Source: https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/code/sections/16-902.html
Timestamp: 2019-08-25 00:57:40
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D.C. Law Library - § 16–902. Residency requirements.
↪ § 16–902. Residency requirements.
§ 16–903. Decree annulling marriage.
(3) Any action for divorce or legal separation as provided by this subsection, including any accompanying petition for alimony, assignment and equitable distribution of property, pendente lite relief, or child custody determination if the District has jurisdiction under § 16-4602.01 or § 16-4602.03, shall be adjudicated in accordance with the laws of the District of Columbia.
1981 Ed., § 16-902.
1973 Ed., § 16-902.
D.C. Law 19-133 rewrote the section, which formerly read:
“No action for divorce or legal separation shall be maintainable unless one of the parties to the marriage has been a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia for at least six months next preceding the commencement of the action. No action for annulment of a marriage performed outside the District of Columbia or for affirmance of any marriage shall be maintainable unless one of the parties is a bona fide resident of the District of Columbia at the time of the commencement of the action. The residence of the parties to an action for annulment of a marriage performed in the District of Columbia shall not be considered in determining whether such action shall be maintainable. If a member of the armed forces of the United States resides in the District of Columbia for a continuous period of six months during his or her period of military service, he or she shall be deemed to reside in the District of Columbia for purposes of this section only.”
The 2015 amendment by D.C. Law 20-183 substituted “divorce or legal separation” for “divorce” throughout (b); and substituted “Any action for divorce or legal separation as provided by this subsection, including any accompanying petition for alimony, assignment and equitable distribution of property, pendent lite relief, or child custody determination if the District has jurisdiction under § 16-4602.01 or § 16.4602.03” for “Any action for divorce as provided by this subsection” in (b)(3).