Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-6, paragraph (1), item (i)
第三条の六第一項第一号
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 adoptive parent or adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown);
養親又は養子の住所(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 3-7, paragraph (1), item (i); its words stay the same