# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百十六条の二 (Article 216-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-216-2. 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: 第二百十六条の二 (Article 216-2)（管轄） — address `art-216-2` - 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-216-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-216-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第二百十六条の二（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-216-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-216-2 **第一項** 特別の寄与に関する処分の審判事件は、相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-216-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-216-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-216-2/par-1 An adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where the inheritance process has commenced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第四項（相続に関する審判事件の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 附則第十二条第一項（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う調整規定） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-72/art-12/par-1 --- ## 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