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§ 16-906. Causes for absolute divorce arising after decree for separation.

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DC Code › Title 16 › Chapter 9 › § 16-906

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Where a legal separation has been decreed the court may afterwards decree an absolute divorce between the parties for any cause arising since the first decree and sufficient to entitle the complaining party to the second decree.

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