# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百六十八条 (Article 168) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168. 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: 第百六十八条 (Article 168)（手続行為能力） — address `art-168` - 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-168 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168 - 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. --- ### 第百六十八条（手続行為能力） — (Capacity to Participate in Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168 **第一項** 第百十八条の規定は、次の各号に掲げる審判事件（第三号、第七号及び第八号の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。）における当該各号に定める者について準用する。 art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the persons specified in the following items in the adjudication cases set forth respectively in these items (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (iii), (vii) and (viii) as cases on the merits): machine translation, not official **一** 子に関する特別代理人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の六十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子 art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-1 an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative for a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (65)):the child; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 第三者が子に与えた財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（別表第一の六十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百七十三条において同じ。）　子 art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-2 an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of property offered to a child by a third party (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (66); the same applies in Article 173):the child; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判事件（別表第一の六十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子及びその父母 art-168/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-3 an adjudication case for the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters as set forth in Appended Table 1, row (67)):the child and the child's parents; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の六十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子及びその父母 art-168/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-4 an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (68)):the child and the child's parents; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 親権又は管理権を辞し、又は回復するについての許可の審判事件（別表第一の六十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子及びその父母 art-168/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-5 an adjudication case for permission for the surrender or resumption of parental authority or right to manage assets (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (69)):the child and the child's parents; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 養子の離縁後に親権者となるべき者の指定の審判事件（別表第二の七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　養子、その父母及び養親 art-168/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-6 an adjudication case for the designation of a person who is to have parental authority over an adopted child after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (7)):the adopted child and the adopted child's parents and adoptive parents; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 親権者の指定又は変更の審判事件（別表第二の八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子及びその父母 art-168/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-7 an adjudication case for the designation or change of a person who has parental authority (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (8)):the child and the child's parents. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 親権行使者の指定の審判事件（別表第二の八の二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　子及びその父母 art-168/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-8 an adjudication case for the designation of a person exercising parental authority alone (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (8-2)):the child and the child's parents. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-168/par-1: 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-168/par-1: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条第一項第三号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-168/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-3 - art-168/par-1: 第七号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条第一項第七号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-168/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-7 - art-168/par-1: 第八号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条第一項第八号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (viii)), art-168/par-1/item-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1/item-8 - art-168/par-1/item-2: 第百七十三条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十三条 (Article 173), art-173 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-173 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-173 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条第一項（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-168/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-168/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-242/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-242/par-3 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-004, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05