# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第一章 (Chapter 1)
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- Law: 人事訴訟法 (Personal Status Litigation Act), 平成十五年法律第百九号
- English title "Personal Status Litigation Act": Ministry of Justice translation
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- Provision: 第一章 (Chapter 1) — address `ch-1`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-12-23 (The date on which the Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) comes into force. The exact day is not fixed yet.) — NOT yet in force (revision 20281223_508AC0000000046)
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## 第一章 総則 — Chapter I General Provisions
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ch-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1
## 第一節 通則 — Section 1 Common Provisions
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ch-1/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-1
### 第一条（趣旨） — Purpose
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art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-1
**第一項** この法律は、人事訴訟に関する手続について、民事訴訟法（平成八年法律第百九号）の特例等を定めるものとする。
art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-1/par-1
This Act establishes the special provisions and other measures referred to in the Code of Civil Procedure (Act No. 109 of 1996) for personal status litigation proceedings.
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### 第二条（定義） — (Definitions)
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art-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-2
**第一項** この法律において「人事訴訟」とは、次に掲げる訴えその他の身分関係の形成又は存否の確認を目的とする訴え（以下「人事に関する訴え」という。）に係る訴訟をいう。
art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-2/par-1
The term "personal status litigation" as used in this Act means litigation related to any of the following actions or to any other action through which a person seeks a change in the status of a familial relationship or a declaratory judgment as to whether a familial relationship exists (referred to below as a "personal status action"):
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 婚姻の無効及び取消しの訴え、離婚の訴え、協議上の離婚の無効及び取消しの訴え並びに婚姻関係の存否の確認の訴え
art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-2/par-1/item-1
an action to nullify or rescind a marriage, action for divorce, action to nullify or rescind a divorce by agreement, or action seeking a declaratory judgment as to whether a marital relationship exists;
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**二** 嫡出否認の訴え、認知の訴え、認知の無効及び取消しの訴え、民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第七百七十三条の規定により父を定めることを目的とする訴え並びに実親子関係の存否の確認の訴え
art-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-2/par-1/item-2
an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, action for filiation, action to nullify or rescind an acknowledgment of parentage, action to establish paternity pursuant to the provisions of Article 773 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896), or action seeking a declaratory judgment as to whether a biological parent and child relationship exists; and
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**三** 養子縁組の無効及び取消しの訴え、離縁の訴え、協議上の離縁の無効及び取消しの訴え並びに養親子関係の存否の確認の訴え
art-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-2/par-1/item-3
an action to nullify or rescind an adoption, action to dissolve an adoptive relationship, action to nullify or rescind the dissolution of an adoptive relationship by agreement, or action seeking a declaratory judgment as to whether an adoptive parent and child relationship exists.
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### 第三条（最高裁判所規則） — (Rules of the Supreme Court)
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art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3
**第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、人事訴訟に関する手続に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3/par-1
Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, the Rules of the Supreme Court provide for the necessary particulars relevant to personal status litigation proceedings.
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## 第二節 裁判所 — Section 2 The Courts
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ch-1/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-2
## 第一款 日本の裁判所の管轄権 — Subsection 1 Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts
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ch-1/sec-2/subsec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-2/subsec-1
### 第三条の二（人事に関する訴えの管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Personal Status Actions)
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art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2
**第一項** 人事に関する訴えは、次の各号のいずれかに該当するときは、日本の裁判所に提起することができる。
art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1
A personal status action may be filed with a Japanese court if it falls under any of the following items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 身分関係の当事者の一方に対する訴えであって、当該当事者の住所（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。
art-3-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-1
if the action is being filed against one party to a familial relationship and that party is domiciled in Japan (or resides in Japan, if the party has no domicile or the party's domicile is unknown);
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**二** 身分関係の当事者の双方に対する訴えであって、その一方又は双方の住所（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。
art-3-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-2
if the action is being filed against both parties to a familial relationship and either party or both parties are domiciled in Japan (or reside in Japan, if they have no domicile or their domiciles are unknown);
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**三** 身分関係の当事者の一方からの訴えであって、他の一方がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。
art-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-3
if the action is being filed by one party to a familial relationship and the other party was domiciled in Japan at the time of their death;
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**四** 身分関係の当事者の双方が死亡し、その一方又は双方がその死亡の時に日本国内に住所を有していたとき。
art-3-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-4
if both parties to a familial relationship have died and either party or both parties were domiciled in Japan at the time of their deaths;
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**五** 身分関係の当事者の双方が日本の国籍を有するとき（その一方又は双方がその死亡の時に日本の国籍を有していたときを含む。）。
art-3-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-5
if both parties to a familial relationship are Japanese nationals (including if either or both were Japanese nationals at the time of their death);
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**六** 日本国内に住所がある身分関係の当事者の一方からの訴えであって、当該身分関係の当事者が最後の共通の住所を日本国内に有していたとき。
art-3-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-6
if the action is being filed by one party to a familial relationship who is domiciled in Japan, and the parties to the familial relationship were last domiciled together in Japan; or
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**七** 日本国内に住所がある身分関係の当事者の一方からの訴えであって、他の一方が行方不明であるとき、他の一方の住所がある国においてされた当該訴えに係る身分関係と同一の身分関係についての訴えに係る確定した判決が日本国で効力を有しないときその他の日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが当事者間の衡平を図り、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を確保することとなる特別の事情があると認められるとき。
art-3-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-2/par-1/item-7
if the action is being filed by one party to a familial relationship who is domiciled in Japan and there are found to be special circumstances because of which conducting a trial and reaching a judicial decision in a Japanese court will help achieve equity between the parties or hold a fair and speedy trial, such as if the other party is missing or if the final and binding judicial decision on an action concerning the same familial relationship that was filed in the country where the other party is domiciled is not effective in Japan.
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### 第三条の三（関連請求の併合による管轄権） — (Jurisdiction Due to Joinder of Related Claims)
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art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-3
**第一項** 一の訴えで人事訴訟に係る請求と当該請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求（当該人事訴訟における当事者の一方から他の一方に対するものに限る。）とをする場合においては、日本の裁判所が当該人事訴訟に係る請求について管轄権を有するときに限り、日本の裁判所にその訴えを提起することができる。
art-3-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-3/par-1
If a single action involves a claim related to personal status litigation and a claim for damages arising from the facts that constitute a cause of action associated with the claim (limited to the claim from one of the parties to the other party of the personal status litigation), the action may be filed with a Japanese court, but only if the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over the claim related to that personal status litigation.
