# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六十三条 (Article 163) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163. 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: 第百六十三条 (Article 163) — address `art-163` - 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-163 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163 - 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. --- ### 第百六十三条 art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163 **第一項** 離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判事件（別表第二の六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、その所有者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-1 An adjudication case for the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc. (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (6)) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the owner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判において、当事者に対し、系譜、祭具及び墳墓の引渡しを命ずることができる。 art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-2 In a ruling of the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc., the family court may order a party to deliver genealogy information, equipment for rituals, and graves. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 離縁の当事者その他の利害関係人は、離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判及び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-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-3 A party to the dissolution of an adoptive relationship and any other interested party may file an immediate appeal against a ruling of the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc. and a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Sources - 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 — 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