Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/16-913.html
Timestamp: 2019-04-19 02:45:35+00:00

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D.C. Law Library - § 16–913. Alimony.
↪ Chapter 9. Divorce, Annulment, Separation, Support, Etc.
§ 16–914. Custody of children.
(a) When a divorce or legal separation is granted, or when a termination of a domestic partnership becomes effective under § 32-702(d) or § 16-904(e) and one partner has filed a petition for relief available under this section, the Court may require either party to pay alimony to the other party if it seems just and proper.
(b) The award of alimony may be indefinite or term-limited and structured as appropriate to the facts. The Court shall determine the amount and the time period for the award of alimony.
(c) An award of alimony may be retroactive to the date of the filing of the pleading that requests alimony.
(G) the taxability or non-taxability of income.
This section is referenced in § 16-911.
D.C. Law 16-79, in subsec. (a), substituted “divorce or legal separation is granted, or when a termination of a domestic partnership becomes effective under § 32-702 and one partner has filed a petition for relief under this section,” for “divorce or legal separation is granted,”; in par. (d)(3), substituted “marriage or domestic partnership” for “marriage”; in par. (d)(4), substituted “marriage or domestic partnership” for “marriage”; and in par. (d)(9)(B), substituted “both those that are the property of the marriage or domestic partnership and those that are not” for “both marital or non-marital”.
D.C. Law 16-191, in subsec. (a), inserted “available” following “relief”.
D.C. Law 17-231, in subsec. (a), substituted “§ 32-702(d)” for “§ 32-702”.

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