support pursuant to these orders shall submit payments to the CDU for disbursement to the obligee:
  (1) All support orders enforced by the IV-D agency pursuant to title IV, part D of the Social Security Act, approved January 4, 1975 (88 Stat. 2351; 42 U.S.C. § 651 et seq.);
  (2) All support orders not enforced by the IV-D agency where the support order was initially issued in the District on or after January 1, 1994, and for which withholding of the obligor’s earnings or other income has commenced; and
  (3) All other support orders for which the Court has ordered that payments be made through the Collection and Disbursement Unit, or for which withholding of the obligor’s earnings or other income has commenced.
(c) The IV-D agency shall operate the Collection and Disbursement Unit in coordination with the automated system the IV-D agency maintains pursuant to § 46-226.10 .
(d) (1) The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall use automated procedures, electronic processes, and computer-driven technology, to the maximum extent that is feasible, efficient, and economical, for the collection and disbursement of support payments, including procedures:
    (A) For receipt of payments from obligors, holders, and other states, and for disbursements to obligees, the IV-D agency, and the IV-D agencies of other states;
    (B) For accurate identification of payments;
    (C) To ensure prompt disbursement of each obligee’s share of any payment; and
    (D) To furnish to any obligor or obligee, upon request, timely information on the current status of support payments required to be made through the Collection and Disbursement Unit pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
  (2) The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall not be required to convert and maintain, in automated form, records of payments made before August 22, 1996, for support orders subject to withholding that are not enforced by the IV-D agency.
(e) The Collection and Disbursement Unit shall disburse all amounts payable within 2 business days after receipt from the employer or other holder if sufficient information identifying the payee is provided. The Collection and Disbursement Unit may delay the disbursement of collections toward arrearages until any appeal with respect to such arrearages has been resolved.