This chapter does not invalidate any marriage solemnized according to law before January 1, 1902, or any decree or judgment of divorce pronounced before that date.
D.C. Code § 16-922
Validity of marriages and divorces solemnized or pronounced before January 1, 1902
Dec. 23, 1963, 77 Stat. 563, Pub
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