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DC Code § 46-353.16 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter III - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 46-353.16. Special rules of evidence and procedure

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 316, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-353.17 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter III - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 46-353.17. Communications between tribunals

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 317, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-353.18 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter III - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 46-353.18. Assistance with discovery

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 318, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-353.19 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter III - Civil Provisions of General Application|§ 46-353.19. Receipt and disbursement of payments

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 319, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-354.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage|§ 46-354.01. Establishment of support order

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 401, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-354.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter IV - Establishment of Support Order or Determination of Parentage|§ 46-354.02. Proceeding to determine parentage

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 402, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.01. Employer’s receipt of income-withholding order of another state

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 501, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.02. Employer’s compliance with income-withholding order of another state

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 502, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.03 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.03. Employer’s compliance with 2 or more income-withholding orders

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 503, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.04 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.04. Immunity from civil liability

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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 504, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.05 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.05. Penalties for noncompliance

An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of the District.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 505, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.06 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.06. Contest by obligor

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 506, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 46-355.07 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 46 - Domestic Relations|Chapter 3A - Uniform Interstate Family Support|Subchapter V - Enforcement of Support Order without Registration|§ 46-355.07. Administrative enforcement of orders

(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.  (Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-73, § 507, 63 DCR 222.)
DC Code § 47-301.01 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter I - Budget and Financial Management|§ 47-301.01. Submission of annual expense estimates by court-appointed receivers

If a department or agency of the government of the District of Columbia is under the administration of a court-appointed receiver or other court-appointed official during fiscal year 1998 or any succeeding fiscal year, the receiver or official shall prepare and submit to the Mayor, for inclusion in the annual budget of the District of Columbia for the year, annual estimates of the expenditures and appropriations necessary for the maintenance and operation of the department or agency. All such estimates shall be forwarded by the Mayor to the Council, for its action pursuant to sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, without revision but subject to the Mayor’s recommendations. Notwithstanding any provision of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the Council may comment or make recommendations concerning such annual estimates but shall have no authority under such Act to revise such estimates.  (Nov. 19, 1997, 111 Stat. 2178, Pub. L. 105-100, § 140.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-301.1. Section References This section is referenced in § 7-1811.02. References in Text Sections 446 and 603(c) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, referred to in this section, are §§ 446 and 603(c) of the Act of December 24, 1973, 87 Stat. 774, Pub. L. 93-198, set out in Volume 1, and codified as §§ 1-204.46 and 1-206.03(c), respectively.
DC Code § 47-305.02 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter I - Budget and Financial Management|§ 47-305.02. Minimum funding for Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization’s capital budgets to be included in budget and financial plan. [Repealed]

Repealed.  (June 8, 2006, D.C. Law 16-123, § 301(b), 53 DCR 2843; Sept. 18, 2007, D.C. Law 17-20, § 4042(b)(2), 54 DCR 7052; Mar. 3, 2010, D.C. Law 18-111, § 7061, 57 DCR 181; Sept. 14, 2011, D.C. Law 19-21, § 7012(a)(2), 58 DCR 6226.)  Emergency Legislation For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 4042(b)(2) of Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-74, July 25, 2007, 54 DCR 7549). For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 7011 of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-187, August 26, 2009, 56 DCR 7374). For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 7061 of Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Support Second Emergency Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-207, October 15, 2009, 56 DCR 8234). For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 7061 of Fiscal Year Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2009 (D.C. Act 18-260, January 4, 2010, 57 DCR 345). For temporary (90 day) repeal of section, see § 7012(a)(2) of Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2011 (D.C. Act 19-93, June 29, 2011, 58 DCR 5599). Short Title Short title: Section 7060 of D.C. Law 18-111 provided that subtitle D of title VII of the act may be cited as the “School Modernization Financing Amendment Act of 2009”. Short title: Section 7011 of D.C. Law 19-21 provided that subtitle B of title VII of the act may be cited as “Prior Fiscal Year Conforming Budget Amendments Act of 2011”.
DC Code § 47-306 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter I - Budget and Financial Management|§ 47-306. Submission and approval of gross planning budget

Pursuant to §§ 1-204.48(a)(3) and 1-206.03(c) and (d), the Mayor shall annually, and prior to transmittal of the budget of the District to the President of the United States, submit to the Council a gross planning budget for the District, which shall include, but not be limited to, the amount of estimated revenue by source, including all sources, and the planned obligation of all revenue presented at responsibility center detail. The gross planning budget shall be approved by resolution of the Council.  (Sept. 16, 1980, D.C. Law 3-104, § 7, 27 DCR 3748; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-306.
DC Code § 47-307 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter I - Budget and Financial Management|§ 47-307. Submission of control budget

(a) Within 14 days of Congressional approval of the appropriated budget of the District, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an act to establish the control budget of the District, including all revenue sources, which shall be presented in responsibility center detail; provided, that nothing in this section may be construed as giving the Council the power to modify any action taken by the Congress in the appropriations act for the District. (b) Prior to the obligation during the fiscal year of any grant funds awarded subsequent to the start of the fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council an act to establish such grant award as part of the control budget of the District, and such grant award shall be submitted in responsibility center detail.  (Sept. 16, 1980, D.C. Law 3-104, § 8, 27 DCR 3748; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-307.
DC Code § 47-308 (2021)
2021 District of Columbia Code|Title 47 - Taxation, Licensing, Permits, Assessments, and Fees. [Enacted title]|Chapter 3 - Budget and Financial Management; Borrowing; Deposit of Funds|Subchapter I - Budget and Financial Management|§ 47-308. Establishment of budget structure

(a) Within 30 days of the Mayor’s first call with respect to the preparation of the budget for fiscal year 1982, and any subsequent fiscal year, the Mayor shall submit to the Council a resolution to establish the budget structure, including but not limited to designating control centers and responsibility centers, and a designation of all those entities as they are proposed for financial management purposes within the gross planning budget. (b) The Council shall consider such resolution according to its rules. Should no written notice of disapproval of such resolution be filed by any member of the Council with the Secretary to the Council within 14 days of the receipt of such resolution from the Mayor, the resolution shall be deemed to be approved. Should notice of disapproval be filed during such initial 14 day period, the Council shall dispose of such notice of disapproval within 30 days of the initial receipt of the resolution from the Mayor, or the resolution to establish the budget structure shall be deemed to be approved. (c) No such resolution may be submitted to the Council during such time as the Council is on recess, according to its rules, nor shall any time period provided in this section continue to run during such time as the Council is on recess. (d) If the Council disapproves such resolution, the Mayor may, on a clear showing of changed circumstance, new information, or additional administrative hardship, ask for a reconsideration of the previous action of the Council. The Council may in its discretion reconsider its previous action.  (Sept. 16, 1980, D.C. Law 3-104, § 9, 27 DCR 3748; enacted, Apr. 9, 1997, D.C. Law 11-254, § 2, 44 DCR 1575; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-353, § 210, 56 DCR 1117.)  Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 47-308. Effect of Amendments D.C. Law 17-353, in subsec. (c), substituted “in recess” for “in process”. Editor's Notes Annual budget structure approved: Pursuant to Resolution 7-210, the “Budget Structure for the Fiscal Year 1989 Budget Approval Resolution of 1988”, effective February 2, 1988, the Council approved the proposed budget structure for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989.