CREDIT(S)
(Mar. 10, 1983, D.C. Law 4-200, § 2, 30 DCR 125; Apr. 27, 2000, D.C. Law 13-293, § 2(c), 48 DCR 2214.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 16-4515.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 4-200, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 16-4501. Attorney fees. Subsection (d) does not require an explicit finding by the trial court that a party has violated an out-of-state custody order before it can award attorney's fees and expenses. Bliss v. Bliss, App. D.C., 733 A.2d 954 (1999).
For D.C. Law 13-293, see notes following § 16-4501.
Uniform Law
This section is based upon § 15 of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act. See Volume 9, Part IA Uniform Laws Annotated, Master Edition, or ULA Database on Westlaw.