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### 第三条の四（子の監護に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件等の管轄権） — (Jurisdiction Over Cases Involving Judicial Decisions to Settle Matters Related to Child Custody)
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art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-4
**第一項** 裁判所は、日本の裁判所が婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えについて管轄権を有するときは、第三十二条第一項の子の監護者の指定その他の子の監護に関する処分についての裁判、同項の親権行使者の指定についての裁判及び同条第三項の親権者の指定についての裁判に係る事件について、管轄権を有する。
art-3-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-4/par-1
If a Japanese court has jurisdiction over an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) to designate the custodial parent and settle other matters related to child custody and over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in that paragraph to designate the person exercising parental authority alone, and it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article to designate the person with parental authority.
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**第二項** 裁判所は、日本の裁判所が婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えについて管轄権を有する場合において、家事事件手続法（平成二十三年法律第五十二号）第三条の十三各号のいずれかに該当するときは、第三十二条第一項の財産の分与に関する処分についての裁判に係る事件について、管轄権を有する。
art-3-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-4/par-2
If a Japanese court has jurisdiction over an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) to settle matters related to the distribution of property, if that case falls under any of the items of Article 3-13 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011).
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### 第三条の五（特別の事情による訴えの却下） — (Dismissal Without Prejudice Due to Special Circumstances)
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art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-5
**第一項** 裁判所は、訴えについて日本の裁判所が管轄権を有することとなる場合においても、事案の性質、応訴による被告の負担の程度、証拠の所在地、当該訴えに係る身分関係の当事者間の成年に達しない子の利益その他の事情を考慮して、日本の裁判所が審理及び裁判をすることが当事者間の衡平を害し、又は適正かつ迅速な審理の実現を妨げることとなる特別の事情があると認めるときは、その訴えの全部又は一部を却下することができる。
art-3-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-3-5/par-1
Even when the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over an action, the court may deny all or part of the action if it finds there are special circumstances because of which, if the Japanese courts were to conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision, it would be inequitable to either party or prevent a fair and speedy trial, in consideration of circumstances such as the nature of the case, the degree of burden that the defendant would have to bear in responding to the action, the location of evidence, or the interests of any children of the parties to the familial relationship that the action concerns who have not yet attained the age of majority.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Even when the Japanese courts have jurisdiction over an action, the court may deny all or part of the action if it finds there are special circumstances because of which, if the Japanese courts were to have conduct a trial and reach a judicial decision, it would be inequitable to either party or prevent a fair and speedy trial, in consideration of circumstances such as the nature of the case, the degree of burden that the defendant would have to bear in responding to the action, the location of evidence, or the interests of any children of the parties to the familial relationship that the action concerns who have not yet attained the age of majority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
## 第二款 管轄 — Subsection 2 Jurisdiction
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ch-1/sec-2/subsec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-2/subsec-2
### 第四条（人事に関する訴えの管轄） — (Jurisdiction Over Personal Status Actions)
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art-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-4
**第一項** 人事に関する訴えは、当該訴えに係る身分関係の当事者が普通裁判籍を有する地又はその死亡の時にこれを有した地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に専属する。
art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-4/par-1
A personal status action falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the family court covering the place that constitutes the general venue for the party to the familial relationship that the action concerns, or the place that constituted the general venue for that party at the time of their death.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 前項の規定による管轄裁判所が定まらないときは、人事に関する訴えは、最高裁判所規則で定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に専属する。
art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-4/par-2
If the court of jurisdiction cannot be determined under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the personal status action falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the family court that has jurisdiction over the place specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the court of jurisdiction cannot be determined under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is not established, the personal status action falls under the exclusive jurisdiction of the family court that has jurisdiction over the place specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
### 第五条（併合請求における管轄） — (Jurisdiction over a Joint Claim)
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art-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-5
**第一項** 数人からの又は数人に対する一の人事に関する訴えで数個の身分関係の形成又は存否の確認を目的とする数個の請求をする場合には、前条の規定にかかわらず、同条の規定により一の請求について管轄権を有する家庭裁判所にその訴えを提起することができる。ただし、民事訴訟法第三十八条前段に定める場合に限る。
art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-5/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Article, if multiple claims by or against multiple persons seeking changes in the status of multiple familial relationships or a declaratory judgment as to whether multiple familial relationships exist are filed in a single personal status action, the action may be filed with a family court that has jurisdiction over one of those claims pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article provided, however, that this is limited to the cases specified in the first sentence of Article 38 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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### 第六条（調停事件が係属していた家庭裁判所の自庁処理） — (Handling Under Extended Jurisdiction by the Family Court Before Which the Conciliation Case Was Pending)
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art-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-6
**第一項** 家庭裁判所は、人事訴訟の全部又は一部がその管轄に属しないと認める場合においても、当該人事訴訟に係る事件について家事事件手続法第二百五十七条第一項の規定により申し立てられた調停に係る事件がその家庭裁判所に係属していたときであって、調停の経過、当事者の意見その他の事情を考慮して特に必要があると認めるときは、民事訴訟法第十六条第一項の規定にかかわらず、申立てにより又は職権で、当該人事訴訟の全部又は一部について自ら審理及び裁判をすることができる。
art-6/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-6/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 16, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, even if a family court finds that all or part of personal status litigation is not under its jurisdiction, the court may itself conduct proceedings and make judicial decisions for all or part of that personal status litigation upon petition or sua sponte, if a case under conciliation that was petitioned for in connection with the relevant personal status litigation case pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act was pending before that court, and if the court finds it particularly necessary to do so in light of the progress of the conciliation, the opinions of the parties, and any other circumstances.
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### 第七条（遅滞を避ける等のための移送） — (Transfer to Avoid Delay)
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art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-7
**第一項** 家庭裁判所は、人事訴訟がその管轄に属する場合においても、当事者及び尋問を受けるべき証人の住所その他の事情を考慮して、訴訟の著しい遅滞を避け、又は当事者間の衡平を図るため必要があると認めるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、当該人事訴訟の全部又は一部を他の管轄裁判所に移送することができる。
art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-7/par-1
Even if personal status litigation is under the jurisdiction of a family court, the court may transfer all or part of that litigation to another court with jurisdiction upon petition or sua sponte if it finds this to be necessary in order to avoid a substantial delay in litigation or in order to help achieve equity between the parties, in light of the addresses of the parties and the witnesses to be examined, and any other circumstances.
