Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (v)
第三条の七第一項第五号
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In force today
the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan and the adoptive parents' whereabouts are unknown, or when the final and binding decision in an adoption dissolution action obtained in the country where the adoptive parents were domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the adoptive parents and the adopted child or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings.
日本国内に住所がある養子からの申立てであって、養親が行方不明であるとき、養親の住所がある国においてされた離縁に係る確定した裁判が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが養親と養子との間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。
- Not yet in force Act No. 45 of 2026 Moved to Article 3-8, paragraph (1), item (v); its words stay the same