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

1. (1) The petitioner resides, lives, works, or attends school in the District of Columbia:
2. (2) The petitioner is under the legal custody of a District government agency; or
3. (3) The underlying offense occurred in the District of Columbia.

History

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

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.”

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 16-1006.

1981 Ed., § 16-1006.