Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-12, paragraph (1), item (i)
第三条の十二第一項第一号
Each amendment that changed this provision, and each that will, oldest first. Each is shown against the wording just before it; where an amendment gives the provision another number, it is followed under the new one. Read it as it stands today
In force today
the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife, and the other party is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the other party has no domicile or the other party's domicile is unknown);
夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、他の一方の住所(住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所)が日本国内にあるとき。
- Not yet in force Act No. 45 of 2026 Moved to Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (i); its words stay the same