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Litigation on a personal status action (人事に関する訴え): an action through which a person seeks to form a personal status relationship (身分関係) or a declaration whether one exists, such as an action to nullify or rescind a marriage, an action for divorce, an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, an action for filiation, an action to nullify or rescind an adoption, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
次に掲げる訴えその他の身分関係の形成又は存否の確認を目的とする訴え（以下「人事に関する訴え」という。）に係る訴訟
人事に関する訴え
An action through which a person seeks to form a personal status relationship (身分関係) or a declaration whether one exists, such as an action to nullify or rescind a marriage, an action for divorce, an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, an action for filiation, an action to dissolve an adoptive relationship, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003), that Act itself, as distinct from the earlier 1898 law on personal status proceedings (人事訴訟手続法, Act No. 13 of 1898) that Article 2 of those provisions repealed.
An inquiry into the facts that the court may make, itself or by having a member of its panel or a family court or summary court make it, when it decides on an ancillary disposition (附帯処分) or designates the person with parental authority (親権者) in a judgment on an action to rescind a marriage or for divorce.
利害関係人
In personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor (検察官) is the defendant, a third party whose rights of inheritance would be harmed by the outcome of the litigation, and whom the court may, by ruling, have join the litigation to assist the defendant.
In Article 16-4, a motion or petition (申立て) or other statement (申述) made in proceedings in personal status litigation (人事訴訟).
Collectively, the matters a court decides on petition in a judgment granting an action to rescind a marriage or for divorce brought by one spouse against the other: designating the custodial parent and other dispositions on the custody of a child, the division of property (財産の分与), designating a parent to exercise parental authority (親権) alone on matters the rescission or divorce makes it necessary to decide, and setting the ratio for splitting pension records under Article 78-2, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
The part of a case record (訴訟記録) that concerns an examination of the facts (事実の調査) — the court's inquiry into the facts when it decides on an ancillary disposition (附帯処分) or designates a person with parental authority (親権者).
This Act as amended by Article 1 of Act No. 20 of 2018.
A paper document, piece of writing, written material, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate or extra copy, or any other paper or tangible object bearing characters, figures or other information people can perceive with their senses.
書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物
In Article 35, inspecting or copying the part of a case record concerning an examination of the facts (事実調査部分), or obtaining an authenticated copy, transcript or extract or a reproduction of it, under Article 91, paragraph (1), (3) or (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure.
In Article 22, paragraphs (1) and (2), a party to personal status litigation (人事訴訟) in person, or the party's legal representative (法定代理人).
A parent who exercises parental authority (親権) alone over a particular matter under Article 824-2, paragraph (3) of the Civil Code, which lets the family court so decide where the parents cannot agree on that matter and it is needed in the child's interests.
民法第八百二十四条の二第三項の規定により単独で親権を行使する者
In Article 16-4, paragraph (4), signing, writing or printing one's name, affixing a seal, or otherwise putting a person's or organization's name on a paper document, etc. (書面等).
署名、記名、押印その他氏名又は名称を書面等に記載すること
The date Act No. 61 of 2011, the amending Act these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Short name for the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026).
電子判決書
An electronic judgment as Article 252, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure provides for it — the electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) in which a court records its judgment — which, in personal status litigation (人事訴訟), Article 29, paragraph (3) and the appended table (別表) replace with a judgment document (判決書) stating the same matters.
An electronic record of proceedings as Article 160, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure defines it — an electronic or magnetic record (電磁的記録) a court clerk (裁判所書記官) prepares to record and certify the form, content and progress of proceedings on or outside a court date (期日) — which, in personal status litigation (人事訴訟), Article 29, paragraph (3) and the appended table (別表) replace with a written record (調書).
期日又は期日外における手続の方式、内容及び経過等の記録及び公証をするためにこの法律その他の法令の規定により裁判所書記官が作成する電磁的記録