# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 20) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第二十節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 20) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-20` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 23 December 2028 — the amending law allows up to 30 months from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000045) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第二十節　戸籍法に規定する審判事件 — Section 20 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Family Register Act heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-2/sec-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20 ### 第二百二十六条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-226 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-226/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226/par-1 The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the family court which has jurisdiction over the places specified respectively in these items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　申立人の住所地 art-226/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226/par-1/item-1 an adjudication case for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (122)):the place of domicile of the petitioner; machine translation, not official **二** 就籍許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　就籍しようとする地 art-226/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226/par-1/item-2 an adjudication case for permission for the registration of an unregistered person (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (123)):the place where the unregistered person is to be registered; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の百二十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　その戸籍のある地 art-226/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226/par-1/item-3 an adjudication case for permission for a correction to a family register (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (124)):the place where the family register exists; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の審判事件（別表第一の百二十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条において同じ。）　市役所（戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第四条において準用する同法第百二十二条の規定による場合にあっては、区役所）又は町村役場の所在地 art-226/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-226/par-1/item-4 an adjudication case of an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (125); the same applies in the following Article):the location of a city office (or a ward office in the case under the provisions of Article 122 of the Family Register Act (Act No. 224 of 1947) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 4 of the Act) or an office of a town or village. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十七条（手続行為能力） — (Capacity to Participate in Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-227 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-227 **第一項** 第百十八条の規定は、戸籍法に規定する審判事件（別表第一の百二十二の項から百二十五の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）における当該審判事件の申立てをすることができる者について準用する。ただし、戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の審判事件においては、当該処分を受けた届出その他の行為を自らすることができる場合に限る。 art-227/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-227/par-1 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who may file a petition for any of the adjudication cases prescribed in the Family Register Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (122) through (125)) in the adjudication cases; provided, however, that in an adjudication case for an appeal filed against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case, this only applies to a person who may themselves make a notification or perform any other act for which the disposition has been made. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who may file a petition for any of the adjudication cases prescribed in the Family Register Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (122) through (125)) in the adjudication cases; provided, however, that in an adjudication case for an appeal filed against a disposition made by a mayor of municipality on a family register-related case, this only applies to a person who may make a notification or perform any other act for which the disposition has been made." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第二百二十八条（事件係属の通知） — (Notice of Pendency of Cases) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-228 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-228 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、戸籍法第百十三条の規定による戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てが当該戸籍の届出人又は届出事件の本人以外の者からされた場合には、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、当該届出人又は届出事件の本人に対し、その旨を通知しなければならない。ただし、事件の記録上これらの者の氏名及び住所又は居所が判明している場合に限る。 art-228/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-228/par-1 When a petition for permission for a correction to a family register under the provisions of Article 113 of the Family Register Act is filed by a person other than the person who has made a notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, the family court must give notice to that effect to the person who has made the notification or the party to the notification case relating to the family register, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that this is required only when the name and domicile or residence of the person is known from the case record. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十九条（陳述及び意見の聴取） — (Hearings of Statements and Opinions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-229 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-229 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、氏又は氏の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判をする場合には、申立人と同一戸籍内にある者（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。 art-229/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-229/par-1 When making a ruling of permission for the change of a surname or the kana reading of a surname, the family court must hear statements from a person (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older) who is in the same family register as the petitioner. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、戸籍事件についての市町村長（特別区の区長を含むものとし、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項の指定都市にあっては、区長又は総合区長とする。以下この節において同じ。）の処分に対する不服の申立てがあった場合には、当該市町村長の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-229/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-229/par-2 When an appeal is filed against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality (including a special ward mayor; with respect to a designated city set forth in Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947), a ward mayor or administratively consolidated ward mayor; hereinafter the same applies in this Section) on a family register-related case, the family court must hear the opinion of the mayor of the municipality. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百三十条（審判の告知等） — (Notice of Rulings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-230 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-230 **第一項** 戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを却下する審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、当該市町村長に告知しなければならない。 art-230/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-230/par-1 Notice of a ruling to dismiss an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case must be given to the mayor of the municipality, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを理由があると認めるときは、当該市町村長に対し、相当の処分を命じなければならない。 art-230/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-230/par-2 When a family court finds grounds for an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case, it must order the mayor of the municipality to make reasonable dispositions. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百三十一条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-231 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231 **第一項** 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。 art-231/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1 An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 氏又は氏の振り仮名の変更についての許可の審判　利害関係人（申立人を除く。） art-231/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-1 a ruling of permission for the change of a surname or the kana reading of a surname:an interested party (excluding the petitioner); machine translation, not official **二** 氏若しくは名の変更又は氏の振り仮名若しくは名の振り仮名の変更についての許可の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-231/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-2 a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the change of a surname or name, or the change of the kana reading of a surname or the kana reading of a given name:the petitioner; machine translation, not official **三** 就籍許可の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-231/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-3 a ruling to dismiss a petition for the registration of an unregistered person:the petitioner; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 戸籍の訂正についての許可の審判　利害関係人（申立人を除く。） art-231/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-4 a ruling of permission for a correction of a family register:an interested party (excluding the petitioner); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 戸籍の訂正についての許可の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-231/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-5 a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for a correction to a family register:the petitioner; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 前条第二項の規定による市町村長に相当の処分を命ずる審判　当該市町村長 art-231/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-6 a ruling to order a mayor of municipality to make reasonable dispositions under the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article:the mayor of the municipality; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 戸籍事件についての市町村長の処分に対する不服の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-231/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-231/par-1/item-7 a ruling to dismiss an appeal against a disposition made by a mayor of a municipality on a family register-related case:the petitioner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-226/par-1/item-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-226/par-1/item-2: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-226/par-1/item-3: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-226/par-1/item-4: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-226/par-1/item-4: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十七条 (Article 227), art-227 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-227 - art-226/par-1/item-4: 戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第四条 → 戸籍法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-4 - art-226/par-1/item-4: 同法第百二十二条 → 戸籍法 第百二十二条 (Article 122), art-122 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-122 - art-227/par-1: 第百十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-117#art-118 - art-227/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-228/par-1: 戸籍法第百十三条 → 戸籍法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/family-register-act/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-113 - art-229/par-2: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二百五十二条の十九第一項 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二百五十二条の十九第一項 (Article 252-19, paragraph (1)), art-252-19/par-1 — not held in this collection - art-230/par-1: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-59#art-74/par-1 - art-231/par-1/item-6: 前条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百三十条第二項 (Article 230, paragraph (2)), art-230/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20#art-230/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十五号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20281223_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 227, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05