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        <seg>人事訴訟法</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Personal Status Litigation Act</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="2">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>未施行あり　第三十五条　等</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Not yet enforced Article 35 etc.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="3">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>平成十五年法律第百九号</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Act No. 109 of 2003</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="4">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>令和五年法律第五十三号</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Act No. 53 of 2023</seg>
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    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="5">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>人事訴訟法（平成十五年七月十六日法律第百九号）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Personal Status Litigation Act (Act No. 109 of July 16, 2003)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="6">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一章　総則</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter I General Provisions</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="7">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一節　通則（第一条―第三条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 1 General Rules (Articles 1 to 3)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="8">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二節　裁判所</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 2 The Courts</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="9">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一款　日本の裁判所の管轄権（第三条の二―第三条の五）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 1 Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts (Articles 3-2 to 3-5)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="10">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二款　管轄（第四条―第八条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 2 Jurisdiction (Articles 4 to 8)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="11">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三款　参与員（第九条―第十一条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 3 Court Advisors (Articles 9 to 11)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="12">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三節　当事者（第十二条―第十五条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 3 The Parties (Articles 12 to 15)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="13">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四節　訴訟費用（第十六条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 4 Court Costs (Article 16)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="14">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第五節　訴訟手続（第十七条―第二十七条）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 5 Court Proceedings (Articles 17 to 27)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="15">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第六節　補則（第二十八条―第三十条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 6 Auxiliary Provisions (Articles 28 to 30)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="16">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二章　婚姻関係訴訟の特例</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter II Special Provisions for Marital Relationship Litigation</seg>
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    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="17">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一節　管轄（第三十一条）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 1 Jurisdiction (Article 31)</seg>
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    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="18">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二節　附帯処分等（第三十二条―第三十六条）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 2 Disposing of Ancillary Disposition (Articles 32 to 36)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="19">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三節　和解並びに請求の放棄及び認諾（第三十七条）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 3 Settlements, Waiver and Acknowledgement of Claims (Article 37)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="20">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四節　履行の確保（第三十八条―第四十条）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 4 Securing Performance (Articles 38 to 40)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="21">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三章　実親子関係訴訟の特例（第四十一条―第四十五条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter III Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Biological Relationships (Articles 41 to 45)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="22">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四章　養子縁組関係訴訟の特例（第四十六条）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter IV Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Adoptive Relationships (Article 46)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="23">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>附則</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Supplementary Provisions</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="24">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一章　総則</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter I General Provisions</seg>
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    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="25">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一節　通則</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 1 General Rules</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="26">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一条　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 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.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="27">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二条　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 2 The term &quot;personal status litigation&quot; 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 &quot;personal status action&quot;):</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="28">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) 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;</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="29">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(ii) 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</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="30">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iii) 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.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="31">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（最高裁判所規則）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Rules of the Supreme Court)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="32">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三条　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 3 Beyond what is prescribed in this Act, the Rules of the Supreme Court provide for the necessary particulars relevant to personal status litigation proceedings.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="33">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二節　裁判所</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 2 The Courts</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="34">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一款　日本の裁判所の管轄権</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 1 Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（人事に関する訴えの管轄権）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Jurisdiction over Personal Status Actions)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="36">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三条の二　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 3-2 A personal status action may be filed with a Japanese court if it falls under any of the following items:</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="37">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) 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&#x27;s domicile is unknown);</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="38">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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        <seg>(ii) 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);</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="39">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iii) 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;</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iv) 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;</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="41">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。）。