{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-904","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-904","heading":"Grounds for divorce, legal separation, and annulment.","body":"(a)\nA divorce from the bonds of marriage may be granted upon the assertion by one or both parties that they no longer wish to remain married.\n\n(b)\nA legal separation from bed and board may be granted upon at least one party's assertion that they intend to pursue a separate life without obtaining a divorce.\n\n(c)\n[Repealed].\n\n(d)\nMarriage contracts may be annulled in the following cases:\n(1)\nwhere such marriage was contracted while either of the parties thereto had a former spouse living, unless the former marriage had been lawfully dissolved;\n(2)\nwhere such marriage was contracted during the insanity of either party (unless there has been voluntary cohabitation after the discovery of the insanity);\n(3)\nwhere such marriage was procured by fraud or coercion;\n(4)\nwhere either party was matrimonially incapacitated at the time of marriage without the knowledge of the other and has continued to be so incapacitated; or\n(5)\nwhere either of the parties had not attained the age of 18, but in such cases only at the suit of the party who had not attained such age.\n\n(e)\n Domestic partnerships registered under § 32-702(a) or relationships recognized under § 32-702(i) may be terminated by judicial decree or judgment.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 9. Divorce, Annulment, Separation, Support, Etc."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-904","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"6fa4dd5737ba1f6b7c5523e32734bba567febe58ebe8f68f2c07f5b42f2d3515","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-903","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}