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### 第八条（関連請求に係る訴訟の移送） — (Transfer of Litigation Involving Related Claims)
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art-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-8
**第一項** 家庭裁判所に係属する人事訴訟に係る請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求に係る訴訟の係属する第一審裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、申立てにより、当該訴訟をその家庭裁判所に移送することができる。この場合においては、その移送を受けた家庭裁判所は、当該損害の賠償に関する請求に係る訴訟について自ら審理及び裁判をすることができる。
art-8/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-8/par-1
Upon petition, a court of first instance before which there is pending litigation involving a claim for damages arising from facts that constitute a cause of action relating to personal status litigation that is pending in a family court may transfer the litigation involving the claim for damages to the family court, if it finds this to be reasonable. In this case, the family court to which the litigation is transferred may conduct its own trial and reach a judicial decision itself for the litigation involving the claim for damages.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Upon petition, a court of first instance before which there is pending litigation involving a claim for damages arising from facts that constitute a cause of action relating to personal status litigation that is pending in a family court may transfer the litigation involving the claim for damages to the family court, if it finds this to be reasonable. In this case, the family court to which the litigation is transferred may conduct its own trial and reach a judicial decisions itself for the litigation involving the claim for damages." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**第二項** 前項の規定により移送を受けた家庭裁判所は、同項の人事訴訟に係る事件及びその移送に係る損害の賠償に関する請求に係る事件について口頭弁論の併合を命じなければならない。
art-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-8/par-2
A family court to which litigation involving a claim for damages is transferred pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must order the consolidation of oral arguments for the personal status litigation case that is referred to in that paragraph and the transferred case.
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## 第三款 参与員 — Subsection 3 Court Advisors
heading: machine translation, not official
ch-1/sec-2/subsec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-2/subsec-3
### 第九条（参与員） — (Court Advisors)
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art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9
**第一項** 家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、参与員を審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせて事件につきその意見を聴くことができる。
art-9/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-1
If a family court finds it necessary, it may have a court advisor attend a trial or be present for an attempt to arrange a settlement, and hear their opinions on the case.
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**第二項** 参与員の員数は、各事件について一人以上とする。
art-9/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-2
There is to be at least one court advisor for each case.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第三項** 参与員は、毎年あらかじめ家庭裁判所の選任した者の中から、事件ごとに家庭裁判所が指定する。
art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-3
A court advisor is designated by the family court for each case from among persons appointed in advance by the family court every year.
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**第四項** 前項の規定により選任される者の資格、員数その他同項の選任に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。
art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-4
The Rules of the Supreme Court prescribe the qualifications and number of persons to be appointed pursuant to the preceding paragraph and other necessary matters relevant to appointing them as referred to in that paragraph.
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**第五項** 参与員には、最高裁判所規則で定める額の旅費、日当及び宿泊料を支給する。
art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-5
A court advisor is paid travel expenses, a daily allowance, and lodging fees in the amounts specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
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**第六項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により参与員を審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせる場合において、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が参与員との間で音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、参与員に審理又は和解の試みに立ち会わせ、当該期日における行為をさせることができる。
art-9/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-6
When a family court has a court advisor attend a trial or attempt to arrange a settlement pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), if the court finds it appropriate, the family court may, after hearing the opinions of both parties, have the court advisor attend the trial or attempt to arrange a settlement and take action on the relevant date, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method that enables the family court and both parties to simultaneously communicate with the court advisor through audio transmission.
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### 第十条（参与員の除斥及び忌避） — (Disqualifying or Challenging a Court Advisor)
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art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-10
**第一項** 民事訴訟法第二十三条から第二十五条までの規定は、参与員について準用する。
art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-10/par-1
The provisions of Articles 23 to 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to court advisors.
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**第二項** 参与員について除斥又は忌避の申立てがあったときは、参与員は、その申立てについての決定が確定するまでその申立てがあった事件に関与することができない。
art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-10/par-2
Once a petition to disqualify or challenge a court advisor is filed, the advisor may not participate in the case with respect to which the petition has been filed until the ruling on the petition becomes final and binding.
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### 第十一条（秘密漏示に対する制裁） — (Sanctions for Unlawful Disclosure of Confidential Information)
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art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-11
**第一項** 参与員又は参与員であった者が正当な理由なくその職務上取り扱ったことについて知り得た人の秘密を漏らしたときは、一年以下の拘禁刑又は五十万円以下の罰金に処する。
art-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-11/par-1
If a current or former court advisor divulges, without legitimate grounds, a personal secret learned in relation to the matters they have handled in the course of duty, they are subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a current or former court advisor divulges a personal secret learned in relation to the matters they have handled in the course of duty, they are subject to imprisonment for not more than one year or a fine of not more than 500,000 yen." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
## 第三節 当事者 — Section 3 The Parties
heading: machine translation, not official
ch-1/sec-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#ch-1/sec-3
### 第十二条（被告適格） — (Standing as a Defendant)
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art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12
**第一項** 人事に関する訴えであって当該訴えに係る身分関係の当事者の一方が提起するものにおいては、特別の定めがある場合を除き、他の一方を被告とする。
art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-1
Except as otherwise provided, in a personal status action that is filed by one party to the familial relationship that the action in question concerns, the other party to the familial relationship is to be named as the defendant.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 人事に関する訴えであって当該訴えに係る身分関係の当事者以外の者が提起するものにおいては、特別の定めがある場合を除き、当該身分関係の当事者の双方を被告とし、その一方が死亡した後は、他の一方を被告とする。
art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-2
Except as otherwise provided, in a personal status action that is filed by a person other than a party to the familial relationship that the action in question concerns, both of the parties to the familial relationship are to be named as defendant; if one of the parties has died, the other party is to be named as the defendant.
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**第三項** 前二項の規定により当該訴えの被告とすべき者が死亡し、被告とすべき者がないときは、検察官を被告とする。
art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-3
If a person that is to be named as a defendant in the relevant action pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs dies and there is no other person that is to be named as a defendant, the public prosecutor is to be named as the defendant.
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### 第十三条（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等） — (Capacity to Sue or Be Sued in Personal Status Litigation)
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art-13 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13
**第一項** 人事訴訟の訴訟手続における訴訟行為については、民法第五条第一項及び第二項、第九条並びに第十条第二項及び第三項並びに民事訴訟法第三十一条並びに第三十二条第一項（同法第四十条第四項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第二項の規定は、適用しない。
art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-1
The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Civil Code and of Article 9 and Article 10, paragraphs (2) and (3) of that Code, as well as the provisions of Article 31 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 32, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 40, paragraph (4) of that Code) and Article 32, paragraph (2) of that Code do not apply to procedural acts in personal status litigation proceedings.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が前項の訴訟行為をしようとする場合において、必要があると認めるときは、裁判長は、申立てにより、弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任することができる。
art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-2
If a person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts seeks to engage in procedural acts under the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge, upon petition, may appoint an attorney as the person's counsel if found necessary to do so.
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**第三項** 訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が前項の申立てをしない場合においても、裁判長は、弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任すべき旨を命じ、又は職権で弁護士を訴訟代理人に選任することができる。
art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-3
If a person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts does not file the petition under the preceding paragraph, the presiding judge may still order appointment of an attorney as the person's counsel, or may appoint an attorney as the person's counsel sua sponte.
