Article 3-12Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding the Division of Property
第三条の十二（財産の分与に関する処分の審判事件の管轄権）
Moves to Article 3-13, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the division of property (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (4); the same applies in Article 150, item (v) and Article 152-2, paragraph (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
裁判所は、財産の分与に関する処分の審判事件（別表第二の四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百五十条第五号及び第百五十二条の二第二項において同じ。）について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。
Moves to Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (i) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife, and the other party is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the other party has no domicile or the other party's domicile is unknown);
夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、他の一方の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。
Moves to Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (ii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
both the person who has been a husband and the person who has been a wife have Japanese nationality;
夫であった者及び妻であった者の双方が日本の国籍を有するとき。
Moves to Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (iii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife and is domiciled in Japan, and the person who has been a husband and the person who has been a wife were last domiciled together in Japan; or
日本国内に住所がある夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、夫であった者及び妻であった者が最後の共通の住所を日本国内に有していたとき。
Moves to Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (iv) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife and is domiciled in Japan and the other party's whereabouts are unknown, or when the final judgment in a disposition regarding the division of property obtained in the country where the other party was domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the two parties or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings.
日本国内に住所がある夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、他の一方が行方不明であるとき、他の一方の住所がある国においてされた財産の分与に関する処分に係る確定した裁判が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが当事者間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。
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