§ 16-908. Relationship not dependent on marriage or domestic partnership.
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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.
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