# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第七節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 7)
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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: 第七節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 7) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-7`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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## 第七節 親子に関する審判事件 — Section 7 Adjudication Cases Regarding Parents and Children
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7
## 第一款 嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件 — Subsection 1 Adjudication Cases for the Appointment of a Special Representative in an Action to Rebut Presumption of Child Born in Wedlock
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-1
### 第百五十九条
art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-159 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-159
**第一項** 嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件は、子の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-159/par-1
An adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a child.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の審判事件における父及び民法第七百七十四条第四項に規定する前夫について準用する。
art-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-159/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-159/par-2
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the father and the former husband prescribed in Article 774, paragraph (4) of the Civil Code in an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock.
machine translation, not official
**第三項** 嫡出否認の訴えの特別代理人の選任の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-159/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-159/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-159/par-3
A person who has filed a petition for the appointment of a special representative in an action to rebut presumption of a child born in wedlock may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 第二款 子の氏の変更についての許可の審判事件 — Subsection 2 Adjudication Cases for Permission to Change the Surname of a Child
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-2
### 第百六十条
art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-160 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-160
**第一項** 子の氏の変更についての許可の審判事件（別表第一の六十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次項において同じ。）は、子（父又は母を同じくする数人の子についての子の氏の変更についての許可の申立てに係るものにあっては、そのうちの一人）の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-160/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-160/par-1
An adjudication case for permission to change the surname of a child (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (60); the same applies in the following paragraph) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a child (in the case of a petition for permission for the change of the surname regarding two or more children who have the same father or mother, one of the children).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、子の氏の変更についての許可の審判事件における子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）について準用する。
art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-160/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-160/par-2
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older) in an adjudication case for permission to change the surname of a child.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 子の氏の変更についての許可の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-160/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-160/par-3
A person who has filed a petition for permission to change the surname of a child may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 第三款 養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件 — Subsection 3 Adjudication Cases for Permission to Adopt
heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-3
### 第百六十一条
art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161
**第一項** 養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件は、養子となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
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
An adjudication case for permission to adopt is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the person who is to be adopted.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判事件における養親となるべき者及び養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）について準用する。
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
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is to adopt another and a person who is to be adopted (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older) in an adjudication case for permission to adopt.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 家庭裁判所は、養子縁組をするについての許可の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、養子となるべき者については、その者の心身の障害によりその者の陳述を聴くことができないときは、この限りでない。
art-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3
When making a ruling of permission to adopt, the family court must hear statements from the following persons; provided, however, that this does not apply to a person who is to be adopted if it is impossible to hear the person's opinions due to the person's mental or physical disability:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
art-161/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3/item-1
a person who is to be adopted (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older); and
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人
art-161/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-3/item-2
a person who exercises parental authority over a person who is to be adopted and a guardian of a minor who is to be adopted.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 養子縁組をするについての許可の申立てをした者は、その申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161/par-4
A person who has filed a petition for permission to adopt may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who has filed a petition for permission to adopt may file an immediate appeal filed against a ruling to dismiss the person's petition." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
## 第四款 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 — Subsection 4 Adjudication Cases for Permission in Lieu of Consent for Giving Consent to Adoption
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pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-4
### 第百六十一条の二
art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2
**第一項** 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は、養子となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-1
An adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the person who is to be adopted.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、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における養子となるべき者の法定代理人、養子となるべき者の父母でその監護をすべき者であるもの及び養子となるべき者の父母で親権を停止されているものについて準用する。
art-161-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-2
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the legal representative of the person who is to be adopted, a parent of the person who is to be adopted who is to have custody of that person, and a parent of the person who is to be adopted whose parental authority has been suspended, in an adjudication case for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption.
machine translation, not official
**第三項** 家庭裁判所は、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をする場合には、養子となるべき者の父母でその監護をすべき者であるもの及び養子となるべき者の父母で親権を停止されているものの陳述を聴かなければならない。
art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-3
When making a ruling of permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption, the family court must hear statements from a parent of the person who is to be adopted who is to have custody of that person and a parent of the person who is to be adopted whose parental authority has been suspended.
