# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六十五条 (Article 165)

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- 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: 第百六十五条 (Article 165)（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — address `art-165`
- 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-165
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### 第百六十五条（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — (Adjudication Cases for the Dissolution of Special Adoptions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165</sup>

      **第一項**  特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件は、養親の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
      <sup>art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-1</sup>
      An adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the adoptive parents.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  第百十八条の規定は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件（当該審判事件を本案とする保全処分についての審判事件を含む。）における養親、養子及びその実父母について準用する。
      <sup>art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-2</sup>
      The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to adoptive parents, an adopted child, and the child's natural parents in an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption (including an adjudication case for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication case as a case on the merits).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。この場合において、第一号から第三号までに掲げる者の陳述の聴取は、審問の期日においてしなければならない。
      <sup>art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3</sup>
      When making a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption, the family court must hear statements from the following persons. In this case, it must hear statements from the persons set forth in items (i) through (iii) on the date of a hearing:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  養子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-1</sup>
        the adopted child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older);
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  養親
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-2</sup>
        the adoptive parents;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  養子の実父母
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-3</sup>
        the natural parents of the adopted child;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **四**  養子に対し親権を行う者（第二号に掲げる者を除く。）及び養子の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-4</sup>
        the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child (excluding the persons set forth in item (ii)), and a guardian of the adopted child;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **五**  養親の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-5</sup>
        a guardian of an adoptive parent; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **六**  養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-6</sup>
        the person who exercises parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の申立てを却下する審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。
      <sup>art-165/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4</sup>
      When making a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dissolution of a special adoption, the family court must hear statements from the following persons:
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  養子の実父母（申立人を除く。）
        <sup>art-165/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-1</sup>
        the natural parents of the adopted child (excluding the petitioner);
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  養子に対し親権を行う者及び養子の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-2</sup>
        the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child, and a guardian of the adopted child; and
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **三**  養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-3</sup>
        the person who exercises parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第五項**  特別養子縁組の離縁の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、第三項第四号から第六号までに掲げる者に告知しなければならない。
      <sup>art-165/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-5</sup>
      Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption must be given to the persons set forth in paragraph (3), items (iv) through (vi), beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第六項**  特別養子縁組の離縁の審判は、養子の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮して養子の利益を害すると認める場合には、養子に告知することを要しない。
      <sup>art-165/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-6</sup>
      Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption need not be given to the adopted child when the family court finds that such notice would harm the interests of the adopted child in consideration of the child's age, degree of development, and in all other circumstances.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special relationship need not be required to be given to the adopted child when the family court finds that such notice would harm the interests of the adopted child in consideration of the child's age, degree of development, and in all other circumstances." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **第七項**  次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者（第一号にあっては、申立人を除く。）は、即時抗告をすることができる。
      <sup>art-165/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7</sup>
      An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items (in item (i), excluding the petitioner):
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **一**  特別養子縁組の離縁の審判　養子、養親、養子の実父母、養子に対し親権を行う者で養親でないもの、養子の後見人、養親の後見人、養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
        <sup>art-165/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7/item-1</sup>
        a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption:the adopted child, the adoptive parents, the natural parents of the adopted child, the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child but who is not the adoptive parent, a guardian of the adopted child, a guardian of an adoptive parent, the person who exercises the parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child;
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

        **二**  特別養子縁組の離縁の申立てを却下する審判　申立人
        <sup>art-165/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7/item-2</sup>
        a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dissolution of a special adoption:the petitioner.
        <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第八項**  養子による特別養子縁組の離縁の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。
      <sup>art-165/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-8</sup>
      The period for filing an immediate appeal against a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption to be filed by an adopted child runs from the day on which a person other than the adopted child receives notice of a ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-165/par-2: 第百十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-118
- art-165/par-3: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第一号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (i)), art-165/par-3/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-1
- art-165/par-3: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第二号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-165/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-2
- art-165/par-3: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第三号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (iii)), art-165/par-3/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-3
- art-165/par-3/item-4: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第二号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (ii)), art-165/par-3/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-2
- art-165/par-5: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1
- art-165/par-5: 第三項第四号から第六号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第四号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (iv)), art-165/par-3/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-4
- art-165/par-5: 第三項第四号から第六号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第五号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (v)), art-165/par-3/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-5
- art-165/par-5: 第三項第四号から第六号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第六号 (Article 165, paragraph (3), item (vi)), art-165/par-3/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-6
- art-165/par-7: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第七項第一号 (Article 165, paragraph (7), item (i)), art-165/par-7/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7/item-1

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3
- 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第三項第四号（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-4
- 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第五項（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-5
- 家事事件手続法 第百六十五条第七項（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05
- 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 165, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
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- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05