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**第四項** 前二項の規定により裁判長が訴訟代理人に選任した弁護士に対し当該訴訟行為につき行為能力の制限を受けた者が支払うべき報酬の額は、裁判所が相当と認める額とする。
art-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-4
The amount of remuneration the person with a limited capacity to engage in procedural acts is to pay to the attorney appointed by the presiding judge as the person’s counsel pursuant to the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is to be the amount the court finds reasonable.
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### 第十四条
art-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-14
**第一項** 人事に関する訴えの原告又は被告となるべき者が特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者であるときは、その特定補助人は、特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。ただし、その特定補助人が当該訴えに係る訴訟の相手方となるときは、この限りでない。
art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-14/par-1
If a person who is to be the plaintiff or defendant in a personal status action is a person who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant, the specified assistant may sue or be sued in the stead of the person who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant provided, however, that this does not apply if the specified assistant is the other party to the litigation connected with that action.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 前項ただし書の場合には、補助監督人が、特定補助人を付する処分の審判を受けた者のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。
art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-14/par-2
In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the assistant supervisor may sue or be sued instead of the person who has received a decision for a disposition appointing a specified assistant.
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### 第十五条（利害関係人の訴訟参加） — (Intervention by Interested Parties)
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art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15
**第一項** 検察官を被告とする人事訴訟において、訴訟の結果により相続権を害される第三者（以下「利害関係人」という。）を当該人事訴訟に参加させることが必要であると認めるときは、裁判所は、被告を補助させるため、決定で、その利害関係人を当該人事訴訟に参加させることができる。
art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-1
In personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor is named as the defendant, if the court finds it necessary to have a third party whose rights of inheritance are compromised as a result of the litigation (referred to below as an "interested party") intervene in the litigation, the court may issue a ruling to have the interested party intervene in the litigation in order for the interested party to assist the defendant.
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**第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をするに当たっては、あらかじめ、当事者及び利害関係人の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-2
Before issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must hear the opinions of the parties and of the interested party.
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**第三項** 民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項の申出又は第一項の決定により検察官を被告とする人事訴訟に参加した利害関係人については、同法第四十五条第二項の規定は、適用しない。
art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-3
The provisions of Article 45, paragraph (2) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to interested parties who, based on an application as referred to in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or based on a ruling as referred to in paragraph (1) of this Article, have intervened in personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor is named as the defendant.
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**第四項** 前項の利害関係人については、民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで（同項については、訴訟手続の中止に関する部分に限る。）の規定を準用する。
art-15/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-4
The provisions of Article 40, paragraphs (1) through (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure (for paragraph (3) of that Article, this is limited to the part concerning the suspension of court proceedings) apply mutatis mutandis to interested parties referred to in the preceding paragraph.
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**第五項** 裁判所は、第一項の決定を取り消すことができる。
art-15/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-5
The court may revoke an order under paragraph (1) of this Article.
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## 第四節 訴訟費用 — Section 4 Court Costs
heading: machine translation, not official
ch-1/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#ch-1/sec-4
### 第十六条
art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-16
**第一項** 検察官を当事者とする人事訴訟において、民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条までの規定によれば検察官が負担すべき訴訟費用は、国庫の負担とする。
art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-16/par-1
In personal status litigation that has the public prosecutor as a party, the court costs that the public prosecutor would be required to bear if the circumstances were governed by the provisions of Articles 61 through 66 of the Code of Civil Procedure are to be borne by the national treasury.
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**第二項** 利害関係人が民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項の申出又は前条第一項の決定により検察官を被告とする人事訴訟に参加した場合における訴訟費用の負担については、同法第六十一条から第六十六条までの規定を準用する。
art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-16/par-2
The provisions of Articles 61 through 66 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the bearing of court costs if an interested party, based on an application as referred to in Article 43, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure or a ruling as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, has intervened in personal status litigation in which the public prosecutor is named as the defendant.
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## 第五節 訴訟手続 — Section 5 Court Proceedings
heading: machine translation, not official
ch-1/sec-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#ch-1/sec-5
### 第十七条（関連請求の併合等） — (Joinder of Related Claims)
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art-17 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17
**第一項** 人事訴訟に係る請求と当該請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求とは、民事訴訟法第百三十六条の規定にかかわらず、一の訴えですることができる。この場合においては、当該人事訴訟に係る請求について管轄権を有する家庭裁判所は、当該損害の賠償に関する請求に係る訴訟について自ら審理及び裁判をすることができる。
art-17/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 136 of the Code of Civil Procedure, both a claim relating to personal status litigation and a claim for damages arising from facts that constitute a cause of action associated with that claim may be filed in a single action. In that case, the family court that has jurisdiction over the claim relating to personal status litigation may itself conduct a trial and render a judgment in the litigation involving the claim for damages.
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**第二項** 人事訴訟に係る請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求を目的とする訴えは、前項に規定する場合のほか、既に当該人事訴訟の係属する家庭裁判所にも提起することができる。この場合においては、同項後段の規定を準用する。
art-17/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17/par-2
In addition to the cases provided for in the preceding paragraph, an action to claim damages arising from facts constituting a cause of action relating to personal status litigation may be filed with the family court before which that personal status litigation is already pending. In that case, the provisions of the second sentence of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis.
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**第三項** 第八条第二項の規定は、前項の場合における同項の人事訴訟に係る事件及び同項の損害の賠償に関する請求に係る事件について準用する。
art-17/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17/par-3
The provisions of Article 8, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to both the personal status litigation case referred to in the preceding paragraph and the case involving the claim for damages referred to in that paragraph, in a situation as referred to in that paragraph.
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### 第十八条（訴えの変更及び反訴） — (Amending an Action; Counterclaims)
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art-18 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18
**第一項** 人事訴訟に関する手続においては、民事訴訟法第百四十三条第一項及び第四項、第百四十六条第一項並びに第三百条の規定にかかわらず、第一審又は控訴審の口頭弁論の終結に至るまで、原告は、請求又は請求の原因を変更することができ、被告は、反訴を提起することができる。
art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 143, paragraphs (1) and (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 146, paragraph (1) and Article 300 of that Code, in personal status litigation proceedings, a plaintiff may amend a claim or cause of action, and a defendant may file a counterclaim, until the conclusion of the oral arguments in the first or second instance.