machine translation, not official
**第四項** 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は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、養子となるべき者の父母でその監護をすべき者であるもの及び養子となるべき者の父母で親権を停止されているものに告知しなければならない。
art-161-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-4
A ruling of permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption must be notified to a parent of the person who is to be adopted who is to have custody of that person and a parent of the person who is to be adopted whose parental authority has been suspended, in addition to the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
machine translation, not official
**第五項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-161-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-5
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
machine translation, not official
**一** 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 養子となるべき者の父母でその監護をすべき者であるもの及び養子となるべき者の父母で親権を停止されているもの
art-161-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-5/item-1
a ruling of permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption:a parent of the person who is to be adopted who is to have custody of that person and a parent of the person who is to be adopted whose parental authority has been suspended;
machine translation, not official
**二** 養子縁組の承諾をするについての同意に代わる許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-161-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-161-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-161-2/par-5/item-2
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission in lieu of consent for giving consent to adoption:the petitioner.
machine translation, not official
## 第五款 死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件 — Subsection 5 Adjudication Cases for Permission for Dissolution of Adoptive Relationships After the Death of a Party to Adoption
heading: machine translation, not official
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-5
### 第百六十二条
art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162
**第一項** 死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件は、申立人の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-1
An adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the petitioner.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、死後離縁をするについての許可の審判事件における養親及び養子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）について準用する。
art-162/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-2
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to an adoptive parent and an adopted child (limited to a person of 15 years of age or older) in an adjudication case for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 家庭裁判所は、養子の死後に死後離縁をするについての許可の申立てがあった場合には、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、養子を代襲して養親の相続人となるべき者に対し、その旨を通知するものとする。ただし、事件の記録上その者の氏名及び住所又は居所が判明している場合に限る。
art-162/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-3
When a petition for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption is filed after an adopted child has died, the family court is to give notice to that effect to a person who is to be the heir of the adoptive parent as an heir per stirpes of the adopted child, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that this is required only when the name and domicile or residence of that person is known from the case record.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-162/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-4
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 死後離縁をするについての許可の審判 利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
art-162/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-4/item-1
a ruling for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption:an interested party (excluding the petitioner); and
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 死後離縁をするについての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-162/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-162/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-162/par-4/item-2
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship after the death of a party to an adoption:the petitioner.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 第六款 離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判事件 — Subsection 6 Adjudication Cases for Designation of a Successor to Ownership of Equipment for Rituals upon Dissolution of an Adoptive Relationship
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pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-6
### 第百六十三条
art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163
**第一項** 離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判事件（別表第二の六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、その所有者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-1
An adjudication case for the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc. (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (6)) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the owner.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 家庭裁判所は、離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判において、当事者に対し、系譜、祭具及び墳墓の引渡しを命ずることができる。
art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-2
In a ruling of the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc., the family court may order a party to deliver genealogy information, equipment for rituals, and graves.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 離縁の当事者その他の利害関係人は、離縁等の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判及びその申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-163/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-163/par-3
A party to the dissolution of an adoptive relationship and any other interested party may file an immediate appeal against a ruling of the designation of a successor to the ownership of equipment for rituals, etc. upon the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, etc. and a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 第七款 特別養子縁組に関する審判事件 — Subsection 7 Adjudication Cases Regarding Special Adoption
heading: machine translation, not official
pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/subsec-7
### 第百六十四条（特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件） — (Adjudication Cases for the Establishment of Special Adoption)
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art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164
**第一項** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件は、養親となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-1
An adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a person who is to adopt another person.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 養子となるべき者は、特別養子適格の確認（養子となるべき者について民法第八百十七条の六に定める要件があること及び同法第八百十七条の七に規定する父母による養子となる者の監護が著しく困難又は不適当であることその他特別の事情がある場合に該当することについての確認をいう。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）の審判（申立人の同条第一項の規定による申立てによりされたものに限る。）を受けた者又は児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判（特別養子縁組の成立の申立ての日の六箇月前の日以後に確定したものに限る。）を受けた者でなければならない。
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
A person who is to be adopted must be a person subject to a ruling of confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (meaning confirmation that the person who is to be adopted has the requirements set forth in Article 817-6 of the Civil Code, and the parents specified in Article 817-7 of the same Code may be considerably difficult or inappropriate to take care of a person who is to be adopted, or that there is any other special circumstances; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) (limited to those filed by the petitioner pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the Article) or a person subject to a ruling for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center (limited to those determined after the date, which is six months before the date of the petition for the establishment of a special adoption).
