# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四十五条 (Article 45) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45. 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: 第四十五条 (Article 45)（他の申立権者による受継） — address `art-45` - 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-45 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45 - 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. --- ### 第四十五条（他の申立権者による受継） — (Taking Over by Another Petitioner) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45 **第一項** 家事審判の申立人が死亡、資格の喪失その他の事由によってその手続を続行することができない場合において、法令により手続を続行する資格のある者がないときは、当該家事審判の申立てをすることができる者は、その手続を受け継ぐことができる。 art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-1 When a petitioner for adjudication of domestic relations is unable to continue proceedings therefor due to death, loss of eligibility or any other event, and if there is no one who is eligible to continue proceedings under laws and regulations, a person who may file the petition for the adjudication of domestic relations may take over the proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項の場合において、必要があると認めるときは、職権で、当該家事審判の申立てをすることができる者に、その手続を受け継がせることができる。 art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family court may, when it finds it to be necessary, by its own authority, have a person who may file the petition for the adjudication of domestic relations take over the proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の規定による受継の申立て及び前項の規定による受継の裁判は、第一項の事由が生じた日から一月以内にしなければならない。 art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-3 A petition for the taking over of the proceedings under the provisions of paragraph (1) and a judicial decision on the taking over of the proceedings under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be filed and made within one month from the day on which the event set forth in paragraph (1) takes place. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-45/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-1 - art-45/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-1 - art-45/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-2 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第四十五条第二項（他の申立権者による受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第四十五条第三項（他の申立権者による受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-45/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-45/par-3 --- ## 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