District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 23 - Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings

§ 16–2312a. Evaluation of family team meetings and 72-hour time period for commencement of shelter care hearing - At intervals no later than 6 months, 18 months, and...

§ 16–2313. Place of detention or shelter - (a) A child who is alleged to be neglected or...

§ 16–2314. Consent decree - (a) At any time after the filing of a delinquency...

§ 16–2315. Physical and mental examinations - (a)(1) At any time following the filing of a petition,...

§ 16–2316. Conduct of hearings; evidence - (a) The Division shall, without a jury, hear and adjudicate...

§ 16–2316.01. Scheduling of fact finding and dispositional hearings for children alleged to be neglected - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b)(3) of this section,...

§ 16–2317. Hearings, findings; dismissal - (a) Except as otherwise provided by statute or court rule,...

§ 16–2318. Order of adjudication noncriminal - A consent decree, order of adjudication, or order of disposition...

§ 16–2319. Predisposition study and report - (a) After a motion for transfer has been filed, or...

§ 16–2320. Disposition of child who is neglected, delinquent, or in need of supervision - (a) If a child is found to be neglected, the...

§ 16–2320.01. Restitution - (a)(1) Upon request of the Corporation Counsel, the victim, or...

§ 16–2321. Disposition of child with mental illness or a substantial intellectual disability - (a) If no previous examination has been made under section...

§ 16–2322. Limitation of time on dispositional orders - (a)(1) A dispositional order vesting legal custody of a neglected...

§ 16–2323. Review of dispositional orders - (a) When a child has been adjudicated neglected and a...

§ 16–2324. Vacation, termination of orders - (a) An order of the Division under this subchapter shall...

§ 16–2325. Support of committed child - Whenever legal custody of a child is vested in any...

§ 16–2325.01. Participation order - (a) In any proceedings under this chapter, the court shall...

§ 16–2325.02. Report on failure of respondents to appear in delinquency cases - The Chief Judge of the Superior Court of the District...

§ 16–2326. Court costs and expenses - (a) If, at the dispositional hearing or thereafter, the Division...

§ 16–2326.01. Compensation of attorneys in neglect and termination of parental rights proceedings - (a)(1) Except as provided for by subsections (b) and (e),...

§ 16–2327. Probation revocation; disposition - (a) If a child on probation incident to an adjudication...

§ 16–2328. Interlocutory appeals - (a) A child who has been ordered transferred for criminal...

§ 16–2329. Finality of judgments; appeals; transcripts - (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, in all...

§ 16–2330. Time computation - (a) In all proceedings in the Division, time limitations shall...

§ 16–2331. Juvenile case records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “juvenile...

§ 16–2332. Juvenile social records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “juvenile...

§ 16–2333. Police and other law enforcement records - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and in...

§ 16–2333.01. Permitted disclosures of juvenile information - (a) An official of the Family Court, the Department of...

§ 16–2333.02. Juvenile Abscondence Review Committee - (a) For the purposes of this section, the term “abscondence”...

§ 16–2334. Fingerprint records - (a) The contents or existence of law enforcement records and...

§ 16–2335. Sealing of records - (a) On motion of a person who has been taken...

§ 16–2335.01. Motion to vacate adjudication or grant a new factfinding hearing on the ground of actual innocence - (a) A person adjudicated delinquent in the Superior Court may...

§ 16–2335.02. Sealing of records on ground of actual innocence - (a) Notwithstanding section 16-2335, a person who has been arrested...

§ 16–2336. Unlawful disclosure of records; penalties - Whoever willfully discloses, receives, makes use of, or knowingly permits...

§ 16–2337. Additional powers of the Director of Social Services - In addition to the powers and duties prescribed in section...

§ 16–2338. Emergency medical treatment - Nothing in this subchapter shall prevent a public agency having...

§ 16–2339. Immunity for juveniles who are witnesses in juvenile proceedings - (a) Whenever a child, other than a child transferred for...

§ 16–2340. Rights of victims or eyewitnesses in delinquency proceedings - (a) A victim or a eyewitness of a delinquent act...

Subchapter II - Parentage Proceedings

§ 16–2341. Representation - (a) Where a public support burden has been incurred or...

§ 16–2342. Who may bring a complaint; time - (a) A proceeding to determine parentage may be brought by...

§ 16–2342.01. Voluntary acknowledgement of paternity - (a) The voluntary acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to section 16-909.01(a)(1)...

§ 16–2343. Tests to establish parentage - (a) When the Division has jurisdiction of actions or proceedings...

§ 16–2343.01. Admissibility of tests - (a)(1) Expert reports that show the statistical probability of the...

§ 16–2343.02. Sanctions - If any party refuses to submit to a test the...

§ 16–2343.03. Default order - If a respondent fails to appear at a hearing in...

