{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28a-104","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28A-104","heading":"Procedure for approval of transfers.","body":"(a)\nAn application for approval of a transfer shall be made by the transferee and shall be brought in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia or in another court that approved the structured settlement agreement.\n\n(b)\nThe court shall hold a timely hearing on an application for approval of a transfer. The payee shall appear in person at the hearing unless the court determines that good cause exists to excuse the payee from appearing in person.\n\n(c)\n(1)\nAny interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing.\n(2)\nThe deadline for interested parties to file written comments shall not be fewer than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice to that interested party.\n\n(d)\nNot fewer than 20 days before the scheduled hearing on any application for approval of a transfer, the transferee shall file with the court and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer, and the application for the transfer's approval, including:\n(1)\nA copy of the transferee's application;\n(2)\nA copy of the transfer agreement;\n(3)\nA copy of the disclosure statement required by § 28A-103;\n(4)\nThe payee's name, age, place of domicile and the number and ages of the payee's dependents;\n(5)\nA summary of:\n(A)\nAny prior transfers by the payee to the transferee or an affiliate, or through the transferee or an affiliate to an assignee;\n(B)\nAny proposed transfers by the payee to the transferee or an affiliate, or through the transferee or an affiliate to an assignee, for which the applications for approval were denied; and\n(C)\nTo the extent that such transfers or proposed transfers have been disclosed to the transferee by the payee or otherwise are actually known to the transferee:\n(i)\nAny prior transfers by the payee to any person or entity other than the transferee or an affiliate or an assignee of the transferee or an affiliate; and\n(ii)\nAny proposed transfers by the payee to any person or entity other than the transferee or an affiliate or an assignee of a transferee or affiliate, applications for approval of which were denied;\n(6)\nA statement describing what the transferee has done to identify and obtain information, disclosure of which is required by paragraph (5)(C) of this subsection;\n(7)\nNotification that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing; and\n(8)\nNotification of the time and place of the hearing and notification of the manner in which and the time by which written comments must be filed.\n\n(e)\nFor the purposes of this section, the term \"affiliate\" shall have the same meaning as provided in § 31-5601.01(2).","path":["Title 28A. Other Consumer Protections.","Chapter 1. Structured Settlements Protection.","Subchapter I. General."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28A-104","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"9dc8b24581e3ce59aab15a60775ff506b6202254c989fcdde59f0a3b071a9e4e","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28a-103","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28a-105"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}