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A person who is to be adopted must be confirmed that it is eligible for a special adoption (meaning the person who is to be adopted has the requirements set forth in Article 817-6 of the Civil Code, and the parents specified in Article 817-7 of the same Code may be considerably difficult or inappropriate to take care of a person who is to be adopted, or that there is any other special circumstances; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) (limited to those filed by the petitioner pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the Article) or a person subject to a ruling for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center (limited to those determined after the date, which is six months before the date of the petition for the establishment of a special adoption)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第三項** 養子となるべき者の親権者（申立人の配偶者である民法第八百十七条の三第二項ただし書に規定する他の一方を除く。以下この項において同じ。）及びその親権者に対し親権を行う者は、特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件において養子となるべき者を代理して手続行為をすることができない。
art-164/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-3
The person who has parental authority over the person who is to be adopted (excluding the other prescribed in the provisions of the proviso to Article 817-3, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, who is the spouse of the petitioner; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) and those who exercise parental authority over the person who has parental authority over the person who is to be adopted may not participate in proceedings on behalf of the person who is to be adopted in an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The person who has parental authority over the person who is to be adopted (excluding the other prescribed in the provisions of the proviso to Article 817-3, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, who is the spouse of the petitioner; hereinafter the same applies in the following Article) and those who exercise parental authority over the person who has parental authority over the person who is to be adopted may not participate in proceedings on behalf of the person who is to be adopted in a case of an adjudicated case for the establishment of a special adoption." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第四項** 養子となるべき者の父母（申立人の配偶者である民法第八百十七条の三第二項ただし書に規定する他の一方を除く。第十項において同じ。）は、第四十二条第一項及び第三項の規定にかかわらず、特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件の手続に参加することができない。
art-164/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-4
The parents of the person who is to be adopted (excluding the other one prescribed in the proviso to Article 817-3, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, who is the spouse of the petitioner. The same applies in paragraph (10)), notwithstanding the provisions of Article 42, paragraphs (1) and (3), may not participate in the proceedings of an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第五項** 第百十八条の規定は、特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件（当該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。）における養親となるべき者並びに養子となるべき者及び申立人の配偶者である民法第八百十七条の三第二項ただし書に規定する他の一方について準用する。
art-164/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-5
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is to adopt another and a person who is to be adopted, and the other person prescribed in the proviso of Article 817-3, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code, who is a spouse of the petitioner in an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption (including an adjudication case for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication case as a case on the merits).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第六項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の成立の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。
art-164/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-6
When making a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption, the family court must hear statements from the following persons.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
art-164/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-6/item-1
the person who is to be adopted (limited to those aged 15 or older);
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**二** 養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者（養子となるべき者の父母及び養子となるべき者の親権者に対し親権を行う者を除く。）及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人
art-164/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-6/item-2
the person who exercises parental authority over the person who is to be adopted (excluding parents of the person who is to be adopted and person who exercises parental authority over the parents of a person who is to be adopted), and a guardian of the minor who is to be adopted.
