# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第一章の二 (Part 1, Chapter 1-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2. 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: 第一章の二 (Part 1, Chapter 1-2) — address `pt-1/ch-1-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-06-23 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 23 June 2027 — the amending law allows up to one year from promulgation. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第一章の二　日本の裁判所の管轄権 — Chapter I-2 Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-1/ch-1-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#pt-1/ch-1-2 ### 第三条の二（不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding Administration of Property of Absentee) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-2 **第一項** 裁判所は、不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（別表第一の五十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百四十五条において同じ。）について、不在者の財産が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-2/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of the property of an absentee (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (55); the same applies in Article 145) if the property of the absentee exists in Japan. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の三（失踪の宣告の取消しの審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Revocation of Declaration of Presumed Death) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3 **第一項** 裁判所は、失踪の宣告の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の五十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百四十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for revocation of the declaration of presumed death (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (57); the same applies in Article 149, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 日本において失踪の宣告の審判があったとき。 art-3-3/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3/par-1/item-1 a case of presumed death has been adjudicated and declared in Japan; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 失踪者の住所が日本国内にあるとき又は失踪者が日本の国籍を有するとき。 art-3-3/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3/par-1/item-2 the absentee is domiciled in Japan or the absentee has Japanese nationality; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 失踪者が生存していたと認められる最後の時点において、失踪者が日本国内に住所を有していたとき又は日本の国籍を有していたとき。 art-3-3/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3/par-1/item-3 the absentee was domiciled in Japan or had Japanese nationality at the latest point in time when the absentee was found to be alive. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の四（嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Special Representative in an Action to Rebut Presumption of Child Born in Wedlock) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-4 **第一項** 裁判所は、嫡出否認の訴えについて日本の裁判所が管轄権を有するときは、嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の五十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百五十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）について、管轄権を有する。 art-3-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-4/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (59); the same applies in Article 159, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if a Japanese court has jurisdiction over the action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の五（養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission to Adopt) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-5 **第一項** 裁判所は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件（別表第一の六十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）、養子縁組の承諾をするについての同意に代わる許可の審判事件（同表の六十一の二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十一条の二において同じ。）及び特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件（同表の六十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条において同じ。）（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件（同条第二項に規定する特別養子適格の確認についての審判事件をいう。第百六十四条の二第二項及び第四項において同じ。）を含む。）について、養親となるべき者又は養子となるべき者の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-5/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission to adopt (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (61); the same applies in Article 161, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (61-2) of that table; the same applies in Article 161-2) and an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (63) of that table; the same applies in Article 164) (including an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption as prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article; the same applies in Article 164-2, paragraphs (2) and (4))) if a person who is to adopt another person or a person who is to be adopted is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person has no domicile or the person's domicile is unknown). machine translation, not official ### 第三条の六（死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Permission for Dissolution of Adoptive Relationships After the Death of a Party to Adoption) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6 **第一項** 裁判所は、死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件（別表第一の六十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十二条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (62); the same applies in Article 162, paragraphs (1) and (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 養親又は養子の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。 art-3-6/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6/par-1/item-1 the adoptive parent or adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 養親又は養子がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。 art-3-6/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6/par-1/item-2 the adoptive parent or adopted child was domiciled in Japan at the time of death; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 養親又は養子の一方が日本の国籍を有する場合であって、他の一方がその死亡の時に日本の国籍を有していたとき。 art-3-6/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6/par-1/item-3 either the adoptive parent or the adopted child has Japanese nationality, and the other party had Japanese nationality at the time of death. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の七（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Dissolution of Special Adoptions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7 **第一項** 裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件（別表第一の六十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (64); the same applies hereinafter) if the case falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 養親の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。 art-3-7/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1/item-1 the adoptive parents are domiciled in Japan (or reside in Japan if they are without a domicile or of domicile unknown); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 養子の実父母又は検察官からの申立てであって、養子の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。 art-3-7/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1/item-2 the case is based on the petition of the natural parents of the adopted child or a public prosecutor, and the adopted child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 養親及び養子が日本の国籍を有するとき。 art-3-7/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1/item-3 the adoptive parents and the adopted child have Japanese nationality; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 日本国内に住所がある養子からの申立てであって、養親及び養子が最後の共通の住所を日本国内に有していたとき。 