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**第二項** 日本の裁判所が請求の変更による変更後の人事訴訟に係る請求について管轄権を有しない場合には、原告は、変更後の人事訴訟に係る請求が変更前の人事訴訟に係る請求と同一の身分関係についての形成又は存否の確認を目的とするときに限り、前項の規定により、請求を変更することができる。
art-18/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-2
If the Japanese courts would have no jurisdiction over the claim relating to personal status litigation resulting from the amendment of a claim, the plaintiff may amend a claim pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph only if in the resulting claim the plaintiff seeks to change the status of the same familial relationship as the one involved in the pre-amendment claim or seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether that familial relationship exists.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If the Japanese courts would have no jurisdiction over the claim in relating to personal status litigation resulting from the amendment of a claim, the plaintiff may amend a claim pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph only if in the resulting claim the plaintiff seeks to change the status of the same familial relationship as the one involved in the pre-amendment claim or seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether that familial relationship exists." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**第三項** 日本の裁判所が反訴の目的である次の各号に掲げる請求について管轄権を有しない場合には、被告は、それぞれ当該各号に定める場合に限り、第一項の規定による反訴を提起することができる。
art-18/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-3
If the Japanese courts have no jurisdiction over a claim as set forth in one of the following items that is the subject of a counterclaim, the defendant may file a counterclaim under the provisions of paragraph (1) only in the case specified in that item:
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**一** 人事訴訟に係る請求 本訴の目的である人事訴訟に係る請求と同一の身分関係についての形成又は存否の確認を目的とする請求を目的とする場合
art-18/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-3/item-1
a claim relating to personal status litigation: if the subject of the counterclaim is a claim through which the defendant seeks to change the status of the same familial relationship as the one involved in the claim relating to personal status litigation that is the subject of the principal action or a claim through which the defendant seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether that familial relationship exists; or
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a claim relating to in personal status litigation: if the subject of the counterclaim is a claim through which the defendant seeks to change the status of the same familial relationship as the one involved in the claim relating to personal status litigation that is the subject of the principal action or a claim through which the defendant seeks a declaratory judgment as to whether that familial relationship exists; or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**二** 人事訴訟に係る請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求 既に日本の裁判所に当該人事訴訟が係属する場合
art-18/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-3/item-2
a claim for damages arising from facts constituting a cause of action relating to personal status litigation: if the relevant personal status litigation is already pending before a Japanese court.
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### 第十九条（民事訴訟法の規定の適用除外） — (Exclusion from Application of the Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure)
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art-19 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-19
**第一項** 人事訴訟の訴訟手続においては、民事訴訟法第百五十七条、第百五十七条の二、第百五十九条第一項、第二百七条第二項、第二百八条、第二百二十四条、第二百二十九条第四項及び第二百四十四条の規定並びに同法第百七十九条の規定中裁判所において当事者が自白した事実に関する部分は、適用しない。
art-19/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-19/par-1
The provisions of Article 157 of the Code of Civil Procedure and of Article 157-2, Article 159, paragraph (1), Article 207, paragraph (2), Article 208, Article 224, Article 229, paragraph (4), and Article 244 of that Code, as well as the part of the provisions of Article 179 of that Code concerning facts admitted by a party in court, do not apply to court proceedings in personal status litigation.
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**第二項** 人事訴訟における訴訟の目的については、民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二までの規定は、適用しない。
art-19/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-19/par-2
The provisions of Articles 266 through 267-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the subject matter of the action in personal status litigation.
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### 第二十条（職権探知） — (Examination Sua Sponte)
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art-20 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-20
**第一項** 人事訴訟においては、裁判所は、当事者が主張しない事実をしん酌し、かつ、職権で証拠調べをすることができる。この場合においては、裁判所は、その事実及び証拠調べの結果について当事者の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-20/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-20/par-1
In personal status litigation, the court may take facts which are not asserted by the parties into consideration and examine evidence on its own authority. In that case, the court must hear the opinions of the parties regarding the facts and the results of the examination of the evidence.
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### 第二十一条（当事者本人の出頭命令等） — (Ordering Parties to Appear)
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art-21 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-21
**第一項** 人事訴訟においては、裁判所は、当事者本人を尋問する場合には、その当事者に対し、期日に出頭することを命ずることができる。
art-21/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-21/par-1
In personal status litigation, if the court will examine a party, the court may order the party to appear on a court date.
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**第二項** 民事訴訟法第百九十二条から第百九十四条までの規定は、前項の規定により出頭を命じられた当事者が正当な理由なく出頭しない場合について準用する。
art-21/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-21/par-2
The provisions of Articles 192 through 194 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis if a party ordered to appear pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not appear without a legitimate reason.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Articles 192 through 194 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis if a party ordered to appear pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph does not appear without a legitimate reason.." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
### 第二十二条（当事者尋問等の公開停止） — (Suspending Open Proceedings to Examine the Parties)
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art-22 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22
**第一項** 人事訴訟における当事者本人若しくは法定代理人（以下この項及び次項において「当事者等」という。）又は証人が当該人事訴訟の目的である身分関係の形成又は存否の確認の基礎となる事項であって自己の私生活上の重大な秘密に係るものについて尋問を受ける場合においては、裁判所は、裁判官の全員一致により、その当事者等又は証人が公開の法廷で当該事項について陳述をすることにより社会生活を営むのに著しい支障を生ずることが明らかであることから当該事項について十分な陳述をすることができず、かつ、当該陳述を欠くことにより他の証拠のみによっては当該身分関係の形成又は存否の確認のための適正な裁判をすることができないと認めるときは、決定で、当該事項の尋問を公開しないで行うことができる。
art-22/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-1
The court may issue a ruling to conduct an examination concerning a particular matter in camera if a party to personal status litigation or their legal representative (collectively referred to below as a "party or representative" in this paragraph and the following paragraph) or a witness is to be examined regarding a matter that is the basis for the familial relationship status change or declaratory judgment as to whether a familial relationship exists that is the subject matter of the action being litigated, and that concerns a deep personal secret from the private life of the person subject to examination, if the court finds unanimously that the party, representative, or witness would be unable to enter a sufficient statement regarding the subject matter in open court because it is clear that doing so would substantially interfere with their life in the community, and that the court cannot make an appropriate judicial decision on the status change or declaratory judgment in question in the absence of the statement, based solely on the other evidence.
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**第二項** 裁判所は、前項の決定をするに当たっては、あらかじめ、当事者等及び証人の意見を聴かなければならない。
art-22/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-2
Before issuing the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court must listen to the opinions of each party or representative, and witness.
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**第三項** 裁判所は、第一項の規定により当該事項の尋問を公開しないで行うときは、公衆を退廷させる前に、その旨を理由とともに言い渡さなければならない。当該事項の尋問が終了したときは、再び公衆を入廷させなければならない。
art-22/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-3
If a court conducts an examination concerning a particular matter in camera pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must make an announcement to that effect along with the reasons for doing so before having the public leave the courtroom. Once the examination concerning the matter in question has ended, the court must allow the public to re-enter the courtroom.
