# Article 3-14, paragraph (1), its wordings — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/history/art-3-14/par-1. 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. How the wording of Article 3-14, paragraph (1) (第三条の十四第一項) changed with each amendment, and how it will change. - Law: Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act - Provision: Article 3-14, paragraph (1) (第三条の十四第一項) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-14/par-1 (as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-14/par-1) - The law's amendments: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments - 2 wordings, oldest first. ## 1. Before Act No. 45 of 2026 - State: In force Japanese: > 裁判所は、第三条の二から前条までに規定する事件について日本の裁判所が管轄権を有することとなる場合（遺産の分割に関する審判事件又は特別の寄与に関する処分の審判事件について、日本の裁判所にのみ申立てをすることができる旨の合意に基づき申立てがされた場合を除く。）においても、事案の性質、申立人以外の事件の関係人の負担の程度、証拠の所在地、未成年者である子の利益その他の事情を考慮して、日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を妨げ、又は相手方がある事件について申立人と相手方との間の衡平を害することとなる特別の事情があると認めるときは、その申立ての全部又は一部を却下することができる。 English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English): > Even when the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over the cases prescribed in Article 3-2 through the preceding Article (except when a petition is filed based on an agreement that only permits a petition to be filed in the Japanese courts with regard to an adjudication case regarding the division of a decedent's estate or an adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution), the court may dismiss the whole or part of the petition if it finds that there are special circumstances because of which, if the Japanese courts were to conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision in the case, it would prevent appropriate and swift proceedings or would be inequitable to the petitioner or the respondent in an adversarial proceeding, in consideration of circumstances such as the nature of the case, the degree of burden that persons concerned with the case other than the petitioner would have to bear, the location of evidence, and the interest of a minor child. ## 2. By 23 December 2028 — Act No. 45 of 2026 - State: Not yet in force - Takes effect: By 23 December 2028 - The amendment: Moved to Article 3-15, paragraph (1); its words stay the same (Act No. 45 of 2026) — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045 Japanese: > 裁判所は、第三条の二から前条までに規定する事件について日本の裁判所が管轄権を有することとなる場合（遺産の分割に関する審判事件又は特別の寄与に関する処分の審判事件について、日本の裁判所にのみ申立てをすることができる旨の合意に基づき申立てがされた場合を除く。）においても、事案の性質、申立人以外の事件の関係人の負担の程度、証拠の所在地、未成年者である子の利益その他の事情を考慮して、日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を妨げ、又は相手方がある事件について申立人と相手方との間の衡平を害することとなる特別の事情があると認めるときは、その申立ての全部又は一部を却下することができる。 English (Written for this site with AI, correcting the Ministry of Justice's English): > Even when the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over the cases prescribed in Article 3-2 through the preceding Article (except when a petition is filed based on an agreement that only permits a petition to be filed in the Japanese courts with regard to an adjudication case regarding the division of a decedent's estate or an adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution), the court may dismiss the whole or part of the petition if it finds that there are special circumstances because of which, if the Japanese courts were to conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision in the case, it would prevent appropriate and swift proceedings or would be inequitable to the petitioner or the respondent in an adversarial proceeding, in consideration of circumstances such as the nature of the case, the degree of burden that persons concerned with the case other than the petitioner would have to bear, the location of evidence, and the interest of a minor child. --- ## Sources - The dates and the amending laws: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052) - English name of the law: Japanese Law Translation, Ministry of Justice (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb) - English titles of the amending laws: Written for this site with AI - The Japanese text before: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20280613_505AC0000000053) - The Japanese text after: e-Gov (Digital Agency) (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20281223_508AC0000000045)