Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (i)
第三条の七第一項第一号
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 parents are domiciled in Japan (or reside in Japan if they are without a domicile or of domicile unknown);
養親の住所(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 3-8, paragraph (1), item (i); its words stay the same