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(v) if both parties to a familial relationship are Japanese nationals (including if either or both were Japanese nationals at the time of their death);</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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        <seg>(vi) 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</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(vii) 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.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="44">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（関連請求の併合による管轄権）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Jurisdiction Due to Joinder of Related Claims)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="45">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三条の三　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 3-3 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.</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="46">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（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）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Jurisdiction Over Cases Involving Judicial Decisions to Settle Matters Related to Child Custody)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="47">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三条の四　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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 3-4 (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 it has jurisdiction over the case that involves the judicial decision referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article to designate the parent with parental authority.</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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）第三条の十二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。</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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 to settle matters related to the distribution of property, if that case falls under any of the items of Article 3-12 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (Act No. 52 of 2011).</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="49">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（特別の事情による訴えの却下）</seg>
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      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Dismissal Without Prejudice Due to Special Circumstances)</seg>
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    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="50">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三条の五　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 3-5 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="51">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二款　管轄</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 2 Jurisdiction</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="52">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（人事に関する訴えの管轄）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Jurisdiction Over Personal Status Actions)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="53">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 4 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="54">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="55">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（併合請求における管轄）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Jurisdiction over a Joint Claim)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="56">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第五条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 5 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="57">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（調停事件が係属していた家庭裁判所の自庁処理）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Handling Under Extended Jurisdiction by the Family Court Before Which the Conciliation Case Was Pending)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="58">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第六条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 6 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="59">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（遅滞を避ける等のための移送）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Transfer to Avoid Delay)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="60">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第七条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 7 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="61">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（関連請求に係る訴訟の移送）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Transfer of Litigation Involving Related Claims)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="62">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第八条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 8 (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 decisions itself for the litigation involving the claim for damages.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="63">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="64">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三款　参与員</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Subsection 3 Court Advisors</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="65">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第九条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 9 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="66">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　参与員の員数は、各事件について一人以上とする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) There is to be at least one court advisor for each case.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="67">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="68">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="69">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="70">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>６　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="71">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（参与員の除斥及び忌避）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Disqualifying or Challenging a Court Advisor)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="72">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 10 (1) The provisions of Articles 23 to 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to court advisors.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="73">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="74">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（秘密漏示に対する制裁）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Sanctions for Unlawful Disclosure of Confidential Information)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="75">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十一条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 11 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="76">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三節　当事者</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 3 The Parties</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="77">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十二条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 12 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="78">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="79">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="80">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（人事訴訟における訴訟能力等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Capacity to Sue or Be Sued in Personal Status Litigation)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="81">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十三条　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、第十三条並びに第十七条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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 13 (1) The provisions of Article 5, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Civil Code and of Article 9, Article 13, and Article 17 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="82">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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&#x27;s counsel if found necessary to do so.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="83">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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&#x27;s counsel, or may appoint an attorney as the person&#x27;s counsel sua sponte.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="84">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="85">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十四条　人事に関する訴えの原告又は被告となるべき者が成年被後見人であるときは、その成年後見人は、成年被後見人のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。ただし、その成年後見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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 14 (1) If a person who is to be the plaintiff or defendant in a personal status action is an adult ward, the guardian may sue or be sued in their stead; provided, however, that this does not apply if the guardian is the other party to the litigation connected with that action.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="86">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　前項ただし書の場合には、成年後見監督人が、成年被後見人のために訴え、又は訴えられることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) In the case referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph, the adult guardianship supervisor may sue or be sued instead of the adult ward.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="87">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（利害関係人の訴訟参加）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Intervention by Interested Parties)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="88">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十五条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 15 (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 &quot;interested party&quot;) 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="89">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="90">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="91">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="92">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　裁判所は、第一項の決定を取り消すことができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(5) The court may revoke an order under paragraph (1) of this Article.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="93">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四節　訴訟費用</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 4 Court Costs</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="94">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十六条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 16 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="95">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="96">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第五節　訴訟手続</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 5 Court Proceedings</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="97">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（関連請求の併合等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Joinder of Related Claims)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="98">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十七条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 17 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="99">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="100">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="101">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（訴えの変更及び反訴）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Amending an Action; Counterclaims)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="102">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十八条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 18 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="103">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="104">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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:</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="105">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) 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</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="106">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>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</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(ii) 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="107">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（民事訴訟法の規定の適用除外）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Exclusion from Application of the Provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="108">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第十九条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 19 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="109">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="110">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 20 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="111">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（当事者本人の出頭命令等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Ordering Parties to Appear)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="112">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十一条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 21 (1) In personal status litigation, if the court will examine a party, the court may order the party to appear on a court date.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="113">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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..</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="114">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（当事者尋問等の公開停止）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Suspending Open Proceedings to Examine the Parties)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="115">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="116">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="117">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（検察官の関与）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Participation of Public Prosecutors)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="118">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十三条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 23 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="119">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="120">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（確定判決の効力が及ぶ者の範囲）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Scope of Persons Subject to the Effect of a Final and Binding Judgment)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="121">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十四条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 24 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="122">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="123">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（判決確定後の人事に関する訴えの提起の禁止）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Prohibition on the Filing of Actions Concerning Personal Status After a Judgment Becomes Final and Binding)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="124">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十五条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 25 (1) 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="125">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="126">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（訴訟手続の中断及び受継）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Continuance of Litigation Proceedings and Substitution)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="127">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十六条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 26 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="128">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="129">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（当事者の死亡による人事訴訟の終了）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Termination of Personal Status Litigation Due to the Death of the Parties)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="130">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十七条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 27 (1) Except as otherwise provided, personal status litigation is terminated automatically if the plaintiff dies while it is pending.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="131">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="132">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第六節　補則</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 6 Auxiliary Provisions</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="133">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（利害関係人に対する訴訟係属の通知）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Notifying Interested Parties of Pending Litigation)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="134">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十八条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 28 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&#x27;s name and domicile or residence are found in the case record.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="135">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（民事訴訟法の適用関係）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Application of the Code of Civil Procedure)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="136">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二十九条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 29 (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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="137">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) The provisions of Chapter VII of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to personal status litigation proceedings</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="138">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) With regard to the application of the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure to personal status litigation proceedings, the terms and phrases listed in the middle column of the table below in the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure listed in the left-hand column of the table are to be respectively replaced with the terms and phrases listed in the right-hand column of the table.