{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-906","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-906","heading":"Causes for absolute divorce arising after decree for separation.","body":"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.","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/16-906","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"566b573e8b4b2c7b31bbe96e122dad133a704a200ebd335023c3180c67d04302","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-905","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-907"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}