Article 3-7Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Dissolution of Special Adoptions

二the case is based on the petition of the natural parents of the adopted child or a public prosecutor, and the adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown);

三the adoptive parents and the adopted child have Japanese nationality;

四the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan, and the adoptive parents and the adopted child were last domiciled together in Japan; or

五the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan and the adoptive parents' whereabouts are unknown, or when the final and binding decision in an adoption dissolution action obtained in the country where the adoptive parents were 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 adoptive parents and the adopted child or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings.