Exclusive jurisdiction

§ 11–1141. Exclusive jurisdiction (a) The Domestic Relations Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions and each judge sitting therein has exclusive jurisdiction of: (1) actions for divorce from the bond of marriage and legal separation from bed and board, including proceedings incidental thereto for alimony, pendente lite and permanent, and for support and custody of minor children; (2) applications for revocation of divorce from bed and board; (3) civil actions to enforce support of minor children; (4) civil actions to enforce support of wife; (5) actions seeking custody of minor children; (6) actions to declare marriages void; (7) actions to declare marriages valid; (8) actions for annulments of marriage; (9) determinations and adjudications of property rights, both real and personal, in any action hereinabove referred to in this section, irrespective of any jurisdictional limitation imposed on the Court of General Sessions; (10) proceedings in adoption; and (11) proceedings under the Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act, chapter 3 of Title 30. (b) This chapter does not affect or diminish the jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court of the District of Columbia, or of any judge presiding therein.