{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-925","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 11-925","heading":"Rules regarding certain pending child custody cases.","body":"(a)\nIn any pending case involving custody over a minor child or the visitation rights of a parent of a minor child in the Superior Court which is described in subsection (b) [of this section]—\n(1)\nat anytime after the child attains 13 years of age, the party to the case who is described in subsection (b)(1) [of this section] may not have custody over, or visitation rights with, the child without the child’s consent; and\n(2)\nif any person had actual or legal custody over the child or offered safe refuge to the child while the case (or other actions relating to the case) was pending, the court may not deprive the person of custody or visitation rights over the child or otherwise impose sanctions on the person on the grounds that the person had such custody or offered such refuge.\n\n(b)\nA case described in this subsection is a case in which—\n(1)\nthe child asserts that a party to the case has been sexually abusive with the child;\n(2)\nthe child has resided outside of the United States for not less than 24 consecutive months;\n(3)\nany of the parties to the case has denied custody or visitation to another party in violation of an order of the court for not less than 24 consecutive months; and\n(4)\nany of the parties to the case has lived outside of the District of Columbia during such period of denial of custody or visitation.","path":["Title 11. Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 9. Superior Court of the District of Columbia.","Subchapter II. Jurisdiction."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/11-925","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"eaac07d55e40094237b39c40578c2741c888d84ecf76927e2a34cd324815f4e1","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-924","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-11-941"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}