Article 3-6Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission for Dissolution of Adoptive Relationships After the Death of a Party to Adoption
第三条の六（死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件の管轄権）
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (62); the same applies in Article 162, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items:
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (i) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parent or adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown);
養親又は養子の住所（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 3-7, paragraph (1), item (ii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
the adoptive parent or adopted child was domiciled in Japan at the time of death; or
養親又は養子がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。
Moves to Article 3-7, paragraph (1), item (iii) by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
either the adoptive parent or the adopted child has Japanese nationality, and the other party had Japanese nationality at the time of death.
養親又は養子の一方が日本の国籍を有する場合であって、他の一方がその死亡の時に日本の国籍を有していたとき。
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