Article 3-4Jurisdiction Over Cases Involving Judicial Decisions to Settle Matters Related to Child Custody
第三条の四（子の監護に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件等の管轄権）
If a Japanese court has jurisdiction over an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) to designate the custodial parent and settle other matters related to child custody and over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in that paragraph to designate the person exercising parental authority alone, and it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article to designate the person with parental authority.
Changes on a date not yet set (Act No. 46 of 2026)
If a Japanese court has jurisdiction over an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision to settle matters related to the distribution of property under Article 32, paragraph (1), if that case falls under any of the items of Article 3-12 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011).
裁判所は、日本の裁判所が婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えについて管轄権を有する場合において、家事事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十二号）第三条の十二各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第三十二条第一項の財産の分与に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件について、管轄権を有する。
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