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="139">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（保全命令事件の管轄の特例）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Special Provisions for Jurisdiction Over Orders for Provisional Remedies)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="140">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十条　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 30 (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 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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="141">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(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.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="142">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二章　婚姻関係訴訟の特例</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter II Special Provisions for Marital Relationship Litigation</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="143">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第一節　管轄</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 1 Jurisdiction</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="144">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十一条　家庭裁判所は、婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る婚姻の当事者間に成年に達しない子がある場合には、当該訴えに係る訴訟についての第六条及び第七条の規定の適用に当たっては、その子の住所又は居所を考慮しなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 31 If the parties to a marriage that is subject to an action to rescind the marriage or an action for divorce have a child who has not yet reached adulthood, the family court must take into consideration the domicile or residence of that child in applying the provisions of Article 6 and Article 7 to the litigation connected with that action.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="145">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第二節　附帯処分等</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 2 Ancillary Disposition</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="146">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（附帯処分についての裁判等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Judicial Decisions on  Ancillary Disposition)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="147">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十二条　裁判所は、申立てにより、夫婦の一方が他の一方に対して提起した婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る請求を認容する判決において、子の監護者の指定その他の子の監護に関する処分、財産の分与に関する処分又は厚生年金保険法（昭和二十九年法律第百十五号）第七十八条の二第二項の規定による処分（以下「附帯処分」と総称する。）についての裁判をしなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 32 (1) On petition, in a judgment upholding a claim relating to an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce filed by either the husband or the wife against the other, the court must make a judicial decision designating the custodial parent and disposing of other such matters related to child custody; disposing of matters related to the distribution of property; or disposing of matters under the provisions of Article 78-2, paragraph (2) of the Employees&#x27; Pension Insurance Act (Act No. 115 of 1954) (collectively referred to below as &quot;ancillary disposition&quot;).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="148">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　前項の場合においては、裁判所は、同項の判決において、当事者に対し、子の引渡し又は金銭の支払その他の財産上の給付その他の給付を命ずることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the court, in the judgment referred to in that paragraph, may order a party to hand over a child or to provide an economic or other benefit, including by paying money.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="149">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　前項の規定は、裁判所が婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る請求を認容する判決において親権者の指定についての裁判をする場合について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) The provisions of the preceding paragraph apply mutatis mutandis to a case in which the court makes a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority in a judgment upholding the claim in an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="150">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　裁判所は、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又は前項の親権者の指定についての裁判をするに当たっては、子が十五歳以上であるときは、その子の陳述を聴かなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) In order to make a judicial decision as referred to in paragraph (1) designating the custodial parent and disposing of other matters related to child custody, or a judicial decision as referred to in the preceding paragraph designating the person with parental authority, the court must hear the child&#x27;s statement, if the child is at least 15 years of age.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="151">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（事実の調査）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Examination of the Facts)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="152">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十三条　裁判所は、前条第一項の附帯処分についての裁判又は同条第三項の親権者の指定についての裁判をするに当たっては、事実の調査をすることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 33 (1) In order to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article, the court may conduct a  investigation of the facts.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="153">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、合議体の構成員に命じ、又は家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所に嘱託して前項の事実の調査（以下単に「事実の調査」という。）をさせることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) If the court finds it appropriate, it may issue an order to the members of a panel or issue a commission to a family court or summary court and have those members or that court conduct the investigation of the facts referred to in the preceding paragraph (simply referred to below as a &quot;examination of the facts&quot;).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="154">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　前項の規定により受命裁判官又は受託裁判官が事実の調査をする場合には、裁判所及び裁判長の職務は、その裁判官が行う。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) If an authorized judge or commissioned judge conducts a examination of the facts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the duties of the court and of the presiding judge are performed by that judge.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="155">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　裁判所が審問期日を開いて当事者の陳述を聴くことにより事実の調査をするときは、他の当事者は、当該期日に立ち会うことができる。ただし、当該他の当事者が当該期日に立ち会うことにより事実の調査に支障を生ずるおそれがあると認められるときは、この限りでない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) If the court sets a hearing date and hears one party&#x27;s statements  in order to conduct a examination of the facts , the other party may attend the hearing; provided, however, that this does not apply if the other party&#x27;s attendance risks hindering the examination of the facts.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="156">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　事実の調査の手続は、公開しない。ただし、裁判所は、相当と認める者の傍聴を許すことができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(5) The proceedings in a examination of the facts are not open to the public; provided, however, that the court may permit observation by a person whom it considers to be appropriate.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="157">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>６　裁判所は、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、裁判所及び当事者双方が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、第四項の審問期日における手続を行うことができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(6) If a court finds it to be reasonable, the court may, after hearing the opinions of both parties, perform procedures on a hearing date referred to in paragraph (4) by a method of communication that enables the court and both parties to simultaneously communicate with one another by audio transmission as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="158">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>７　前項の審問期日に出頭しないでその手続に関与した当事者は、その審問期日に出頭したものとみなす。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(7) A party who does not appear on a hearing date referred to in the preceding paragraph and participates in the proceedings is deemed to have appeared on that hearing date.