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**第七項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判（児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判を含む。以下この項において同じ。）は、特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件の係属する裁判所を拘束する。この場合において、特別養子適格の確認の審判は、特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件との関係においては、特別養子縁組の成立の審判をする時においてしたものとみなす。
art-164/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-7
A ruling of the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (including ruling of the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of child guidance center; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) binds the court before which an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption is pending. In this case, a ruling of the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption, in relation to the adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption, is deemed to have been made at the time of ruling for the establishment of a special adoption.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A ruling of the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption (including ruling of the confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of child guidance center; hereinafter the same applies in the following Article) binds the court before which an adjudication case for the establishment of a special adoption is pending. In this case, a ruling for the establishment of a special adoption, in the relation to the adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, is deemed to have been made at the time of ruling for the establishment of a special adoption." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第八項** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、第六項第二号に掲げる者に告知しなければならない。
art-164/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-8
Notice of a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption must be given to the persons set forth in paragraph (6), item (ii), beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第九項** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判は、養子となるべき者の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮してその者の利益を害すると認める場合には、その者に告知することを要しない。ただし、養子となるべき者が十五歳に達している場合は、この限りでない。
art-164/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-9
Notice of a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption is not required to be given to the person who is to be adopted when the family court finds that the notice would harm the interests of the person in consideration of the person's age, degree of development, and in all other circumstances; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of fifteen.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第十項** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判は、養子となるべき者の父母に告知することを要しない。ただし、住所又は居所が知れている父母に対しては、審判をした日及び審判の主文を通知しなければならない。
art-164/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-10
Notice of a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption is not required to be given to the parents of the person who is to be adopted; provided, however, that the date of ruling and the main text of the ruling must be notified to the parents whose address or residence is known.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第十一項** 家庭裁判所は、第二項の規定にかかわらず、特別養子縁組の成立の審判を、特別養子適格の確認の審判と同時にすることができる。この場合においては、特別養子縁組の成立の審判は、特別養子適格の確認の審判が確定するまでは、確定しないものとする。
art-164/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-11
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2), the family court may make a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption at the same time as a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption. In this case, the ruling of the establishment of a special adoption has not been finalized until the ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption is finalized.
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**第十二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項前段の場合において、特別養子適格の確認の審判を取り消す裁判が確定したときは、職権で、特別養子縁組の成立の審判を取り消さなければならない。
art-164/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-12
In the case set forth in the provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph, if the judicial decision revoking the ruling on confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption is finalized, the family court must revoke the ruling of the establishment of a special adoption by its own authority.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第十三項** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判は、養子となるべき者が十八歳に達した日以後は、確定しないものとする。この場合においては、家庭裁判所は、職権で、その審判を取り消さなければならない。
art-164/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-13
A ruling of the establishment of a special adoption does not become final and binding after the date when the person who is to be adopted reaches the age of eighteen. In this case, the family court must revoke the ruling by its own authority.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A ruling of the establishment of a special adoption does not become final and binding after the date when the person who is to be adopted reaches the age of eighteen. In this case, the family court must, revoke the ruling by its own authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第十四項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-164/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-14
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 特別養子縁組の成立の審判 養子となるべき者及び第六項第二号に掲げる者
art-164/par-14/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-14/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-14/item-1
a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption:the person who is to be adopted and the person set forth in paragraph (6), item (ii).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-164/par-14/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-14/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-14/item-2
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the establishment of a special adoption:the petitioner.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第十五項** 養子となるべき者（十五歳未満のものに限る。）による特別養子縁組の成立の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子となるべき者以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。
art-164/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164/par-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164/par-15
The period of an immediate appeal filed against a ruling of the establishment of a special adoption by a person who is to be adopted (limited to those under the age of 15) runs from the date on which a person other than the person who is to be adopted receives a notice of the ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第百六十四条の二（特別養子適格の確認の審判事件） — (Adjudication Cases for Confirmation of the Eligibility for a Special Adoption)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-164-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2
**第一項** 家庭裁判所は、養親となるべき者の申立てにより、その者と養子となるべき者との間における縁組について、特別養子適格の確認の審判をすることができる。ただし、養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過する日まで及び養子となるべき者が十八歳に達した日以後は、この限りでない。
art-164-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-1
A family court may, upon petition by a person who is to adopt another person, make a ruling on the adoption between that person and the person who is to be adopted for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted and on or after the day when the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of eighteen.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A family court may, upon petition by a person who is to adopt another person, make a ruling on the adoption between that person and the person who is to be adopted for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply by the day on which two months have elapsed from the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted and from the day when the person who is to be adopted has reached the age of eighteen." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第二項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判事件は、養親となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
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
An adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption falls under the jurisdiction of a family court that has jurisdiction over the domicile of the person who is to adopt another.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 特別養子適格の確認の申立ては、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てと同時にしなければならない。
art-164-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-3
A petition for the confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be made at the same time as a petition for the establishment of a special adoption.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 第百十八条の規定は、特別養子適格の確認の審判事件における養親となるべき者並びに養子となるべき者及び養子となるべき者の父母について準用する。
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
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the person who is to adopt another, and the person who is to be adopted and the parents of the person who is to be adopted, in an adjudication case for confirmation of eligibility for a special adoption.
