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Article 5Preferential Jurisdiction

第五条(優先管轄)

If two or more family courts have jurisdiction over a domestic relations case pursuant to other provisions of this Act, the domestic relations case is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that first received a petition or commenced proceedings by its own authority.

この法律の他の規定により二以上の家庭裁判所が管轄権を有するときは、家事事件は、先に申立てを受け、又は職権で手続を開始した家庭裁判所が管轄する。

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