The Probate Court may appoint guardians to indigent minor children for the purpose of securing their enlistment in the naval or marine service of the United States, as provided by law, free of costs on account of the proceeding.
CREDIT(S)
(Sept. 14, 1965, 79 Stat. 744, Pub. L. 89-183, § 1; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 31(a)(2), (3), 23 DCR 2544.)
HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES
Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 21-181.
1973 Ed., § 21-181.
Legislative History of Laws
For legislative history of D.C. Law 1-87, see Historical and Statutory Notes following § 21-102.