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### 第二十三条（検察官の関与） — (Participation of Public Prosecutors)
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art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-23
**第一項** 人事訴訟においては、裁判所又は受命裁判官若しくは受託裁判官は、必要があると認めるときは、検察官を期日に立ち会わせて事件につき意見を述べさせることができる。
art-23/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-23/par-1
In personal status litigation, the court or an authorized judge or commissioned judge may have the public prosecutor attend on a court date and state an opinion on the case if they find this to be necessary.
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**第二項** 検察官は、前項の規定により期日に立ち会う場合には、事実を主張し、又は証拠の申出をすることができる。
art-23/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-23/par-2
If the public prosecutor attends on a court date pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, they may assert facts or offer evidence.
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### 第二十四条（確定判決の効力が及ぶ者の範囲） — (Scope of Persons Subject to the Effect of a Final and Binding Judgment)
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art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-24
**第一項** 人事訴訟の確定判決は、民事訴訟法第百十五条第一項の規定にかかわらず、第三者に対してもその効力を有する。
art-24/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-24/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 115, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure, a final and binding judgment in personal status litigation is effective against third parties.
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**第二項** 民法第七百三十二条の規定に違反したことを理由として婚姻の取消しの請求がされた場合におけるその請求を棄却した確定判決は、前婚の配偶者に対しては、前項の規定にかかわらず、その前婚の配偶者がその請求に係る訴訟に参加したときに限り、その効力を有する。
art-24/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-24/par-2
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, if a claim has been filed to rescind a marriage due to violation of the provisions of Article 732 of the Civil Code, a final and binding judgment dismissing the claim with prejudice is effective against a spouse from an earlier marriage only if that spouse has intervened in the litigation involving that claim.
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### 第二十五条（判決確定後の人事に関する訴えの提起の禁止） — (Prohibition on the Filing of Actions Concerning Personal Status After a Judgment Becomes Final and Binding)
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art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-25
**第一項** 人事訴訟の判決（訴えを不適法として却下した判決を除く。次項において同じ。）が確定した後は、原告は、当該人事訴訟において請求又は請求の原因を変更することにより主張することができた事実に基づいて同一の身分関係についての人事に関する訴えを提起することができない。
art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-25/par-1
After a judgment on personal status litigation (excluding a judgment denying an action as not in accordance with the law; the same applies in the following paragraph) becomes final and binding, the plaintiff may not file a personal status action concerning the same familial relationship based on facts that the plaintiff could have asserted by amending the claim or the cause of action in that litigation.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "After a judgment on personal status litigation (excluding a judgments denying an action as not in accordance with the law; the same applies in the following paragraph) becomes final and binding, the plaintiff may not file a personal status action concerning the same familial relationship based on facts that the plaintiff could have asserted by amending the claim or the cause of action in that litigation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**第二項** 人事訴訟の判決が確定した後は、被告は、当該人事訴訟において反訴を提起することにより主張することができた事実に基づいて同一の身分関係についての人事に関する訴えを提起することができない。
art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-25/par-2
After a judgment on personal status litigation becomes final and binding, the defendant may not file a personal status action concerning the same familial relationship based on facts that the defendant could have asserted by filing a counterclaim in that litigation.
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### 第二十六条（訴訟手続の中断及び受継） — (Continuance of Litigation Proceedings and Substitution)
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art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-26
**第一項** 第十二条第二項の規定により人事に関する訴えに係る身分関係の当事者の双方を被告とする場合において、その一方が死亡したときは、他の一方を被告として訴訟を追行する。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項第一号の規定は、適用しない。
art-26/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-26/par-1
If both of the parties to the familial relationship that an action related to personal status concerns are named as defendants pursuant to the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (2) and one of them dies, litigation proceeds with the other party as the defendant. The provisions of Article 124, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply in that case.
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**第二項** 第十二条第一項又は第二項の場合において、被告がいずれも死亡したときは、検察官を被告として訴訟を追行する。
art-26/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-26/par-2
In a case as referred to in Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2), if all of the defendants die, the litigation proceeds with the public prosecutor as the defendant.
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### 第二十七条（当事者の死亡による人事訴訟の終了） — (Termination of Personal Status Litigation Due to the Death of the Parties)
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art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-27
**第一項** 人事訴訟の係属中に原告が死亡した場合には、特別の定めがある場合を除き、当該人事訴訟は、当然に終了する。
art-27/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-27/par-1
Except as otherwise provided, personal status litigation is terminated automatically if the plaintiff dies while it is pending.
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**第二項** 離婚、嫡出否認（父を被告とする場合を除く。）又は離縁を目的とする人事訴訟の係属中に被告が死亡した場合には、当該人事訴訟は、前条第二項の規定にかかわらず、当然に終了する。
art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-27/par-2
Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, personal status litigation in which the subject matter is a divorce, rebuttal of the presumption of legitimacy (excluding cases where the father is the defendant), or the dissolution of an adoptive relationship is terminated by operation of law if the defendant dies while it is pending.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
## 第六節 補則 — Section 6 Auxiliary Provisions
heading: machine translation, not official
ch-1/sec-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#ch-1/sec-6
### 第二十八条（利害関係人に対する訴訟係属の通知） — (Notifying Interested Parties of Pending Litigation)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-28
**第一項** 裁判所は、人事に関する訴えが提起された場合における利害関係人であって、父が死亡した後に認知の訴えが提起された場合におけるその子その他の相当と認められるものとして最高裁判所規則で定めるものに対し、訴訟が係属したことを通知するものとする。ただし、訴訟記録上その利害関係人の氏名及び住所又は居所が判明している場合に限る。
art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-28/par-1
The court must notify that litigation has become pending before it to a party who has an interest in the action concerning personal status that has been filed and who is specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as a person whom it is appropriate to notify, such as the child of the father in question in the event that an action for filiation has been filed after the father has died provided, however, that this is limited to cases in which the interested party's name and domicile or residence are found in the case record.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
### 第二十九条（民事訴訟法の適用関係） — (Application of the Code of Civil Procedure)
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art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-29
**第一項** 人事に関する訴えについては、民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで、第百四十五条第三項及び第百四十六条第三項の規定は、適用しない。
art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-29/par-1
The provisions of Articles 3-2 through 3-10, Article 145, paragraph (3), and Article 146, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to a personal status action.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**第二項** 人事訴訟に関する手続においては、民事訴訟法第七編の規定は、適用しない。
art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-29/par-2
The provisions of Part VII of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to personal status litigation proceedings.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Chapter VII of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to personal status litigation proceedings" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**第三項** 人事訴訟に関する手続についての民事訴訟法の規定の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる同法の規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
第二十五条第一項 地方裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判官の所属する裁判所が、簡易裁判所の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所 家庭裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避については、その裁判官の所属する裁判所
第二十五条第二項、第百三十二条の五第一項、第百八十五条第一項及び第二項、第二百三十五条第二項及び第三項、第二百六十九条第一項、第三百二十九条第三項並びに第三百三十七条第一項 地方裁判所 家庭裁判所
第二百八十一条第一項 地方裁判所が第一審としてした終局判決又は簡易裁判所 家庭裁判所
第三百十一条第二項 地方裁判所の判決に対しては最高裁判所に、簡易裁判所の判決に対しては高等裁判所 家庭裁判所の判決に対しては最高裁判所
第三百三十六条第一項 地方裁判所及び簡易裁判所 家庭裁判所
art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-29/par-3
With regard to the application of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure to proceedings concerning personal status litigation, the phrases in the middle column of the following table that are in the provisions of that Code listed in the left column of the table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases in the right column of the table.
