Article 3-11Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Succession

①The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding succession (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (86) through (110) and (133) and Appended Table 2, rows (11) through (15)) if the decedent was domiciled in Japan at the time of the commencement of the succession proceeding, or even if not domiciled in Japan or it was unknown as long as the decedent resided in Japan at the time of the commencement or, if no residence or it was unknown then the decedent resided in Japan prior to the commencement (except when the decedent was domiciled in a foreign country after last being domiciled in Japan).

②With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph if a petition is filed before the commencement of a succession proceeding for an adjudication case for the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (86); the same applies hereinafter), an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (87); the same applies in Article 188, paragraph (1) and Article 189, paragraph (1)), an adjudication case for the confirmation of a will (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (102); the same applies in Article 209, paragraph (2)), or an adjudication case for permission for an heir's renunciation of the heir's legally reserved share (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (110); the same applies in Article 216, paragraph (1), item (ii)), the phrase "at the time of commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be deleted, and the phrase "before the commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be "before the filing of the petition".

③Beyond the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate for a period before a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir or a ruling to revoke such ruling becomes final and binding (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (88); the same applies in Article 189, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the preservation of an estate (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (89) of that table; the same applies in Article 190-2), an adjudication case for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate upon acceptance of the qualified acceptance of inheritance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (94) of that table), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after a request for the separation of patrimony (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matter set forth in row (97) of that table; the same applies in Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)), and an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of an estate in the event of the nonexistence of an heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (99) of that table; the same applies hereinafter) if the property that belongs to the estate exists in Japan.

⑤The provisions of Article 3-7, paragraphs (2) through (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph.