# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百八十三条の三 (Article 283-3)

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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
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- Provision: 第二百八十三条の三 (Article 283-3)（認知の無効についての調停の申立ての特則） — address `art-283-3`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百八十三条の三（認知の無効についての調停の申立ての特則） — Special Provisions on a Petition for Mediation Regarding Invalidity of Acknowledgment
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-283-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-283-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-283-3</sup>

  **第一項**  認知をした者が認知について反対の事実があることを理由とする認知の無効についての調停の申立てをした後に死亡した場合において、当該申立てに係る子のために相続権を害される者その他認知をした者の三親等内の血族が認知をした者の死亡の日から一年以内に認知について反対の事実があることを理由とする認知の無効の訴えを提起したときは、認知をした者がした調停の申立ての時に、その訴えの提起があったものとみなす。
  <sup>art-283-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-283-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-283-3/par-1</sup>
  If a person who has made an acknowledgment dies after filing a petition for mediation regarding the invalidity of the acknowledgment on the grounds that there are facts contrary to the acknowledgment, and a person whose right of inheritance is harmed for the sake of the child concerned in the petition or any other blood relative within the third degree of kinship of the person who made the acknowledgment files an action for the invalidity of the acknowledgment on the grounds that there are facts contrary to the acknowledgment within one year from the date of death of the person who made the acknowledgment, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time of the petition for mediation filed by the person who made the acknowledgment.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

  **第二項**  子が認知について反対の事実があることを理由とする認知の無効についての調停の申立てをした後に死亡した場合において、子の直系卑属又はその法定代理人が子の死亡の日から一年以内に認知について反対の事実があることを理由とする認知の無効の訴えを提起したときは、子がした調停の申立ての時に、その訴えの提起があったものとみなす。
  <sup>art-283-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-283-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-283-3/par-2</sup>
  If a child dies after filing a petition for mediation regarding the invalidity of an acknowledgment on the grounds that there are facts contrary to the acknowledgment, and a lineal descendant of the child or the child's legal representative files an action for the invalidity of the acknowledgment on the grounds that there are facts contrary to the acknowledgment within one year from the date of death of the child, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time of the petition for mediation filed by the child.
  <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## 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-20261105T164326-005, 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
