Article 17Principles for Capacity to Be a Party and Capacity to Participate in Proceedings

①With regard to a person's capacity to be a party, the capacity to perform acts in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (hereinafter referred to as "procedural acts") (hereinafter referred to as the "capacity to participate in proceedings" in this paragraph), the legal representation of a person without the capacity to participate in proceedings, and the delegation of powers as necessary for performing procedural acts, the provisions of Article 28, Article 29, Article 31, Article 33, and Article 34, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis.

②In order for a person under curatorship, a person under assistance (limited to a person who is required to obtain consent from the person's assistant to participate in proceedings; the same applies in the following paragraph) or a guardian or any other legal representatives to perform any procedural acts with regard to a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or mediation of domestic relations or an appeal filed by a person other than the person, the person must not be required to obtain consent or otherwise have powers delegated to the person from the curator or supervisor of the curator, assistant or supervisor of the assistant, or supervisor of the guardian. The same applies when proceedings are commenced by the court's own authority.