Changes on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
If a person who is to be the plaintiff or defendant in a personal status action is an adult ward, the guardian may sue or be sued in their stead provided, however, that this does not apply if the guardian is the other party to the litigation connected with that action.
人事に関する訴えの原告又は被告となるべき者が成年被後見人であるときは、その成年後見人は、成年被後見人のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。ただし、その成年後見人が当該訴えに係る訴訟の相手方となるときは、この限りでない。
Changes on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the adult guardianship supervisor may sue or be sued instead of the adult ward.
前項ただし書の場合には、成年後見監督人が、成年被後見人のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。
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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 dissolve an adoptive relationship, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1)