The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding succession (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (86) through (110) and (133) and Appended Table 2, rows (11) through (15)) if the decedent was domiciled in Japan at the time of the commencement of the succession proceeding, or even if not domiciled in Japan or it was unknown as long as the decedent resided in Japan at the time of the commencement or, if no residence or it was unknown then the decedent resided in Japan prior to the commencement (except when the decedent was domiciled in a foreign country after last being domiciled in Japan).
裁判所は、相続に関する審判事件（別表第一の八十六の項から百十の項まで及び百三十三の項並びに別表第二の十一の項から十五の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）について、相続開始の時における被相続人の住所が日本国内にあるとき、住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には相続開始の時における被相続人の居所が日本国内にあるとき、居所がない場合又は居所が知れない場合には被相続人が相続開始の前に日本国内に住所を有していたとき（日本国内に最後に住所を有していた後に外国に住所を有していたときを除く。）は、管轄権を有する。
With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph if a petition is filed before the commencement of a succession proceeding for an adjudication case for the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (86); the same applies hereinafter), an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (87); the same applies in Article 188, paragraph (1) and Article 189, paragraph (1)), an adjudication case for the confirmation of a will (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (102); the same applies in Article 209, paragraph (2)), or an adjudication case for permission for an heir's renunciation of the heir's legally reserved share (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (110); the same applies in Article 216, paragraph (1), item (ii)), the phrase "at the time of commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be deleted, and the phrase "before the commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be "before the filing of the petition".
相続開始の前に推定相続人の廃除の審判事件（別表第一の八十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）、推定相続人の廃除の審判の取消しの審判事件（同表の八十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十八条第一項及び第百八十九条第一項において同じ。）、遺言の確認の審判事件（同表の百二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百九条第二項において同じ。）又は遺留分の放棄についての許可の審判事件（同表の百十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百十六条第一項第二号において同じ。）の申立てがあった場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「相続開始の時における被相続人」とあるのは「被相続人」と、「相続開始の前」とあるのは「申立て前」とする。
Beyond the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate for a period before a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir or a ruling to revoke such ruling becomes final and binding (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (88); the same applies in Article 189, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the preservation of an estate (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (89) of that table; the same applies in Article 190-2), an adjudication case for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate upon acceptance of the qualified acceptance of inheritance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (94) of that table), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after a request for the separation of patrimony (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matter set forth in row (97) of that table; the same applies in Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)), and an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of an estate in the event of the nonexistence of an heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (99) of that table; the same applies hereinafter) if the property that belongs to the estate exists in Japan.
裁判所は、第一項に規定する場合のほか、推定相続人の廃除の審判又はその取消しの審判の確定前の遺産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（別表第一の八十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）、相続財産の保存に関する処分の審判事件（同表の八十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百九十条の二において同じ。）、限定承認を受理した場合における相続財産の清算人の選任の審判事件（同表の九十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）、財産分離の請求後の相続財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（同表の九十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百二条第一項第二号及び第三項において同じ。）及び相続人の不存在の場合における相続財産の清算に関する処分の審判事件（同表の九十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）について、相続財産に属する財産が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。
Parties may establish, by agreement, the country in which they are permitted to file with the courts a petition for an adjudication case regarding the division of an estate (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, rows (12) through (14); the same applies in Article 3-14 and Article 191, paragraph (1)) and a petition for an adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (15); the same applies in Articles 3-14 and 216-2).
The provisions of Article 3-7, paragraphs (2) through (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph.
民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三条の七第二項から第四項までの規定は、前項の合意について準用する。