# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44. 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: 人事訴訟法 (Personal Status Litigation Act), 平成十五年法律第百九号 - English title "Personal Status Litigation 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（認知の訴えの当事者等） — address `art-44` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（認知の訴えの当事者等） — (Parties to an Action for Filiation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44 **第一項** 認知の訴えにおいては、父又は母を被告とし、その者が死亡した後は、検察官を被告とする。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44/par-1 In an action for filiation, the alleged father or mother is to be named as the defendant; in an action for filiation after the alleged father or mother has died, the public prosecutor is to be named as the defendant. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第二十六条第二項の規定は、前項の規定により父又は母を当該訴えの被告とする場合においてその者が死亡したときについて準用する。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44/par-2 The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if a father or mother is named as the defendant pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and that person then dies. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 子が認知の訴えを提起した後に死亡した場合には、その直系卑属又はその法定代理人は、民法第七百八十七条ただし書に定める期間が経過した後、子の死亡の日から六月以内に訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44/par-3 If a child dies after filing an action seeking filiation, the child's lineal descendant or legal representative may be substituted in the court proceedings after the period specified in the proviso to Article 787 of the Civil Code has passed, within six months from the day on which the child died. In that case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-2: 第二十六条第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-26/par-2 - art-44/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 民法第七百八十七条 → 民法 第七百八十七条 (Article 787), art-787 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-787 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-787 - art-44/par-3: 民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項 (Article 124, paragraph (1)), art-124/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 第四十四条第二項（認知の訴えの当事者等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/personal-status-litigation-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-44/par-2 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02