Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
Article 3-9, paragraph (1)
第三条の九第一項
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The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor ward, etc. has Japanese nationality.
裁判所は、養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件（別表第一の七十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百七十六条及び第百七十七条第一号において同じ。）又は未成年後見人の選任の審判事件（同表の七十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。同条第二号において同じ。）について、未成年被後見人となるべき者若しくは未成年被後見人（以下この条において「未成年被後見人となるべき者等」という。）の住所若しくは居所が日本国内にあるとき又は未成年被後見人となるべき者等が日本の国籍を有するときは、管轄権を有する。