家庭裁判所は、養親となるべき者の申立てにより、その者と養子となるべき者との間における縁組について、特別養子適格の確認の審判をすることができる。ただし、養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過する日まで及び養子となるべき者が十八歳に達した日以後は、この限りでない。
A family court may, upon petition by a person who is to adopt another person, make a ruling on the adoption between that person and the person who is to be adopted for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted and on or after the day when the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of eighteen.