Section 23 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Child Welfare Act
第二十三節 児童福祉法に規定する審判事件
第二百三十四条（管轄）
An adjudication case for the approval of prefectural measures (meaning an adjudication case regarding matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (127); the same applies in the following Article), an adjudication case for the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture (meaning the adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the Appended Table 1, row (128); the same applies in the Article), an adjudication case for approval of the director of the child guidance center or the prefectural governor for the subsequent temporary protection (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in the table, row (128-2); the same applies in the Article), and an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of the child guidance center (meaning an adjudication case for the matters in the table row (128-3); hereinafter the same applies in this Section) is under the jurisdiction of the family court that governs the address of the child.
Article 235Capacity to Participate in Proceedings
第二百三十五条（手続行為能力）
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, a guardian of a minor, and a child in an adjudication case for the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture, an adjudication case for the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture, and an adjudication case for the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director or prefectural governor, and to a child and the parents in an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center.
第百十八条の規定は、都道府県の措置についての承認の審判事件、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認の審判事件及び児童相談所長又は都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の審判事件における児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者、児童の未成年後見人及び児童並びに児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件における児童及びその父母について準用する。
Article 236Hearing Statements and Opinions
第二百三十六条（陳述及び意見の聴取）
When making a ruling on a petition for the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture, the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture, or the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director or prefectural governor, the family court must hear statements from the persons prescribed in the preceding Article (in the case of a child, limited to a child of 15 years of age or older), except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless.
家庭裁判所は、都道府県の措置についての承認、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認又は児童相談所長若しくは都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の申立てについての審判をする場合には、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、前条に規定する者（児童にあっては、十五歳以上のものに限る。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。
In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family court may seek the opinion of the petitioner concerning the statements from a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor.
前項の場合において、家庭裁判所は、申立人に対し、児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人の陳述に関する意見を求めることができる。
The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (6) and (8) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center.
第百六十四条の二第六項及び第八項の規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。
第二百三十七条（審判の告知）
Notice of a ruling on the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture, the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture, or the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director, or prefectural governor must be given to a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
都道府県の措置についての承認、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認又は児童相談所長若しくは都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人に告知しなければならない。
The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (9) through (11), apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center.
第百六十四条の二第九項から第十一項までの規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。
第二百三十八条（即時抗告）
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
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 the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture:a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor;
都道府県の措置についての承認の審判 児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture:the petitioner;
都道府県の措置についての承認の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling of the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture:a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor;
都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認の審判 児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture:the petitioner;
都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling of the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director or prefectural governor:a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor; and
児童相談所長又は都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の審判 児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director or prefectural governor:the petitioner.
児童相談所長又は都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (12) and (13) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center.
第百六十四条の二第十二項及び第十三項の規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。
第二百三十九条（児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判の特則）
The family court may not, by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of a child and after the day of the child's reaching 18 years of age, make a ruling upon petition by the director of a child guidance center to confirm the eligibility of a special adoption.
家庭裁判所は、児童の出生の日から二箇月を経過する日まで及び児童が十八歳に達した日以後は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判をすることができない。
The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraph (5) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition made by the director of a child guidance center for an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption.
第百六十四条の二第五項の規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。