Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if multiple claims by or against multiple persons seeking changes in the status of multiple familial relationships or a declaratory judgment as to whether multiple familial relationships exist are filed in a single personal status action, the action may be filed with a family court that has jurisdiction over one of those claims pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article provided, however, that this is limited to the cases specified in the first sentence of Article 38 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
数人からの又は数人に対する一の人事に関する訴えで数個の身分関係の形成又は存否の確認を目的とする数個の請求をする場合には、前条の規定にかかわらず、同条の規定により一の請求について管轄権を有する家庭裁判所にその訴えを提起することができる。ただし、民事訴訟法第三十八条前段に定める場合に限る。
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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)