§ 16–2343.04. No right to jury trial - The parties to an action to establish parentage are not...

§ 16–2344. Exclusion of public - Upon trial or proceedings over which the Division has jurisdiction...

§ 16–2345. New birth record upon marriage or determination of parents - (a) When a certified copy of a marriage certificate is...

§ 16–2346. Certificate to Registrar - (a) Upon entry of a final judgment determining the parentage...

§ 16–2347. Death of respondent; liability of estate - If the respondent dies after parentage has been established and...

§ 16–2348. Parentage records; confidentiality; inspection and disclosure - (a) Except on order of the Family Division, no records...

§ 16–2349. Inclusion of social security numbers in parentage records - The social security number of the parents and child who...

§ 16–2349.01. Child support pendente lite - Upon motion of a party in a parentage or support...

Subchapter III - Proceedings Regarding the Termination of Parental Rights of Certain Neglected Children

§ 16–2351. Purpose of the subchapter; construction of provisions - (a) The general purposes of this subchapter are to: (1)...

§ 16–2352. Definitions - (a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise...

§ 16–2353. Grounds for termination of parent and child relationship - (a) A judge may enter an order for the termination...

§ 16–2354. Motions - (a) Except as provided by subsection (b)(3) of this section,...

§ 16–2355. Consideration of termination of the parent and child relationship at review hearings - (a) After a child adjudicated neglected by the Division pursuant...

§ 16–2356. Parties - Parties to a proceeding for the termination of the parent...

§ 16–2357. Notice - (a) When a motion to terminate the parent and child...

§ 16–2358. Conduct of hearings - (a) All hearings and proceedings on a motion to terminate...

§ 16–2359. Adjudicatory hearing - (a) A judge shall begin the adjudicatory hearing by determining...

§ 16–2360. Disposition after termination - (a) If a judge finds that sufficient grounds exist for...

§ 16–2361. Effect of termination decree - (a) An order terminating the parent and child relationship divests...

§ 16–2362. Decrees - (a) Every order of the Division terminating the parent and...

§ 16–2363. Confidentiality of records - The provisions of §§ 16-2332 and 16-2333 shall apply to...

§ 16–2364. Unlawful disclosure - Whoever willfully discloses, receives, makes use of, or knowingly permits...

§ 16–2365. Termination decrees of other jurisdictions - If the parent and child relationship has been terminated by...

Subchapter IV - Court-Appointed Special Advocates

§ 16–2371. Definitions - For the purpose of this subchapter, the term “advocate” means...

§ 16–2372. Court-appointed special advocate program - (a) There is established a court-appointed special advocate program to...

Subchapter V - Permanent Guardianship

§ 16–2381. Purpose of the subchapter; construction of provisions - The general purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Encourage...

§ 16–2382. Definitions - (a) For the purposes of this subchapter, the term: (1)...

§ 16–2383. Grounds for the creation of a permanent guardianship - (a) A guardianship order may not be entered unless the...

§ 16–2384. Motions - (a) A motion for permanent guardianship may be filed by...

§ 16–2385. Parties - Parties to a permanent guardianship proceeding shall be the child,...

§ 16–2386. Notice - (a) When a motion for permanent guardianship is filed, the...

§ 16–2387. Conduct of hearings - (a) All hearings and proceedings conducted pursuant to this subchapter...

§ 16–2388. Adjudicatory hearings - (a) The court shall begin the adjudicatory hearing by determining...

§ 16–2389. Effect of guardianship order - (a) Unless the court specifies otherwise, the permanent guardian shall...

§ 16–2390. Jurisdiction - (a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the court...

§ 16–2391. Relocation - The permanent guardian shall not relocate with the child over...

§ 16–2392. Guardianship order; finality; appeals; transcripts - (a) Every guardianship order shall be in writing and shall...

§ 16–2393. Confidentiality of records - The provisions of sections 16-2332 and 16-2333 shall apply to...

§ 16–2394. Unlawful disclosure - Whoever willfully discloses, receives, makes use of, or knowingly permits...

§ 16–2395. Modification, termination, or enforcement of the guardianship order - (a) Any party may move the court to modify, terminate,...

§ 16–2396. Support - (a) Nothing under this subchapter shall preclude the permanent guardian...

§ 16–2397. Interlocutory order of guardianship - (a) If it is in the child’s best interests, the...

§ 16–2398. Successor guardian - (a) Upon filing a motion for permanent guardianship pursuant to...

§ 16–2399. Permanent guardianship subsidy - (a) To the extent that appropriated funds are available, the...

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District of Columbia Code Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title] Chapter 23 - Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings

District of Columbia Code
Title 16 - Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
Chapter 23 - Family Division [Family Court] Proceedings