{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-705","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 32-705","heading":"District government employees — Domestic partnership and family member benefits.","body":"(a)\nA District government employee shall be granted sick leave when needed to care for a family member as defined in § 32-701(7), subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.\n\n(b)\nA District government employee shall be granted sick leave to care for a minor child of either domestic partner or to care for the employee’s domestic partner who is on maternity or paternity leave, subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.\n\n(c)\nA District government employee shall be granted funeral leave or annual leave when needed to make arrangements for or attend a funeral or memorial service for a family member as defined in § 32-701(7), subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 1-612.03(n).\n\n(d)\nA District government employee who is adopting or whose domestic partner is adopting a child shall be granted annual leave or leave without pay to make necessary family arrangements, subject to the same guidelines and restrictions in § 32-502.","path":["Title 32. Labor.","Chapter 7. Health Care Benefits Expansion."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/32-705","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"33b0b18697ae6a7c9745b99456ff0ee5db9cdc915fce06f301fa46a889b635b5","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-704","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-32-706"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}