# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act

This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act. 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.

- 平成十五年法律第百九号 · Act
- English title "Personal Status Litigation Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act
- Permanent URL: https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109
- 56 articles in the main text, 48 articles in the 附則 (supplementary provisions).

This law's whole text runs past 200 KB as Markdown, so its twin here is its table of
contents. Each page of the law below has a twin of its own, at that page's path under /md,
with the same rules: the Japanese and the English of every provision, the source of each
English line, and every provision's address and URLs. Only the Japanese as published by the
government has legal effect.

One provision as Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-1

---

## 本則 (the main text)

- 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions · art-1 to art-30 · 138 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-1
  <sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
  - 第一条から第九条まで — Articles 1 to 9 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-1/from-art-1
  - 第十条から第十七条まで — Articles 10 to 17 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-1/from-art-10
  - 第十八条から第三十条まで — Articles 18 to 30 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-1/from-art-18
- 第二章　婚姻関係訴訟の特例 — Chapter II Special Provisions for Marital Relationship Litigation · art-31 to art-40 · 69 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-2
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第三十一条から第三十四条の四まで — Articles 31 to 34-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-2/from-art-31
  - 第三十五条から第四十条まで — Articles 35 to 40 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-2/from-art-35
- 第三章　実親子関係訴訟の特例 — Chapter III Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Biological Relationships · art-41 to art-45 · 23 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-3
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第四章　養子縁組関係訴訟の特例 — Chapter IV Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Adoptive Relationships · art-46 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/ch-4
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)

- 附　則 · 26 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4151-109
- 附　則 平成一六年六月一一日法律第一〇四号 · 12 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-104 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-104
- 附　則 平成一六年六月一八日法律第一二六号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-126 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-126
- 附　則 平成一六年六月二三日法律第一三〇号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-130 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-130
- 附　則 平成一六年六月二三日法律第一三一号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-131 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-131
- 附　則 平成一六年六月二三日法律第一三二号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-132 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-132
- 附　則 平成一六年一二月一日法律第一四七号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-147 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4161-147
- 附　則 平成一七年六月一七日法律第六四号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4171-64 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4171-64
- 附　則 平成一七年六月一七日法律第六五号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4171-65 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4171-65
- 附　則 平成二三年五月二日法律第三六号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-36 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-36
- 附　則 平成二三年五月二五日法律第五三号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-53 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-53
- 附　則 平成二三年六月三日法律第六一号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-61 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4231-61
- 附　則 平成二四年八月二二日法律第六二号 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-62 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-62
- 附　則 平成二四年八月二二日法律第六三号 · 6 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-63 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-63
- 附　則 平成二四年一一月二六日法律第九八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-98 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4241-98
- 附　則 平成二五年五月三一日法律第二六号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4251-26 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4251-26
- 附　則 平成二五年六月二六日法律第六三号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4251-63 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4251-63
- 附　則 平成二七年五月二九日法律第三一号 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4271-31 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4271-31
- 附　則 平成二八年一一月二四日法律第八四号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4281-84 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4281-84
- 附　則 平成三〇年四月二五日法律第二〇号 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4301-20 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4301-20
- 附　則 令和四年五月二五日法律第四八号 · 14 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-48 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-48
- 附　則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-68 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-68
- 附　則 令和四年一二月一六日法律第一〇二号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-102 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5041-102
- 附　則 令和五年六月一四日法律第五三号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5051-53 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5051-53
- 附　則 令和六年五月二四日法律第三三号 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5061-33 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5061-33
- 附　則 令和八年六月二四日法律第四六号 · 6 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5081-46 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-5081-46
- 別表 （第二十九条関係） · 1 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/personal-status-litigation-act/appdx-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/appdx-1

---

## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 人事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-006, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02