# 人事訴訟法 / Personal Status Litigation Act — 第三条の二 (Article 3-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-3-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 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 - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第三条の二 (Article 3-2)（人事に関する訴えの管轄権） — address `art-3-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-3-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/art-3-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第三条の二（人事に関する訴えの管轄権） — (Jurisdiction over Personal Status Actions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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/art-3-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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/art-3-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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 Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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/art-3-2/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/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. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 人事訴訟法 附則第二条第一項（人事訴訟法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/personal-status-litigation-act/suppl-4301-20/art-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/415AC0000000109/suppl-4301-20/art-2/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 人事訴訟法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/415AC0000000109/20260624_508AC0000000046), 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 - This site's parser, version 220 — 人事訴訟法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-02