§ 16-1006. Jurisdiction.

Current through October 23, 2012

A petitioner may file a petition for protection under this subchapter if:

(1) The petitioner resides, lives, works, or attends school in the District of Columbia:

(2) The petitioner is under the legal custody of a District government agency; or

(3) The underlying offense occurred in the District of Columbia.

                
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(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 548, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 131(a); Sept. 14, 1982, D.C. Law 4-144, § 7, 29 DCR 3131; Mar. 25, 2009, D.C. Law 17-368, § 3(b)(4), 56 DCR 1338.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications

1981 Ed., § 16-1006.

1973 Ed., § 16-1006.

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 17-368 rewrote the section, which had read as follows:

"The Family Division may dismiss a petition if the matter is not appropriate for disposition in the Family Division."

Legislative History of Laws

For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-144, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-1001.

For Law 17-368, see notes following § 16-801.