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Article 160

第百六十条

An adjudication case for permission to change the surname of a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in , row (60); the same applies in the following paragraph) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a child (in the case of a petition for permission for the change of the surname regarding two or more children who have the same father or mother, one of the children).

子の氏の変更についての許可の審判事件(の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次項において同じ。)は、子(父又は母を同じくする数人の子についての子の氏の変更についての許可の申立てに係るものにあっては、そのうちの一人)の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。

The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older) in an adjudication case for permission to change the surname of a child.

第百十八条の規定は、子の氏の変更についての許可の審判事件における子(十五歳以上のものに限る。)について準用する。

A person who has filed a petition for permission to change the surname of a child may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition.

子の氏の変更についての許可の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。

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