machine translation, not official
**第五項** 民法第八百十七条の六本文の同意は、次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合には、撤回することができない。ただし、その同意をした日から二週間を経過する日までは、この限りでない。
art-164-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5
The consent in the main clause of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code cannot be withdrawn if it falls under all of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply until the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of consent.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The consent in the text of Article 817-6 of the Civil Code cannot be withdrawn if it falls under any of the following items; provided, however, that this does not apply until the expiration of 2 weeks from the date of consent." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**一** 養子となるべき者の出生の日から二箇月を経過した後にされたものであること。
art-164-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-1
It is given two months after the date of birth of the person who is to be adopted.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 次のいずれかに該当するものであること。
art-164-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2
It falls under any of the following.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**イ** 家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査を経た上で家庭裁判所に書面を提出してされたものであること。
art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-1
The document has been submitted to the family court after the fact has been investigated by a family court investigating officer.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**ロ** 審問の期日においてされたものであること。
art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-5/item-2/sub-2
the consent has been given on a hearing date.
machine translation, not official
**第六項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。この場合において、第二号に掲げる者の同意がないにもかかわらずその審判をするときは、その者の陳述の聴取は、審問の期日においてしなければならない。
art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6
In the case of making a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the following persons. In this case, in the event that the ruling is made without the consent of the persons set forth in item (ii), the statement of that person must be heard on the hearing date.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In the case of making a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the following persons. In this case, in the event that a hearing is made without the consent of the persons set forth in item (ii), the statement of that person must be heard on the hearing date." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**一** 養子となるべき者（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
art-164-2/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-1
the person who is to be adopted (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older);
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**二** 養子となるべき者の父母
art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-2
the parents of the person who is to be adopted;
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**三** 養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者（前号に掲げる者を除く。）及び養子となるべき者の未成年後見人
art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-3
the person who exercises parental authority over a person who is to be adopted (excluding the person set forth in the preceding item) and a guardian of a minor who is to be adopted; and
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**四** 養子となるべき者の父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子となるべき者の父母の後見人
art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-6/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-6/item-4
the person who exercises parental authority over the parents of the person who is to be adopted and a guardian of the parents of the person who is to be adopted.
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**第七項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てに係る特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下しなければならない。
art-164-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-7
When a ruling dismissing a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is finalized or a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the family court must dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption pertaining to the petition of the person who has filed the petition.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a ruling dismissing a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is finalized or a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the family court must dismiss a request for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption pertaining to the petition of the person who has filed the petition." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第八項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下する審判をする場合には、第六項第二号及び第三号に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。
art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-8
In the case of making a ruling to dismiss a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, the family court must hear the statement of the person set forth in paragraph (6), item (ii) and item (iii).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第九項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、第六項第三号及び第四号に掲げる者に告知しなければならない。
art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-9
The ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption must be notified to a person prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1), as well as to the persons set forth in paragraph (6), item (iii) and item (iv).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第十項** 特別養子適格の確認の審判は、養子となるべき者の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮してその者の利益を害すると認める場合には、その者に告知することを要しない。
art-164-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-10
Notice of a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption is not required to be given to the person who is to be adopted if the family court finds that the notice would harm the interests of the person in consideration of the age, degree of development, and all other circumstances.
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**第十一項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子適格の確認の審判をする場合において、第六項第二号に掲げる者を特定することができないときは、同号及び同項第四号に掲げる者の陳述を聴くこと並びにこれらの者にその審判を告知することを要しない。
art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-11
In the case of a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption, if it is not possible to specify the persons set forth in item (ii) of paragraph (6), it is not necessary for the family court to hear the statement of the persons set forth in the item and item (iv) of the paragraph nor notify them of the ruling.
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**第十二項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-164-2/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12
With regard to the rulings set forth in the following items, the persons specified in each item may make an immediate appeal.
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**一** 特別養子適格の確認の審判 養子となるべき者及び第六項第二号から第四号までに掲げる者
art-164-2/par-12/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12/item-1
a ruling of confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the person who is to be adopted and the persons set forth in paragraph (6), items (ii) through (iv).
