# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四条 (Article 4)

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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: 第四条 (Article 4)（管轄が住所地により定まる場合の管轄権を有する家庭裁判所） — address `art-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第四条（管轄が住所地により定まる場合の管轄権を有する家庭裁判所） — (Family Court's Jurisdiction Determined by Place of Domicile)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-4</sup>

  **第一項**  家事事件は、管轄が人の住所地により定まる場合において、日本国内に住所がないとき又は住所が知れないときはその居所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属し、日本国内に居所がないとき又は居所が知れないときはその最後の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
  <sup>art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-4/par-1</sup>
  With regard to domestic relations cases for which jurisdiction is determined by the place of domicile of a person, if the person has no domicile in Japan or the person's domicile is unknown, the case is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the person's place of residence, and if the person has no residence in Japan or the person's residence is unknown, the case is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the person's last place of domicile.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05