# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六十四条の二 (Article 164-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2. 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: 第百六十四条の二 (Article 164-2)（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — address `art-164-2` - 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-164-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百六十四条の二（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — (Adjudication Cases for Confirmation of the Eligibility for a Special Adoption) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-164-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、養親となるべき者の申立てにより、その者と養子となるべき者との間における縁組について、特別養子適格の確認の審判をすることができる。ただし、養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過する日まで及び養子となるべき者が十八歳に達した日以後は、この限りでない。 art-164-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-1 A family court may, upon petition by a person who is to adopt another person, make a ruling on the adoption between that person and the person who is to be adopted for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted and on or after the day when the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of eighteen. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A family court may, upon petition by a person who is to adopt another person, make a ruling on the adoption between that person and the person who is to be adopted for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted and from the day when the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of eighteen." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判事件は、養親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-164-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-2 An adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption falls under the jurisdiction of a family court that has jurisdiction over the domicile of the person who is to adopt another. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 特別養子適格の確認の申立ては、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てと同時にしなければならない。 art-164-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-3 A petition for the confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be made at the same time as a petition for the establishment of a special adoption. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第百十八条の規定は、特別養子適格の確認の審判事件における養親となるべき者並びに養子となるべき者及び養子となるべき者の父母について準用する。 art-164-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-4 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the person who is to adopt another, and the person who is to be adopted and the parents of the person who is to be adopted, in an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption. machine translation, not official **第五項** 民法第八百十七条の六本文の同意は、次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合には、撤回することができない。ただし、その同意をした日から二週間を経過する日までは、この限りでない。 art-164-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5 The consent in the main clause of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code cannot be withdrawn if it falls under all of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply until the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of consent. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The consent in the text of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code cannot be withdrawn if it falls under any of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply until the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of consent." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過した後にされたものであること。 art-164-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-1 It is given two months after the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 次のいずれかに該当するものであること。 art-164-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2 It falls under any of the following. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **イ** 家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査を経た上で家庭裁判所に書面を提出してされたものであること。 art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1 The document has been submitted to the family court after the fact has been investigated by a family court investigating officer. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **ロ** 審問の期日においてされたものであること。 art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2 the consent has been given on a hearing date. machine translation, not official **第六項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認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。この場合において、第二号に掲げる者の同意がないにもかかわらずその審判をするときは、その者の陳述の聴取は、審問の期日においてしなければならない。 art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6 In the case of making a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the following persons. In this case, in the event that the ruling is made without the consent of the persons set forth in item (ii), the statement of that person must be heard on the hearing date. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of making a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the following persons. In this case, in the event that a hearing is made without the consent of the persons set forth in item (ii), the statement of that person must be heard on the hearing date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。） art-164-2/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-1 the person who is to be adopted (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 養子となるべき者の父母 art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 the parents of the person who is to be adopted; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者（前号に掲げる者を除く。）及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人 art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 the person who exercises parental authority over a person who is to be adopted (excluding the person set forth in the preceding item) and a guardian of a minor who is to be adopted; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 養子となるべき者の父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子となるべき者の父母の後見人 art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 the person who exercises parental authority over the parents of the person who is to be adopted and a guardian of the parents of the person who is to be adopted. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てに係る特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下しなければならない。 art-164-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-7 When a ruling dismissing a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is finalized or a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the family court must dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption pertaining to the petition of the person who has filed the petition. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a ruling dismissing a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is finalized or a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the family court must dismiss a request for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption pertaining to the petition of the person who has filed the petition." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第八項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下する審判をする場合には、第六項第二号及び第三号に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-8 In the case of making a ruling to dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the person set forth in paragraph (6), item (ii) and item (iii). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、第六項第三号及び第四号に掲げる者に告知しなければならない。 art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-9 The ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be notified to a person prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1), as well as to the persons set forth in paragraph (6), item (iii) and item (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判は、養子となるべき者の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮してその者の利益を害すると認める場合には、その者に告知することを要しない。 art-164-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-10 Notice of a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption is not required to be given to the person who is to be adopted if the family court finds that the notice would harm the interests of the person in consideration of the age, degree of development, and all other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十一項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認の審判をする場合において、第六項第二号に掲げる者を特定することができないときは、同号及び同項第四号に掲げる者の陳述を聴くこと並びにこれらの者にその審判を告知することを要しない。 art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-11 In the case of a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, if it is not possible to specify the persons set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (6), it is not necessary for the family court to hear the statement of the persons set forth in the item and item (iv) of the paragraph nor notify them of the ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十二項** 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-164-2/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12 With regard to the rulings set forth in the following items, the persons specified in each item may make an immediate appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 特別養子適格の確認の審判　養子となるべき者及び第六項第二号から第四号までに掲げる者 art-164-2/par-12/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12/item-1 a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the person who is to be adopted and the persons set forth in paragraph (6), items (ii) through (iv). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-164-2/par-12/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12/item-2 a ruling that dismisses a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the petitioner Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十三項** 養子となるべき者による特別養子適格の確認の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子となるべき者以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。 art-164-2/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-13 The period of an immediate appeal against a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by a person who is to be adopted runs from the day on which a person other than the person who is to be adopted receives a notice of a ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第十四項** 特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判は、その効力を失う。 art-164-2/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-14 When a ruling to dismiss the petition for the establishment of a special adoption becomes final and binding, or when a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by the person who has filed the petition ceases to be effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-164-2/par-4: 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 - art-164-2/par-5: 民法第八百十七条の六 → 民法 第八百十七条の六 (Article 817-6), art-817-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-6 - art-164-2/par-6: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第二号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 - art-164-2/par-6/item-3: 前号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第二号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 - art-164-2/par-8: 第六項第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第二号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 - art-164-2/par-8: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第三号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 - art-164-2/par-9: 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/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1 - art-164-2/par-9: 第六項第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第三号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 - art-164-2/par-9: 第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第四号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iv)), art-164-2/par-6/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 - art-164-2/par-11: 第六項第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第二号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 - art-164-2/par-11: 同項第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第四号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iv)), art-164-2/par-6/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 - art-164-2/par-12/item-1: 第六項第二号から第四号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第二号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (ii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 - art-164-2/par-12/item-1: 第六項第二号から第四号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第三号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iii)), art-164-2/par-6/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 - art-164-2/par-12/item-1: 第六項第二号から第四号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第四号 (Article 164-2, paragraph (6), item (iv)), art-164-2/par-6/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 ## Cited by 12 provisions cite 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 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条第二項（特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第六項第三号（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第八項（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-8 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第九項（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-9 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第十一項（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-11 - 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第十二項第一号（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12/item-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百三十六条第三項（陳述及び意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-236/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-236/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百三十七条第二項（審判の告知） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-237/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百三十八条第二項（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-238/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-238/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百三十九条第二項（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） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-239/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-239/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 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 164-2, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164-2, paragraph (5) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164-2, paragraph (6) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164-2, paragraph (7) — 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 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-004, 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