District of Columbia Statutes
§ 16-906 — Causes for absolute divorce arising after decree for separation.
District of Columbia·Title 16 Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]·Ch. 9 Divorce, Annulment, Separation, Support, Etc.
Where a legal separation has been decreed the court may afterwards decree an absolute divorce between the parties for any cause arising since the first decree and sufficient to entitle the complaining party to the second decree.
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Legislative History
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 561, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; Oct. 19, 2002, D.C. Law 14-207, § 2(d), 49 DCR 7827
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