This Act establishes the special provisions and other measures referred to in the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) for personal status litigation proceedings.
この法律は、人事訴訟に関する手続について、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）の特例等を定めるものとする。
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personal status litigation
「人事訴訟」
Litigation on a 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 nullify or rescind an adoption, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1)· applies throughout the law