Article 25, paragraph (1) a single district court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the court to which the judge belongs, and the judicial decision on the disqualification of or challenge against a summary court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the district court of jurisdiction in that locality a single family court judge is reached in the form of a ruling by the court to which the judge belongs
Article 25, paragraph (2), Article 132-5, paragraph (1), Article 185, paragraphs (1) and (2), Article 235, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 269, paragraph (1), Article 329, paragraph (3), and Article 337, paragraph (1) district court family court
Article 281, paragraph (1) a final judgment that a district court has entered as the court of first instance, or against a final judgment entered by a summary court a final judgment entered by a family court
Article 311, paragraph (2) the Supreme Court against a district court judgment, and may be filed directly with a high court against a summary court judgment the Supreme Court against a family court judgment
Article 336, paragraph (1) district court or summary court family court
machine translation, not official
### 第三十条（保全命令事件の管轄の特例） — (Special Provisions for Jurisdiction Over Orders for Provisional Remedies)
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art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-30
**第一項** 人事訴訟を本案とする保全命令事件は、民事保全法（平成元年法律第九十一号）第十二条第一項の規定にかかわらず、本案の管轄裁判所又は仮に差し押さえるべき物若しくは係争物の所在地を管轄する家庭裁判所が管轄する。
art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-30/par-1
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act (Act No. 91 of 1989), a case involving an order for provisional remedy in which personal status litigation constitutes the merits of the case falls under the jurisdiction of either the court with jurisdiction over the primary action or the family court that has jurisdiction in the locality of the property subject to provisional attachment or the subject matter in dispute.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 12, paragraph (1) of the Civil Provisional Remedies Act (Act No. 91 of 1989), a case involving an order for provisional remedy in which personal status litigation constitutes the merits og the case falls under the jurisdiction of either the court with jurisdiction over the primary action or the family court that has jurisdiction in the locality of the property subject to provisional attachment or the subject matter in dispute." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb
**第二項** 人事訴訟に係る請求と当該請求の原因である事実によって生じた損害の賠償に関する請求とを一の訴えですることができる場合には、当該損害の賠償に関する請求に係る保全命令の申立ては、仮に差し押さえるべき物又は係争物の所在地を管轄する家庭裁判所にもすることができる。
art-30/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-30/par-2
If both a claim relating to personal status litigation and a claim for damages arising from facts that constitute a cause of action associated with that claim may be brought in a single action, a petition seeking an order for a provisional remedy in connection with that claim for damages may be filed with the family court that has jurisdiction in the locality of the property to be provisionally seized or the disputed subject matter.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
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## Cites
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- art-4/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第四条第一項 (Article 4, paragraph (1)), art-4/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-4/par-1
- art-5/par-1: 前条 → 人事訴訟法 第四条 (Article 4), art-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-4
- art-5/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三十八条 → 民事訴訟法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-38
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- art-6/par-1: 民事訴訟法第十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第十六条第一項 (Article 16, paragraph (1)), art-16/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-16/par-1
- art-8/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第八条第一項 (Article 8, paragraph (1)), art-8/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-8/par-1
- art-9/par-4: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-3
- art-9/par-6: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第九条第一項 (Article 9, paragraph (1)), art-9/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-9/par-1
- art-10/par-1: 民事訴訟法第二十三条から第二十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二十三条 (Article 23), art-23 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-23 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-23
- art-10/par-1: 民事訴訟法第二十三条から第二十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二十四条 (Article 24), art-24 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-24 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-24
- art-10/par-1: 民事訴訟法第二十三条から第二十五条まで → 民事訴訟法 第二十五条 (Article 25), art-25 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25
- art-12/par-3: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-1
- art-12/par-3: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 民法第五条第一項 → 民法 第五条第一項 (Article 5, paragraph (1)), art-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-1
- art-13/par-1: 第二項 → 民法 第五条第二項 (Article 5, paragraph (2)), art-5/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-5/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第九条 → 民法 第九条 (Article 9), art-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-9
- art-13/par-1: 第十条第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十条第二項 (Article 10, paragraph (2)), art-10/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-10/par-2
- art-13/par-1: 第三項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-3
- art-13/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第三十一条 (Article 31), art-31 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-31
- art-13/par-1: 第三十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-1
- art-13/par-1: 同法第四十条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第四項 (Article 40, paragraph (4)), art-40/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-4
- art-13/par-1: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三十二条第二項 (Article 32, paragraph (2)), art-32/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-32/par-2
- art-13/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第一項 (Article 13, paragraph (1)), art-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-1
- art-13/par-3: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-2
- art-13/par-4: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第二項 (Article 13, paragraph (2)), art-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-2
- art-13/par-4: 前二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-13/par-3
- art-14/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十四条第一項 (Article 14, paragraph (1)), art-14/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-14/par-1
- art-15/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-43/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-3: 同法第四十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十五条第二項 (Article 45, paragraph (2)), art-45/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-45/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-45/par-2
- art-15/par-4: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第三項 (Article 15, paragraph (3)), art-15/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-3
- art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-1
- art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第二項 (Article 40, paragraph (2)), art-40/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-2
- art-15/par-4: 民事訴訟法第四十条第一項から第三項まで → 民事訴訟法 第四十条第三項 (Article 40, paragraph (3)), art-40/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-40/par-3
- art-15/par-5: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-1
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-61
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-62
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-63
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-64
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-65
- art-16/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-66
- art-16/par-2: 民事訴訟法第四十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第四十三条第一項 (Article 43, paragraph (1)), art-43/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-43/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-43/par-1
- art-16/par-2: 前条第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-15/par-1
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-61
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-62
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-63
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-64
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-65
- art-16/par-2: 同法第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-66
- art-17/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百三十六条 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十六条 (Article 136), art-136 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-136 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-136
- art-17/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十七条第一項 (Article 17, paragraph (1)), art-17/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17/par-1
- art-17/par-3: 第八条第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第八条第二項 (Article 8, paragraph (2)), art-8/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-8/par-2
- art-17/par-3: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十七条第二項 (Article 17, paragraph (2)), art-17/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-17/par-2
- art-18/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百四十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十三条第一項 (Article 143, paragraph (1)), art-143/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-143/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-143/par-1
- art-18/par-1: 第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十三条第四項 (Article 143, paragraph (4)), art-143/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-143/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-143/par-4
- art-18/par-1: 第百四十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-146/par-1
- art-18/par-1: 第三百条 → 民事訴訟法 第三百条 (Article 300), art-300 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-300 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-300
- art-18/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-1
- art-18/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十八条第一項 (Article 18, paragraph (1)), art-18/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-18/par-1
