{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-915","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-915","heading":"Change of name on divorce.","body":"Upon divorce from the bond of marriage, the court shall, on request of a party who assumed a new name on marriage and desires to discontinue using it, state in the decree of divorce either the birth-given or other previous name which such person desires to use.","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/16-915","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"566652c97b00741c10c7459eb91096076ef13a5be05025b7237bda673d4c7f5c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-914.02","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-916"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}