A child is the legitimate child of any parent under which a parent-child relationship is established pursuant to § 16-909, and is the legitimate relative of its parents’ relatives by blood or adoption and entitled to all rights, privileges, duties, and obligations under the laws of the District of Columbia.

History

Dec. 23, 1963, Pub. L. 88-241, § 1, 77 Stat. 561

Apr. 7, 1977, D.C. Law 1-107, title I, § 105, 23 DCR 8737

July 18, 2008, D.C. Law 18-33, § 3(c), 56 DCR 4269

Effect of Amendments

D.C. Law 18-33 rewrote the section, which had read as follows: “A child born in wedlock or born out of wedlock is the legitimate child of its father and mother and is the legitimate relative of its father’s and mother’s relatives by blood or adoption.”

Prior Codifications

1973 Ed., § 16-908.

1981 Ed., § 16-908.