The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of the property of an absentee (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (55); the same applies in Article 145) if the property of the absentee exists in Japan.
第三条の三
(失踪の宣告の取消しの審判事件の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Revocation of Declaration of Presumed Death
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for revocation of the declaration of presumed death (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (57); the same applies in Article 149, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
一
日本において失踪の宣告の審判があったとき。
a case of presumed death has been adjudicated and declared in Japan;
二
失踪者の住所が日本国内にあるとき又は失踪者が日本の国籍を有するとき。
the absentee is domiciled in Japan or the absentee has Japanese nationality; or
the absentee was domiciled in Japan or had Japanese nationality at the latest point in time when the absentee was found to be alive.
第三条の四
(嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Special Representative in an Action to Rebut Presumption of Child Born in Wedlock
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (59); the same applies in Article 159, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if a Japanese court has jurisdiction over the action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock.
第三条の五
(養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission to Adopt
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission to adopt (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (61); the same applies in Article 161, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (61-2) of that table; the same applies in Article 161-2) and an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (63) of that table; the same applies in Article 164) (including an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4))) if a person who is to adopt another person or a person who is to be adopted is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person has no domicile or the person's domicile is unknown).
第三条の六
(死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission for Dissolution of Adoptive Relationships After the Death of a Party to Adoption
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (62); the same applies in Article 162, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
一
養親又は養子の住所(住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所)が日本国内にあるとき。
the adoptive parent or adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown);
二
養親又は養子がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。
the adoptive parent or adopted child was domiciled in Japan at the time of death; or
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (64); the same applies hereinafter) if the case falls under any of the following items:
一
養親の住所(住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所)が日本国内にあるとき。
the adoptive parents are domiciled in Japan (or reside in Japan if they are without a domicile or of domicile unknown);
the case is based on the petition of the natural parents of the adopted child or a public prosecutor, and the adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown);
三
養親及び養子が日本の国籍を有するとき。
the adoptive parents and the adopted child have Japanese nationality;
the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan, and the adoptive parents and the adopted child were last domiciled together in Japan; or
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.
第三条の八
(親権に関する審判事件等の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Parental Authority
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding parental authority (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (65) through (69) and in Appended Table 2, rows (7) through (8-2); the same applies in Article 167), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (3) of that table; hereinafter the same applies) (excluding an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), and an adjudication case for the loss of the right to manage assets upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against a person who exercises parental authority (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (132); the same applies in Article 242, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)) if the child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown).
第三条の九
(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等の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Person Who Is to Be a Guardian of a Minor After the Dissolution of an Adoptive Relationship
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.
第三条の十
(夫婦、親子その他の親族関係から生ずる扶養の義務に関する審判事件の管轄権)Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Duty to Support Arising from Family Relationships Such As Relationship Between Husband and Wife or Between Parents and Their Child
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding the duty to support arising from family relationships such as the relationship between a husband and wife or between parents and their child (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (84) and (85) and Appended Table 2, rows (1) through (3), (9), and (10) (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (3), limited to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child)) if a person under a duty to support (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (84), a person who is to be a person under a duty to support) who is not the petitioner or a person entitled to support (in an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child, the person who has custody of the child, or the child) is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person or child has no domicile or the person's or child's domicile is unknown).