art-3-7/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1/item-4 the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan, and the adoptive parents and the adopted child were last domiciled together in Japan; or Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan, and the adopted parents and the adopted child were last domiciled together in Japan; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **五** 日本国内に住所がある養子からの申立てであって、養親が行方不明であるとき、養親の住所がある国においてされた離縁に係る確定した裁判が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが養親と養子との間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。 art-3-7/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-7/par-1/item-5 the case is based on the petition of the adopted child who is domiciled in Japan and the adoptive parents' whereabouts are unknown, or when the final and binding decision in an adoption dissolution action obtained in the country where the adoptive parents were domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the adoptive parents and the adopted child or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の八（親権に関する審判事件等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Parental Authority) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-8 **第一項** 裁判所は、親権に関する審判事件（別表第一の六十五の項から六十九の項まで及び別表第二の七の項から八の二の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。第百六十七条において同じ。）、子の監護に関する処分の審判事件（同表の三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件を除く。）及び親権を行う者につき破産手続が開始された場合における管理権喪失の審判事件（別表第一の百三十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百四十二条第一項第二号及び第三項において同じ。）について、子の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-8/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding parental authority (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (65) through (69) and in Appended Table 2, rows (7) through (8-2); the same applies in Article 167), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (3) of that table; hereinafter the same applies) (excluding an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), and an adjudication case for the loss of the right to manage assets upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against a person who exercises parental authority (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (132); the same applies in Article 242, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)) if the child is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the child has no domicile or the child's domicile is unknown). machine translation, not official ### 第三条の九（養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Person Who Is to Be a Guardian of a Minor After the Dissolution of an Adoptive Relationship) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-9 **第一項** 裁判所は、養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件（別表第一の七十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百七十六条及び第百七十七条第一号において同じ。）又は未成年後見人の選任の審判事件（同表の七十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。同条第二号において同じ。）について、未成年被後見人となるべき者若しくは未成年被後見人（以下この条において「未成年被後見人となるべき者等」という。）の住所若しくは居所が日本国内にあるとき又は未成年被後見人となるべき者等が日本の国籍を有するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-9/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor ward, etc. has Japanese nationality. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor under guardianship, etc. has Japanese nationality." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第三条の十（夫婦、親子その他の親族関係から生ずる扶養の義務に関する審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Duty to Support Arising from Family Relationships Such As Relationship Between Husband and Wife or Between Parents and Their Child) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-10 **第一項** 裁判所は、夫婦、親子その他の親族関係から生ずる扶養の義務に関する審判事件（別表第一の八十四の項及び八十五の項並びに別表第二の一の項から三の項まで、九の項及び十の項の事項についての審判事件（同表の三の項の事項についての審判事件にあっては、子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件に限る。）をいう。）について、扶養義務者（別表第一の八十四の項の事項についての審判事件にあっては、扶養義務者となるべき者）であって申立人でないもの又は扶養権利者（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件にあっては、子の監護者又は子）の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-10/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding the duty to support arising from family relationships such as the relationship between a husband and wife or between parents and their child (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (84) and (85) and Appended Table 2, rows (1) through (3), (9), and (10) (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (3), limited to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child)) if a person under a duty to support (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (84), a person who is to be a person under a duty to support) who is not the petitioner or a person entitled to support (in an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child, the person who has custody of the child, or the child) is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person or child has no domicile or the person's or child's domicile is unknown). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding the duty to support arising from family relationships such as the relationship between a husband and wife or between parents and their child (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (84) and Appended Table 2, rows (1) through (3), (9), and (10) (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (3), limited to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child)) if a person under a duty to support (in an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (84), a person who is to be a person under a duty to support) who is not the petitioner or a person entitled to support (in an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child, the person who has custody of the child, or the child) is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the person or child has no domicile or the person's or child's domicile is unknown)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第三条の十一（相続に関する審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases Regarding Succession) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11 **第一項** 裁判所は、相続に関する審判事件（別表第一の八十六の項から百十の項まで及び百三十三の項並びに別表第二の十一の項から十五の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）について、相続開始の時における被相続人の住所が日本国内にあるとき、住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には相続開始の時における被相続人の居所が日本国内にあるとき、居所がない場合又は居所が知れない場合には被相続人が相続開始の前に日本国内に住所を有していたとき（日本国内に最後に住所を有していた後に外国に住所を有していたときを除く。）は、管轄権を有する。 art-3-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case regarding succession (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (86) through (110) and (133) and Appended Table 2, rows (11) through (15)) if the decedent was domiciled in Japan at the time of the commencement of the succession proceeding, or even if not domiciled in Japan or it was unknown as long as the decedent resided in Japan at the time of the commencement or, if no residence or it was unknown then the decedent resided in Japan prior to the commencement (except when the decedent was domiciled in a foreign country after last being domiciled in Japan). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 相続開始の前に推定相続人の廃除の審判事件（別表第一の八十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）、推定相続人の廃除の審判の取消しの審判事件（同表の八十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十八条第一項及び第百八十九条第一項において同じ。）、遺言の確認の審判事件（同表の百二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百九条第二項において同じ。）又は遺留分の放棄についての許可の審判事件（同表の百十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百十六条第一項第二号において同じ。）