# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第三条の五 (Article 3-5) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-5. 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: 第三条の五 (Article 3-5)（養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件等の管轄権） — address `art-3-5` - 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-3-5 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-5 - 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/art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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 --- ## Cites - 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/art-161/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-161/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-164/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-164-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/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/art-164-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-4 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三条の十四第一項（特別の事情による申立ての却下） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-14/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 附則第三条第一項（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-001, 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