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- D.C. Code § 15-321 · Enforcement of interlocutory decrees.
- D.C. Code § 15-322 · Enforcement of decrees for delivery of chattels.
- D.C. Code § 15-323 · Limitation on seizure of real property.
- D.C. Code § 15-351 · Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 15-352 · Filing and status of foreign judgments.
- D.C. Code § 15-353 · Notice of filing.
- D.C. Code § 15-354 · Stay.
- D.C. Code § 15-355 · Fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-356 · Optional procedure.
- D.C. Code § 15-357 · Uniformity of interpretation.
- D.C. Code § 15-361 · Short title.
- D.C. Code § 15-362 · Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 15-363 · Applicability.
- D.C. Code § 15-364 · Standards for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-365 · Personal jurisdiction.
- D.C. Code § 15-366 · Procedure for recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-367 · Effect of recognition of foreign-country judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-368 · Stay of proceedings pending appeal of foreign-country judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-369 · Statute of limitations.
- D.C. Code § 15-370 · Uniformity of interpretation.
- D.C. Code § 15-371 · Saving clause.
- D.C. Code § 15-381 · Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 15-382 · Recognition and enforcement.
- D.C. Code § 15-383 · Grounds for nonrecognition.
- D.C. Code § 15-384 · Personal jurisdiction.
- D.C. Code § 15-385 · Stay in cases of appeal.
- D.C. Code § 15-386 · Savings clause.
- D.C. Code § 15-387 · Applicability.
- D.C. Code § 15-388 · Uniformity of application and construction.
- D.C. Code § 15-501 · Exempt property of householder; property in transitu; debt for wages.
- D.C. Code § 15-502 · Mortgage or other instrument affecting exempt property.
- D.C. Code § 15-503 · Earnings and other income; wearing apparel and tools of certain persons.
- D.C. Code § 15-521 · Notice of claim or exemption; trial.
- D.C. Code § 15-522 · Docketing of claim; manner of trial.
- D.C. Code § 15-523 · Judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-524 · Replevin against officer.
- D.C. Code § 15-701 · Compensation taxed as costs; attorneys’ compensation from clients.
- D.C. Code § 15-702 · Attorney fees taxed as costs.
- D.C. Code § 15-703 · Security for costs by nonresidents.
- D.C. Code § 15-704 · Advance payment of costs and fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-705 · Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds.
- D.C. Code § 15-706 · Clerk’s fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
- D.C. Code § 15-707 · Probate fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-708 · Deposit for probate fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-709 · Fees and costs in Superior Court.
- D.C. Code § 15-710 · Fees and costs in Domestic Relations Branch of Court of General Sessions.
- D.C. Code § 15-711 · Deposit or security for costs in Superior Court.
- D.C. Code § 15-712 · Waiving court fees and costs.
- D.C. Code § 15-713 · Deposits for jury trials in Superior Court.
- D.C. Code § 15-714 · Witness fees for attendance in Superior Court.
- D.C. Code § 15-715 · Witness fees in prosecutions for cruelty to children or animals.
- D.C. Code § 15-716 · Advances to Court of General Sessions Clerk for witness fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-717 · Marriage license and related fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-718 · Juror fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-719 · Adoption court costs and fees.
- D.C. Code § 15-901 · Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 15-902 · Variation by agreement.
- D.C. Code § 15-903 · Determining money of the claim.
- D.C. Code § 15-904 · Determining amount of the money of certain contract claims.
- D.C. Code § 15-905 · Asserting and defending a foreign-money claim.
- D.C. Code § 15-906 · Judgments and awards on foreign-money claims; times of money conversion; form of judgment.
- D.C. Code § 15-907 · Conversions of foreign money in distribution proceeding.
- D.C. Code § 15-908 · Prejudgment and judgment interest.
- D.C. Code § 15-909 · Enforcement of foreign judgments.
- D.C. Code § 15-910 · Determining United States dollar value of foreign-money claims for limited purposes.
- D.C. Code § 15-911 · Effect of currency revalorization.
- D.C. Code § 15-912 · Supplementary general principles of law.
- D.C. Code § 15-913 · Applicability.
- D.C. Code § 15-914 · Uniformity of application and construction.
- D.C. Code § 16-101 · Parties.
- D.C. Code § 16-301 · Jurisdiction; rules.
- D.C. Code § 16-302 · Persons who may adopt.
- D.C. Code § 16-303 · Persons adopted.
- D.C. Code § 16-304 · Consent; exceptions.
- D.C. Code § 16-305 · Petition for adoption.
- D.C. Code § 16-306 · Notice of adoption proceedings.
- D.C. Code § 16-307 · Investigation, report, and recommendation.
- D.C. Code § 16-308 · Investigations when prospective adoptee is adult or petitioner is spouse or domestic partner of natural parent.
- D.C. Code § 16-309 · Adoption proceedings.
- D.C. Code § 16-310 · Finality of decrees of adoption.
- D.C. Code § 16-311 · Sealing and inspection of records and papers.
- D.C. Code § 16-312 · Legal effects of adoption.
- D.C. Code § 16-313 · Child as including adopted person.
- D.C. Code § 16-314 · Birth certificates.
- D.C. Code § 16-315 · Prior proceedings.
- D.C. Code § 16-316 · Appointment and compensation of counsel; guardian ad litem.
- D.C. Code § 16-317 · Recognition of foreign adoptions and elective petitions for District adoption.
- D.C. Code § 16-318 · Expedited adoption eligibility.
- D.C. Code § 16-401 · Definitions.
- D.C. Code § 16-402 · Prohibitions and penalties.
- D.C. Code § 16-403 · Collaborative reproduction authorized.
- D.C. Code § 16-404 · Surrogacy agreements authorized.
- D.C. Code § 16-405 · Requirements of surrogates and intended parents.
- D.C. Code § 16-406 · Contents of surrogacy agreements.
- D.C. Code § 16-407 · Parentage in collaborative reproduction.
- D.C. Code § 16-408 · Court order of parentage.
- D.C. Code § 16-409 · Effect of subsequent marriage or domestic partnership or dissolution of marriage or domestic partnership.
- D.C. Code § 16-410 · Effect of death of intended parent.
- D.C. Code § 16-411 · Effect of withdrawal of consent.
- D.C. Code § 16-412 · Rules.