の申立てがあった場合における前項の規定の適用については、同項中「相続開始の時における被相続人」とあるのは「被相続人」と、「相続開始の前」とあるのは「申立て前」とする。 art-3-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-2 With regard to the application of the provisions of the preceding paragraph if a petition is filed before the commencement of a succession proceeding for an adjudication case for the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (86); the same applies hereinafter), an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (87); the same applies in Article 188, paragraph (1) and Article 189, paragraph (1)), an adjudication case for the confirmation of a will (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (102); the same applies in Article 209, paragraph (2)), or an adjudication case for permission for an heir's renunciation of the heir's legally reserved share (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (110); the same applies in Article 216, paragraph (1), item (ii)), the phrase "at the time of commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be deleted, and the phrase "before the commencement of succession" in the same paragraph is deemed to be "before the filing of the petition". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、第一項に規定する場合のほか、推定相続人の廃除の審判又はその取消しの審判の確定前の遺産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（別表第一の八十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十九条第一項及び第二項において同じ。）、相続財産の保存に関する処分の審判事件（同表の八十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百九十条の二において同じ。）、限定承認を受理した場合における相続財産の清算人の選任の審判事件（同表の九十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）、財産分離の請求後の相続財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（同表の九十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第二百二条第一項第二号及び第三項において同じ。）及び相続人の不存在の場合における相続財産の清算に関する処分の審判事件（同表の九十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）について、相続財産に属する財産が日本国内にあるときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-3 Beyond the case prescribed in paragraph (1), the court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate for a period before a ruling of the disinheritance of a presumptive heir or a ruling to revoke such ruling becomes final and binding (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (88); the same applies in Article 189, paragraphs (1) and (2)), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the preservation of an estate (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (89) of that table; the same applies in Article 190-2), an adjudication case for the appointment of a liquidator of the estate upon acceptance of the qualified acceptance of inheritance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (94) of that table), an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after a request for the separation of patrimony (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matter set forth in row (97) of that table; the same applies in Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii) and paragraph (3)), and an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of an estate in the event of the nonexistence of an heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in row (99) of that table; the same applies hereinafter) if the property that belongs to the estate exists in Japan. machine translation, not official **第四項** 当事者は、合意により、いずれの国の裁判所に遺産の分割に関する審判事件（別表第二の十二の項から十四の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。第三条の十四及び第百九十一条第一項において同じ。）及び特別の寄与に関する処分の審判事件（同表の十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第三条の十四及び第二百十六条の二において同じ。）の申立てをすることができるかについて定めることができる。 art-3-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-4 Parties may establish, by agreement, the country in which they are permitted to file with the courts a petition for an adjudication case regarding the division of an estate (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, rows (12) through (14); the same applies in Article 3-14 and Article 191, paragraph (1)) and a petition for an adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (15); the same applies in Articles 3-14 and 216-2). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三条の七第二項から第四項までの規定は、前項の合意について準用する。 art-3-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-5 The provisions of Article 3-7, paragraphs (2) through (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) apply mutatis mutandis to the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三条の十二（財産の分与に関する処分の審判事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding the Division of Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding the Distribution of Property)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-3-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12 **第一項** 裁判所は、財産の分与に関する処分の審判事件（別表第二の四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百五十条第五号及び第百五十二条の二第二項において同じ。）について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the division of property (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (4); the same applies in Article 150, item (v) and Article 152-2, paragraph (2)) if the case falls under any of the following items: machine translation, not official **一** 夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、他の一方の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。 art-3-12/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12/par-1/item-1 the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife, and the other party is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the other party has no domicile or the other party's domicile is unknown); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 夫であった者及び妻であった者の双方が日本の国籍を有するとき。 art-3-12/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12/par-1/item-2 both the person who has been a husband and the person who has been a wife have Japanese nationality; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 日本国内に住所がある夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、夫であった者及び妻であった者が最後の共通の住所を日本国内に有していたとき。 art-3-12/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12/par-1/item-3 the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife and is domiciled in Japan, and the person who has been a husband and the person who has been a wife were last domiciled together in Japan; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 日本国内に住所がある夫又は妻であった者の一方からの申立てであって、他の一方が行方不明であるとき、他の一方の住所がある国においてされた財産の分与に関する処分に係る確定した裁判が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが当事者間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。 art-3-12/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12/par-1/item-4 the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife and is domiciled in Japan and the other party's whereabouts are unknown, or when the final judgment in a disposition regarding the division of property obtained in the country where the other party was domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the two parties or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the case is based on a petition filed by a person who has been a husband or wife and is domiciled in Japan and the other party's whereabouts are unknown, or when the final judgment in a disposition regarding the distribution of property obtained in the country where the other party was domiciled has no legal effect in Japan, or the existence of special circumstances are acknowledged for having other courts in Japan undertake to examine or litigate so as to maintain an equitable balance between the two parties or to achieve securing appropriate and swift proceedings." