# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第三条の九 (Article 3-9) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9. 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: 第三条の九 (Article 3-9)（養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件等の管轄権） — address `art-3-9` - 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-3-9 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9 - 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. --- ### 第三条の九（養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Person Who Is to Be a Guardian of a Minor After the Dissolution of an Adoptive Relationship) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9 **第一項** 裁判所は、養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件（別表第一の七十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百七十六条及び第百七十七条第一号において同じ。）又は未成年後見人の選任の審判事件（同表の七十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。同条第二号において同じ。）について、未成年被後見人となるべき者若しくは未成年被後見人（以下この条において「未成年被後見人となるべき者等」という。）の住所若しくは居所が日本国内にあるとき又は未成年被後見人となるべき者等が日本の国籍を有するときは、管轄権を有する。 art-3-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9/par-1 The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor ward, etc. has Japanese nationality. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court has jurisdiction over an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (70); the same applies in Article 176 and Article 177, item (i)) or an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (71); the same applies in Article 177, item (ii)) if a person who is or is to be a minor under guardianship (hereinafter referred to as a "person who is to be a minor ward, etc." in this Article) is domiciled or resides in Japan, or a person who is to be a minor under guardianship, etc. has Japanese nationality." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-3-9/par-1: 第百七十六条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十六条 (Article 176), art-176 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-176 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-176 - art-3-9/par-1: 第百七十七条第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 177, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-177/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-177/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-177/par-1/item-1 - art-3-9/par-1: 同条第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十七条第一項第二号 (Article 177, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-177/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-177/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-177/par-1/item-2 - art-3-9/par-1: この条 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の九 (Article 3-9), art-3-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三条の九第一項（養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件等の管轄権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9/par-1 - 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 - 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 3-9, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), 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