# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六十一条 (Article 161) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161. 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: 第百六十一条 (Article 161) — address `art-161` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. --- ### 第百六十一条 art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161 **第一項** 養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件は、養子となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-1 An adjudication case for permission to adopt is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the person who is to be adopted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件における養親となるべき者及び養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）について準用する。 art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-2 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is to adopt another and a person who is to be adopted (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older) in an adjudication case for permission to adopt. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、養子となるべき者については、その者の心身の障害によりその者の陳述を聴くことができないときは、この限りでない。 art-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3 When making a ruling of permission to adopt, the family court must hear statements from the following persons; provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who is to be adopted if it is impossible to hear the person's opinions due to the person's mental or physical disability: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。） art-161/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3/item-1 a person who is to be adopted (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人 art-161/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3/item-2 a person who exercises parental authority over a person who is to be adopted and a guardian of a minor who is to be adopted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 養子縁組をするについての許可の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-4 A person who has filed a petition for permission to adopt may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who has filed a petition for permission to adopt may file an immediate appeal filed against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-161/par-2: 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/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-118 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三条の五第一項（養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-5/par-1 --- ## 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 in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_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 161, paragraph (4) — 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05