Article 164-2Adjudication Cases for Confirmation of the Eligibility for a Special Adoption
第百六十四条の二（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件）
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.
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。
An adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption falls under the jurisdiction of a family court that has jurisdiction over the domicile of the person who is to adopt another.
特別養子適格の確認の審判事件は、養親となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
A petition for the confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be made at the same time as a petition for the establishment of a special adoption.
特別養子適格の確認の申立ては、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てと同時にしなければならない。
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the person who is to adopt another, and the person who is to be adopted and the parents of the person who is to be adopted, in an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption.
第百十八条の規定は、特別養子適格の確認の審判事件における養親となるべき者並びに養子となるべき者及び養子となるべき者の父母について準用する。
The consent in the main clause of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code cannot be withdrawn if it falls under all of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply until the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of consent.
民法第八百十七条の六本文の同意は、次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合には、撤回することができない。ただし、その同意をした日から二週間を経過する日までは、この限りでない。
It is given two months after the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted.
養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過した後にされたものであること。
It falls under any of the following.
次のいずれかに該当するものであること。
The document has been submitted to the family court after the fact has been investigated by a family court investigating officer.
家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査を経た上で家庭裁判所に書面を提出してされたものであること。
the consent has been given on a hearing date.
審問の期日においてされたものであること。
In the case of making a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the following persons. In this case, in the event that the ruling is made without the consent of the persons set forth in item (ii), the statement of that person must be heard on the hearing date.
the person who is to be adopted (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older);
養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
the parents of the person who is to be adopted;
養子となるべき者の父母
the person who exercises parental authority over a person who is to be adopted (excluding the person set forth in the preceding item) and a guardian of a minor who is to be adopted; and
養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者（前号に掲げる者を除く。）及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人
Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the person who exercises parental authority over the parents of the person who is to be adopted and a guardian of the parents of the person who is to be adopted.
養子となるべき者の父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子となるべき者の父母の後見人
When a ruling dismissing a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is finalized or a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the family court must dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption pertaining to the petition of the person who has filed the petition.
家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てに係る特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下しなければならない。
In the case of making a ruling to dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the person set forth in paragraph (6), item (ii) and item (iii).
The ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be notified to a person prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1), as well as to the persons set forth in paragraph (6), item (iii) and item (iv).
Notice of a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption is not required to be given to the person who is to be adopted if the family court finds that the notice would harm the interests of the person in consideration of the age, degree of development, and all other circumstances.
特別養子適格の確認の審判は、養子となるべき者の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮してその者の利益を害すると認める場合には、その者に告知することを要しない。
In the case of a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, if it is not possible to specify the persons set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (6), it is not necessary for the family court to hear the statement of the persons set forth in the item and item (iv) of the paragraph nor notify them of the ruling.
With regard to the rulings set forth in the following items, the persons specified in each item may make an immediate appeal.
次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the person who is to be adopted and the persons set forth in paragraph (6), items (ii) through (iv).
特別養子適格の確認の審判 養子となるべき者及び第六項第二号から第四号までに掲げる者
a ruling that dismisses a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the petitioner
特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
The period of an immediate appeal against a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by a person who is to be adopted runs from the day on which a person other than the person who is to be adopted receives a notice of a ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day).
養子となるべき者による特別養子適格の確認の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子となるべき者以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。
When a ruling to dismiss the petition for the establishment of a special adoption becomes final and binding, or when a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by the person who has filed the petition ceases to be effective.
特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判は、その効力を失う。
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adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to give the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (特別養子適格の確認) under Article 164, paragraph (2): that a child who is to be adopted meets the Civil Code's requirements for a special adoption (特別養子縁組).
Defined inArticle 3-5, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4)
confirmation of eligibility for a special adoptionmachine translation
「特別養子適格の確認」
In Articles 164 and 164-2, the family court's confirmation that a child who is to be adopted meets the requirement of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code (the consent of the child's parents, with its exceptions) and that care of the child by the parents is extremely difficult or inappropriate or there are other special circumstances, as Article 817-7 of that Code describes.
Defined inArticle 164, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article and in Article 164-2