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第三条の十三（家事調停事件の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Cases for Mediation of Domestic Relations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Jurisdiction over Cases for Conciliation of Domestic Relations)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-3-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13 **第一項** 裁判所は、家事調停事件について、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over a case for mediation of domestic relations if the case falls under any of the following items: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court has jurisdiction over a case for conciliation of domestic relations if the case falls under any of the following items:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 当該調停を求める事項についての訴訟事件又は家事審判事件について日本の裁判所が管轄権を有するとき。 art-3-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-1 the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over matters in litigation or for adjudication of domestic relations, for which mediation is sought; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over matters in litigation or for adjudication of domestic relations, for which conciliation is sought;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **二** 相手方の住所（住所がない場合又は住所が知れない場合には、居所）が日本国内にあるとき。 art-3-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-2 the respondent is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan if the respondent has no domicile or the respondent's domicile is unknown); or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 当事者が日本の裁判所に家事調停の申立てをすることができる旨の合意をしたとき。 art-3-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-3 the parties make an agreement that they may file a petition for mediation of domestic relations in the Japanese courts. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "the parties make an agreement that they may file a petition for conciliation of domestic relations in the Japanese courts." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 民事訴訟法第三条の七第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項第三号の合意について準用する。 art-3-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-2 The provisions of Article 3-7, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the agreement referred to in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 人事訴訟法（平成十五年法律第百九号）第二条に規定する人事に関する訴え（離婚及び離縁の訴えを除く。）を提起することができる事項についての調停事件については、第一項（第二号及び第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、適用しない。 art-3-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-3 The provisions of paragraph (1) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply to mediation cases regarding matters for which actions concerning personal status prescribed in Article 2 of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003) (excluding an action for divorce and an action for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship) may be filed. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (1) (limited to the parts concerning items (ii) and (iii)) do not apply to conciliation cases regarding matters for which actions concerning personal status prescribed in Article 2 of the Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of 2003) (excluding an action for divorce and an action for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship) may be filed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第三条の十四（特別の事情による申立ての却下） — (Dismissal due to Special Circumstances) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-14 **第一項** 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。 art-3-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-14/par-1 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. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "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 an 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." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第三条の十五（管轄権の標準時） — (Basis of Timing for Determining Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-15 **第一項** 日本の裁判所の管轄権は、家事審判若しくは家事調停の申立てがあった時又は裁判所が職権で家事事件の手続を開始した時を標準として定める。 art-3-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-15/par-1 Whether the Japanese courts have jurisdiction is determined according to when a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or mediation of domestic relations is filed or when a court commences the proceedings of a domestic relations case by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Whether the Japanese courts have jurisdiction is determined according to when a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or conciliation of domestic relations is filed or when a court commences the proceedings of a domestic relations case by its own authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-3-2/par-1: 第百四十五条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十五条 (Article 145), art-145 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4#art-145 - art-3-3/par-1: 第百四十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十九条第一項 (Article 149, paragraph (1)), art-149/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-5#art-149/par-1 - art-3-3/par-1: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十九条第二項 (Article 149, paragraph (2)), art-149/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-5#art-149/par-2 - art-3-4/par-1: 第百五十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-159/par-1 - art-3-4/par-1: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十九条第二項 (Article 159, paragraph (2)), art-159/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-159/par-2 - art-3-5/par-1: 第百六十一条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十一条第一項 (Article 161, paragraph (1)), art-161/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-161/par-1 - art-3-5/par-1: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十一条第二項 (Article 161, paragraph (2)), art-161/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-161/par-2 - art-3-5/par-1: 第百六十一条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十一条の二 (Article 161-2), art-161-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-161-2 - art-3-5/par-1: 第百六十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条 (Article 164), art-164 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-164 - art-3-5/par-1: 同条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条第二項 (Article 164, paragraph (2)), art-164/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-164/par-2 - art-3-5/par-1: 第百六十四条の二第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第二項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (2)), art-164-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-164-2#art-164-2/par-2 - art-3-5/par-1: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第四項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (4)), art-164-2/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-164-2#art-164-2/par-4 - art-3-6/par-1: 第百六十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十二条第一項 (Article 162, paragraph (1)), art-162/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-162/par-1 - art-3-6/par-1: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十二条第二項 (Article 162, paragraph (2)), art-162/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159#art-162/par-2 - art-3-8/par-1: 第百六十七条 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十七条 (Article 167), art-167 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-167 - art-3-8/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 - art-3-8/par-1: 第二百四十二条第一項第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第一項第二号 (Article 242, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-242/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-1/item-2 - art-3-8/par-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 (Article 242, paragraph (3)), art-242/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-3 - art-3-9/par-1: 第百七十六条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-9#art-176 - art-3-9/par-1: 第百七十七条第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 177, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-177/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-9#art-177/par-1/item-1 - art-3-9/par-1: 同条第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十七条第一項第二号 (Article 177, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-177/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-9#art-177/par-1/item-2 - art-3-9/par-1: この条 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の九 (Article 3-9), art-3-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-9 - art-3-11/par-2: 第百八十八条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百八十八条第一項 (Article 188, paragraph (1)), art-188/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11#art-188/par-1 - art-3-11/par-2: 第百八十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11#art-189/par-1 - art-3-11/par-2: 第二百九条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百九条第二項 (Article 209, paragraph (2)), art-209/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-17#art-209/par-2 - art-3-11/par-2: 第二百十六条第一項第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十六条第一項第二号 (Article 216, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-216/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18#art-216/par-1/item-2 - art-3-11/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第一項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (1)), art-3-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-1 - art-3-11/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第一項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (1)), art-3-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-1 - art-3-11/par-3: 第百八十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百八十九条第一項 (Article 189, paragraph (1)), art-189/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11#art-189/par-1 - art-3-11/par-3: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百八十九条第二項 (Article 189, paragraph (2)), art-189/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11#art-189/par-2 - art-3-11/par-3: 第百九十条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十条の二 (Article 190-2), art-190-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-12-2#art-190-2 - art-3-11/par-3: 第二百二条第一項第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二条第一項第二号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-202/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15#art-202/par-1/item-2 - art-3-11/par-3: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二条第三項 (Article 202, paragraph (3)), art-202/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15#art-202/par-3 - art-3-11/par-4: 第三条の十四 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十四 (Article 3-14), art-3-14 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-14 - art-3-11/par-4: 第百九十一条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十一条第一項 (Article 191, paragraph (1)), art-191/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-191/par-1 - art-3-11/par-4: 第二百十六条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十六条の二 (Article 216-2), art-216-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-2 - art-3-11/par-5: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三条の七第二項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第二項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (2)), art-3-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-2 - art-3-11/par-5: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三条の七第二項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第三項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (3)), art-3-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-3 - art-3-11/par-5: 民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）第三条の七第二項から第四項まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第四項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (4)), art-3-7/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-4 - art-3-11/par-5: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第四項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (4)), art-3-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11/par-4 - art-3-12/par-1: 第百五十条第五号 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十条第一項第五号 (Article 150, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-150/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-150/par-1/item-5 - art-3-12/par-1: 第百五十二条の二第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の二第二項 (Article 152-2, paragraph (2)), art-152-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-152-2/par-2 - art-3-13/par-2: 民事訴訟法第三条の七第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第二項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (2)), art-3-7/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-2 - art-3-13/par-2: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七第三項 (Article 3-7, paragraph (3)), art-3-7/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7/par-3 - art-3-13/par-2: 前項第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第三号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-3-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-3 - art-3-13/par-3: 人事訴訟法（平成十五年法律第百九号）第二条 → 人事訴訟法 第二条 (Article 2), art-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-2 - art-3-13/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1)), art-3-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1 - art-3-13/par-3: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第二号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-2 - art-3-13/par-3: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第三号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-3-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13/par-1/item-3 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十 (Article 3-10), art-3-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-10 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一 (Article 3-11), art-3-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-11 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十二 (Article 3-12), art-3-12 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-12 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三 (Article 3-13), art-3-13 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11#art-3-13 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の二 (Article 3-2), art-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-2 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-3 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の四 (Article 3-4), art-3-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-4 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の五 (Article 3-5), art-3-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-5 - art-3-14/par-1: 第三条の二から前条まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の六 (Article 3-6), art-3-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2#art-3-6 - 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