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Divorce in District of Columbia

We haven't verified District of Columbia's divorce rules from an official source yet. Each rule below links to the official text it comes from.

Court-roster mediators per 100,000
4.4

31 listed · U.S. 8.3[1]

What are the divorce laws in District of Columbia?

Not legal advice. These are plain-English summaries of District of Columbia’s statutes and court rules as of the date shown on each; they can change and courts apply them case by case. Read the linked source or ask a lawyer licensed in District of Columbia.

  1. Waiting period

    Not yet verified

    We list a rule only once we can quote it from District of Columbia’s statute or court rules.

  2. Residency requirement

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    We list a rule only once we can quote it from District of Columbia’s statute or court rules.

  3. No-fault divorce

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    We list a rule only once we can quote it from District of Columbia’s statute or court rules.

  4. Property division

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    We list a rule only once we can quote it from District of Columbia’s statute or court rules.

  5. Court mediation for custody

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  6. Divorce rate

    2.1 per 1,000 residents (2024)

    District of Columbia’s courts granted 2.1 divorces per 1,000 residents in 2024, down from 3.2 in 2000; the U.S. rate was 2.3. In the Census Bureau’s 2024 survey, 5.1 of every 1,000 women 15 and older in District of Columbia divorced in the past year (±2.5; U.S. 6.9), a different measure.[2][3]

    Divorce rates by state, with sources → · CDC/NCHS NVSS; Census ACS · checked October 27, 2026

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Mediators per 100,000: MediationList listings from official court and government rosters in District of Columbia (31) ÷ population (702,250, U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county population estimates (July 1, 2024)) × 100,000, the same figure as mediator statistics.[1]

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Sources

District of Columbia’s statutes and court rules, read on the official site, plus federal statistics; each with the date we checked it.

  1. U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 county and state population estimates (July 1, 2024)census.govchecked ↩
  2. CDC/NCHS, National Vital Statistics System: Divorce rates by State: 1990, 1995, and 2000-2024cdc.govchecked ↩
  3. U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 1-year estimates, table https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT1Y2024.B12503census.govchecked ↩