{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-404","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 46-404","heading":"Persons allowed to institute annulment proceedings.","body":"A proceeding to declare the nullity of a marriage may be instituted in the case of an infant under the age of consent by such infant, through a next friend, or by the parent or guardian of such infant; and in the case of a person with mental illness, by next friend. But no such proceedings shall be allowed to be instituted by any person who, being fully capable of contracting a marriage, has knowingly and wilfully contracted any marriage declared illegal by the foregoing sections.","path":["Title 46. Domestic Relations.","Chapter 4. Marriage."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/46-404","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3b78f5345f4e2060755e0908419bcb5128293e5a75ebc5ae70b23a388bde408c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-403","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-46-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}