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**二** 特別養子適格の確認の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-164-2/par-12/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-12/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-12/item-2
a ruling that dismisses a petition for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption; the petitioner
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**第十三項** 養子となるべき者による特別養子適格の確認の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子となるべき者以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。
art-164-2/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-13
The period of an immediate appeal against a ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by a person who is to be adopted runs from the day on which a person other than the person who is to be adopted receives a notice of a ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day).
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**第十四項** 特別養子縁組の成立の申立てを却下する審判が確定したとき、又は特別養子縁組の成立の申立てが取り下げられたときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判は、その効力を失う。
art-164-2/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-14
When a ruling to dismiss the petition for the establishment of a special adoption becomes final and binding, or when a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is withdrawn, the ruling for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption by the person who has filed the petition ceases to be effective.
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### 第百六十五条（特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件） — (Adjudication Cases for the Dissolution of Special Adoptions)
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art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165
**第一項** 特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件は、養親の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-1
An adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the adoptive parents.
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**第二項** 第百十八条の規定は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件（当該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。）における養親、養子及びその実父母について準用する。
art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-2
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to adoptive parents, an adopted child, and the child's natural parents in an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption (including an adjudication case for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication case as a case on the merits).
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**第三項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。この場合において、第一号から第三号までに掲げる者の陳述の聴取は、審問の期日においてしなければならない。
art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3
When making a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption, the family court must hear statements from the following persons. In this case, it must hear statements from the persons set forth in items (i) through (iii) on the date of a hearing:
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**一** 養子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
art-165/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-1
the adopted child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older);
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**二** 養親
art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-2
the adoptive parents;
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**三** 養子の実父母
art-165/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-3
the natural parents of the adopted child;
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**四** 養子に対し親権を行う者（第二号に掲げる者を除く。）及び養子の後見人
art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-4
the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child (excluding the persons set forth in item (ii)), and a guardian of the adopted child;
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**五** 養親の後見人
art-165/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-5
a guardian of an adoptive parent; and
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**六** 養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
art-165/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-3/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-3/item-6
the person who exercises parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child.
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**第四項** 家庭裁判所は、特別養子縁組の離縁の申立てを却下する審判をする場合には、次に掲げる者の陳述を聴かなければならない。
art-165/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4
When making a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dissolution of a special adoption, the family court must hear statements from the following persons:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 養子の実父母（申立人を除く。）
art-165/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-1
the natural parents of the adopted child (excluding the petitioner);
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**二** 養子に対し親権を行う者及び養子の後見人
art-165/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-2
the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child, and a guardian of the adopted child; and
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**三** 養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
art-165/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-4/item-3
the person who exercises parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child.
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**第五項** 特別養子縁組の離縁の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、第三項第四号から第六号までに掲げる者に告知しなければならない。
art-165/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-5
Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption must be given to the persons set forth in paragraph (3), items (iv) through (vi), beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第六項** 特別養子縁組の離縁の審判は、養子の年齢及び発達の程度その他一切の事情を考慮して養子の利益を害すると認める場合には、養子に告知することを要しない。
art-165/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-6
Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption need not be given to the adopted child when the family court finds that such notice would harm the interests of the adopted child in consideration of the child's age, degree of development, and in all other circumstances.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notice of a ruling of the dissolution of a special relationship need not be required to be given to the adopted child when the family court finds that such notice would harm the interests of the adopted child in consideration of the child's age, degree of development, and in all other circumstances." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第七項** 次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者（第一号にあっては、申立人を除く。）は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-165/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items (in item (i), excluding the petitioner):
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**一** 特別養子縁組の離縁の審判 養子、養親、養子の実父母、養子に対し親権を行う者で養親でないもの、養子の後見人、養親の後見人、養子の実父母に対し親権を行う者及び養子の実父母の後見人
art-165/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7/item-1
a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption:the adopted child, the adoptive parents, the natural parents of the adopted child, the person who exercises parental authority over the adopted child but who is not the adoptive parent, a guardian of the adopted child, a guardian of an adoptive parent, the person who exercises the parental authority over a natural parent of the adopted child, and a guardian of a natural parent of the adopted child;
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**二** 特別養子縁組の離縁の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-165/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-7/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-7/item-2
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dissolution of a special adoption:the petitioner.
