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Current through October 23, 2012
(a) Upon entry of a final judgment determining the parentage of a child, the clerk of the court shall forward a certificate to the Registrar of the District of Columbia, or his authorized representative in the jurisdiction in which the child was born, giving the names of the persons adjudged to be the parents of the child.
(b) Repealed.
(Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 592, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1; July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 545, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 121(a); Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 20(e), 23 DCR 2544; Oct. 8, 1981, D.C. Law 4-34, § 29(h), 28 DCR 3271; July 18, 2008, D.C. Law 18-33, § 3(o), 56 DCR 4269.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-2346.
1973 Ed., § 16-2346.
Effect of Amendments
D.C. Law 18-33, in subsec. (a), deleted "born out of wedlock" following "child", and substituted "parents" for "father and mother".
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 1-87, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-2341.
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-34, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-2345.
For Law 18-33, see notes following § 16-308.