{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-509","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 19-509","heading":"Application to existing relationships.","body":"On the effective date of this chapter [April 27, 2001]:\n\n(1)\nAn act done before the effective date in any proceeding and any accrued right is not impaired by this chapter. If a right is acquired, extinguished, or barred upon the expiration of a prescribed period of time that has commenced to run by the provisions of any statute before the effective date, the provisions remain in force with respect to that right; and\n\n(2)\nAny rule of construction or presumption provided in this chapter applies to instruments executed and multiple-party accounts opened before the effective date unless there is a clear indication of a contrary intent.","path":["Title 19. Descent, Distribution, and Trusts. [Enacted title]","Chapter 5. Simultaneous Deaths; Uniform Law."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/19-509","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"1a843dc2c6933b4d1f905279c4422118d07beec723c6a3bc9e0d0ff2e7d538c4","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-508","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-19-601.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}