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**第八項** 養子による特別養子縁組の離縁の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、養子以外の者が審判の告知を受けた日（二以上あるときは、当該日のうち最も遅い日）から進行する。
art-165/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-165/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-165/par-8
The period for filing an immediate appeal against a ruling of the dissolution of a special adoption to be filed by an adopted child runs from the day on which a person other than the adopted child receives notice of a ruling (if there are two or more such days, the latest day).
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### 第百六十六条（特別養子縁組の成立の審判事件等を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Order during a Case on the Merits to Adjudicate the Establishment of Special Adoption)
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art-166 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166
**第一項** 家庭裁判所（第百五条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所。第三項及び第四項において同じ。）は、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てがあった場合において、養子となるべき者の利益のため必要があるときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てにより、特別養子縁組の成立の申立てについての審判が効力を生ずるまでの間、申立人を養子となるべき者の監護者に選任し、又は養子となるべき者の親権者若しくは未成年後見人の職務の執行を停止し、若しくはその職務代行者を選任することができる。
art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-1
When a petition for the establishment of a special adoption is filed, and when it is necessary for the interests of a person who is to be adopted, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); the same applies in paragraphs (3) and (4)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, appoint the petitioner as a person who has custody of the person who is to be adopted or suspend the performance of duties by the person who has parental authority over the person who is to be adopted or by a guardian of the minor who is to be adopted or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof, until a ruling on the petition for the establishment of a special adoption becomes effective.
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**第二項** 前項の規定による職務の執行を停止する審判は、職務の執行を停止される親権者若しくは未成年後見人、養子となるべき者に対し親権を行う者若しくは他の未成年後見人又は同項の規定により選任した職務代行者に告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。
art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-2
A ruling to suspend the performance of duties under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective when notice thereof is given to the person who has parental authority or a guardian of a minor who is to be suspended from performing duties, the person who exercises parental authority over the person who is to be adopted or any other guardian of the minor who is to be adopted, or a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A ruling to suspend the performance of duties under the provisions of the preceding paragraph become effective when notice thereof is given to the person who has parental authority or a guardian of a minor who is to be suspended from performing duties, the person who exercises parental authority over the person who is to be adopted or any other guardian of the minor who is to be adopted, or a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**第三項** 家庭裁判所は、いつでも、第一項の規定により選任した職務代行者を改任することができる。
art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-3
A family court may, at any time, replace a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with another.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第四項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により選任し、又は前項の規定により改任した職務代行者に対し、養子となるべき者の財産の中から、相当な報酬を与えることができる。
art-166/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-4
A family court may grant a reasonable remuneration to a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or a person acting as a representative appointed as a replacement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, out of the property of the person who is to be adopted.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第五項** 前各項の規定（養子となるべき者の監護者を選任する保全処分に関する部分を除く。）は、特別養子縁組の離縁の審判事件を本案とする保全処分について準用する。
art-166/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-5
The provisions of the preceding paragraphs (excluding the parts concerning a provisional order for the appointment of a person who has custody of a person who is to be adopted) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the dissolution of a special adoption as a case on the merits.
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- art-166/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第一項 (Article 166, paragraph (1)), art-166/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-1
- art-166/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第一項 (Article 166, paragraph (1)), art-166/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-1
- art-166/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第一項 (Article 166, paragraph (1)), art-166/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-1
- art-166/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第三項 (Article 166, paragraph (3)), art-166/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-3
- art-166/par-5: 前各項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第一項 (Article 166, paragraph (1)), art-166/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-1
- art-166/par-5: 前各項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第二項 (Article 166, paragraph (2)), art-166/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-2
- art-166/par-5: 前各項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第三項 (Article 166, paragraph (3)), art-166/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-3
- art-166/par-5: 前各項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十六条第四項 (Article 166, paragraph (4)), art-166/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-166/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-166/par-4
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- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 164-2, paragraph (7) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164, paragraph (13) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164, paragraph (2) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164, paragraph (3) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 164, paragraph (7) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 165, paragraph (6) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 166, paragraph (2) — 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-003, translated 2026-11-06
- 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