A petition for adjudication of domestic relations must be filed by submitting a written petition (hereinafter referred to as a "written petition for adjudication of domestic relations") to a family court.
家事審判の申立ては、申立書(以下「家事審判の申立書」という。)を家庭裁判所に提出してしなければならない。
A written petition for adjudication of domestic relations must state the following matters:
家事審判の申立書には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。
the party (parties) and the legal representative(s); and
当事者及び法定代理人
the object of and reasons for the petition.
申立ての趣旨及び理由
When a petitioner seeks a ruling on two or more matters, and if the proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations regarding these matters are of the same kind and these matters are based on the same factual and legal cause, the petitioner may seek the ruling by filing a single petition.
申立人は、二以上の事項について審判を求める場合において、これらの事項についての家事審判の手続が同種であり、これらの事項が同一の事実上及び法律上の原因に基づくときは、一の申立てにより求めることができる。
When a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations is in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2), the presiding judge must specify a reasonable period and order that the defect should be corrected within that period.
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the petitioner fails to correct the defect, the presiding judge, by a direction, must dismiss the written petition for adjudication of domestic relations.
An immediate appeal may be filed against the direction set forth in the preceding paragraph.
前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。
The provisions of Article 137-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis when the petitioner does not pay fees for filing a petition for adjudication of domestic relations pursuant to the provisions of the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings (Act No. 40 of 1971).
民事訴訟法第百三十七条の二の規定は、申立人が民事訴訟費用等に関する法律(昭和四十六年法律第四十号)の規定に従い家事審判の申立ての手数料を納付しない場合について準用する。