- art-19/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百五十七条 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条 (Article 157), art-157 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157
- art-19/par-1: 第百五十七条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十七条の二 (Article 157-2), art-157-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-157-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-157-2
- art-19/par-1: 第百五十九条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百五十九条第一項 (Article 159, paragraph (1)), art-159/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-159/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-159/par-1
- art-19/par-1: 第二百七条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百七条第二項 (Article 207, paragraph (2)), art-207/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-207/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-207/par-2
- art-19/par-1: 第二百八条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八条 (Article 208), art-208 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-208
- art-19/par-1: 第二百二十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十四条 (Article 224), art-224 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-224
- art-19/par-1: 第二百二十九条第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百二十九条第四項 (Article 229, paragraph (4)), art-229/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-229/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-229/par-4
- art-19/par-1: 第二百四十四条 → 民事訴訟法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-244
- art-19/par-1: 同法第百七十九条 → 民事訴訟法 第百七十九条 (Article 179), art-179 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-179 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-179
- art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十六条 (Article 266), art-266 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-266
- art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十七条 (Article 267), art-267 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-267 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-267
- art-19/par-2: 民事訴訟法第二百六十六条から第二百六十七条の二まで → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十七条の二 (Article 267-2), art-267-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-267-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-267-2
- art-21/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百九十二条から第百九十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-192
- art-21/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百九十二条から第百九十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百九十三条 (Article 193), art-193 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-193
- art-21/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百九十二条から第百九十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百九十四条 (Article 194), art-194 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-194 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-194
- art-21/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十一条第一項 (Article 21, paragraph (1)), art-21/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-21/par-1
- art-22/par-1: この項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-1: 次項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第二項 (Article 22, paragraph (2)), art-22/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-2
- art-22/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-1
- art-22/par-3: 第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十二条第一項 (Article 22, paragraph (1)), art-22/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-22/par-1
- art-23/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十三条第一項 (Article 23, paragraph (1)), art-23/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-23/par-1
- art-24/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百十五条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十五条第一項 (Article 115, paragraph (1)), art-115/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-115/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-115/par-1
- art-24/par-2: 民法第七百三十二条 → 民法 第七百三十二条 (Article 732), art-732 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-732 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-732
- art-24/par-2: 前項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十四条第一項 (Article 24, paragraph (1)), art-24/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-24/par-1
- art-25/par-1: 次項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-25/par-2
- art-26/par-1: 第十二条第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-2
- art-26/par-1: 民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項第一号 → 民事訴訟法 第百二十四条第一項第一号 (Article 124, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-124/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-124/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-124/par-1/item-1
- art-26/par-2: 第十二条第一項 → 人事訴訟法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-1
- art-26/par-2: 第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-1#art-12/par-2
- art-27/par-2: 前条第二項 → 人事訴訟法 第二十六条第二項 (Article 26, paragraph (2)), art-26/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000046/text/ch-1/from-art-15#art-26/par-2
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の十 (Article 3-10), art-3-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-10
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の二 (Article 3-2), art-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-2
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-3
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の四 (Article 3-4), art-3-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-4
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の五 (Article 3-5), art-3-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-5
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の六 (Article 3-6), art-3-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-6
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の七 (Article 3-7), art-3-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-7
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の八 (Article 3-8), art-3-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-8
- art-29/par-1: 民事訴訟法第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 民事訴訟法 第三条の九 (Article 3-9), art-3-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-3-9
- art-29/par-1: 第百四十五条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十五条第三項 (Article 145, paragraph (3)), art-145/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-145/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-145/par-3
- art-29/par-1: 第百四十六条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第百四十六条第三項 (Article 146, paragraph (3)), art-146/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-146/par-3
- art-29/par-3: 第二十五条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第二十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二十五条第二項 (Article 25, paragraph (2)), art-25/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-25/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-25/par-2
- art-29/par-3: 第百三十二条の五第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条の五第一項 (Article 132-5, paragraph (1)), art-132-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132-5/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第百八十五条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第一項 (Article 185, paragraph (1)), art-185/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百八十五条第二項 (Article 185, paragraph (2)), art-185/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-185/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-185/par-2
- art-29/par-3: 第二百三十五条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十五条第二項 (Article 235, paragraph (2)), art-235/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-2
- art-29/par-3: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百三十五条第三項 (Article 235, paragraph (3)), art-235/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-235/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-235/par-3
- art-29/par-3: 第二百六十九条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十九条第一項 (Article 269, paragraph (1)), art-269/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-269/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-269/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第三百二十九条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百二十九条第三項 (Article 329, paragraph (3)), art-329/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-329/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-329/par-3
- art-29/par-3: 第三百三十七条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十七条第一項 (Article 337, paragraph (1)), art-337/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-337/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-337/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第二百八十一条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百八十一条第一項 (Article 281, paragraph (1)), art-281/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-281/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-281/par-1
- art-29/par-3: 第三百十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百十一条第二項 (Article 311, paragraph (2)), art-311/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-311/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-311/par-2
- art-29/par-3: 第三百三十六条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第三百三十六条第一項 (Article 336, paragraph (1)), art-336/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/code-of-civil-procedure/art-336/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-336/par-1
- art-30/par-1: 民事保全法（平成元年法律第九十一号）第十二条第一項 → e-Gov law 401AC0000000091, 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — not held in this collection
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- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 25, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 29, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 3-5, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 30, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 4, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act (人事訴訟法), Article 8, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Personal Status Litigation Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/5166/tb), retrieved 2026-11-02
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch personal-status-litigation-act-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03
- claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation of amended wording corrected on review, batch personal-status-litigation-act-amendments-20261102T174633-001, translated 2026-11-03
- This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02