# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百二十一条 (Article 121) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121. 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: 第百二十一条 (Article 121)（申立ての取下げの制限） — address `art-121` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121 - 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. --- ### 第百二十一条（申立ての取下げの制限） — (Restrictions on the Withdrawal of Petitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121 **第一項** 次に掲げる申立ては、審判がされる前であっても、家庭裁判所の許可を得なければ、取り下げることができない。 art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121/par-1 The following petitions may not be withdrawn without permission from the family court, even before a ruling is made: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 後見開始の申立て art-121/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121/par-1/item-1 a petition for the commencement of guardianship; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 民法第八百四十三条第二項の規定による成年後見人の選任の申立て art-121/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121/par-1/item-2 a petition for the appointment of a guardian of an adult under the provisions of Article 843, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 民法第八百四十五条の規定により選任の請求をしなければならない者による同法第八百四十三条第三項の規定による成年後見人の選任の申立て art-121/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-121/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-121/par-1/item-3 a petition for the appointment of a guardian of an adult under the provisions of Article 843, paragraph (3) of the Civil Code filed by a person who must request the appointment pursuant to the provisions of Article 845 of the Code. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-121/par-1/item-2: 民法第八百四十三条第二項 → 民法 第八百四十三条第二項 (Article 843, paragraph (2)), art-843/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-2 - art-121/par-1/item-3: 民法第八百四十五条 → 民法 第八百四十五条 (Article 845), art-845 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-845 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-845 - art-121/par-1/item-3: 同法第八百四十三条第三項 → 民法 第八百四十三条第三項 (Article 843, paragraph (3)), art-843/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-843/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-3 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百三十三条第一項（成年後見に関する審判事件の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-133/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-133/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第百四十二条第一項（成年後見に関する審判事件の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-142/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-142/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第百八十条第一項（成年後見に関する審判事件の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-180/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-180/par-1 --- ## 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