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="159">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Examination of the Facts by Family Court Investigators)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="160">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十四条　裁判所は、家庭裁判所調査官に事実の調査をさせることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 34 (1) The court may have a family court investigator conduct an examination of the facts.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="161">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　急迫の事情があるときは、裁判長が、家庭裁判所調査官に事実の調査をさせることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) In urgent circumstances, the presiding judge may have a family court investigator conduct an examination of the facts.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="162">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　家庭裁判所調査官は、事実の調査の結果を書面又は口頭で裁判所に報告するものとする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) A family court investigator is to report the results of an examination of the dacts to the court orally or in writing.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="163">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　家庭裁判所調査官は、前項の規定による報告に意見を付することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) A family court investigator may add an opinion to a report under the preceding paragraph.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="164">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　家庭裁判所調査官は、第三項の規定による書面による報告に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、当該書面に記載すべき事項を最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下この項において同じ。）と手続の相手方の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。第三十五条第二項第二号において同じ。）を使用して裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイル（第三十五条第二項及び第三十五条の二第二項において単に「ファイル」という。）に記録する方法又は当該書面に記載すべき事項に係る電磁的記録（電子的方式、磁気的方式その他人の知覚によっては認識することができない方式で作られる記録であって、電子計算機による情報処理の用に供されるものをいう。同条第三項において同じ。）を記録した記録媒体を提出する方法により報告を行うことができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(5) A family court investigator may, in lieu of a paper report under the provisions of paragraph (3), as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court, make a report by recording the matters to be stated in the document in a file on a computer used by the court (simply referred to as a &quot;file&quot; in Article 35, paragraph (2) and Article 35-2, paragraph (2)) by means of electronic data processing systems (meaning electronic data processing systems that connect a computer (including input and output devices; the same applies in this paragraph below) used by the court and the computer used by the other party of the proceeding over telecommunication lines; the same applies in Article 35, paragraph (2), item (ii)) specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court or by submitting recording media with electronic or magnetic records (meaning records used in computer data processing which are created in electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that is otherwise impossible to perceive through the human senses alone; ; the same applies in paragraph (3) of that Article) of the matters to be stated in the report. </seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="165">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（家庭裁判所調査官の除斥）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Disqualifying a Family Court Investigator)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="166">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十四条の二　民事訴訟法第二十三条及び第二十五条（忌避に関する部分を除く。）の規定は、家庭裁判所調査官について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 34-2 (1) The provisions of Article 23 and Article 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the parts concerning challenge court officials) apply mutatis mutandis to family court investigators.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="167">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　家庭裁判所調査官について除斥の申立てがあったときは、その家庭裁判所調査官は、その申立てについての裁判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。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) If a petition to disqualify a family court investigator is submitted, that an investigator may not participate in the case in connection with which the petition was filed until an order on the petition becomes final and binding.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="168">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（事実調査部分の閲覧等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Access to Parts of Case Records Concerning Examination of Facts)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="169">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十五条　訴訟記録中事実の調査に係る部分（以下この条及び次条第一項において「事実調査部分」という。）についての訴訟記録の閲覧等（民事訴訟法第九十二条第一項に規定する訴訟記録の閲覧等をいう。以下この条において同じ。）の請求は、裁判所が第三項又は第四項の規定により許可したときに限り、することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 35 (1) A person may file a request for access to the court records, (meaning access to the case records prescribed in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure; the same applies in this Article below) with respect to a part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts ( referred to below as the &quot;part of the record concerning an examination of the facts&quot; in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article) only if the court gives its permission pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) or paragraph (4).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="170">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　当事者は、事実調査部分のうち、次に掲げるものについては、前項の規定にかかわらず、裁判所の許可を得ないで、裁判所書記官に対し、訴訟記録の閲覧等の請求をすることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a party may file a request with the court clerk for access to the case records concerning those portions of the part of the record concerning an examination of the facts set forth below without obtaining the court&#x27;s approval.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="171">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>一　当該当事者が提出した書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。以下同じ。）又は録音テープ若しくはビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) paper documents, etc. (meaning a paper document, piece of documents, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, or duplicate copy, extra copy, or any other paper or other tangible object into which information that can be perceived with the human senses, such as characters and shapes, has been entered; the same applies below), audiotapes, or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto) submitted by the party;</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="172">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>二　当該当事者がこの法律その他の法令の規定により最高裁判所規則で定める電子情報処理組織を使用してファイルに記録した事項</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(ii) information recorded in a file using an electronic data processing system specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court by the party pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations;</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="173">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>三　当該当事者が提出した書面等又は記録媒体に記載され、又は記録された事項を次条第三項の規定により読み替えて適用する民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十三の規定により裁判所書記官がファイルに記録した場合における当該事項</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iii) if the information stated or recorded in a paper document, etc. or recording media submitted by the party were recorded in a file by the court clerk pursuant to the provisions of Article 132-13 of the Code of Civil Procedure applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of the following Article, those matters; or</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="174">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>四　前二号に掲げる事項について次条第一項又は民事訴訟法第九十二条第九項の規定によりその内容を書面に出力し、又はこれを他の記録媒体に記録する措置を講じた場合の当該書面又は当該記録媒体</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iv) regarding information set forth in the preceding two items, if measures are taken to output the contents to a document or to record those contents in a different recording medium pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article or Article 92, paragraph (9) of the Code of Civil Procedure, that document or recording medium.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="175">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　裁判所は、当事者から事実調査部分についての訴訟記録の閲覧等の許可の申立てがあった場合においては、これを許可しなければならない。ただし、当該事実調査部分中訴訟記録の閲覧等を行うことにより次に掲げるおそれがあると認められる部分については、相当と認めるときに限り、これを許可することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) If a party files a petition for permission for access to the case records, etc. of case records with respect to a part of the record that concerns an examination of the facts, the court must permit it; provided, however, that as it relates to a part of the record concerning an examination for which it is found that the following risks could arise from the party having access to the case records, the court may permit that access only if the court finds this to be appropriate:</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="176">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>一　当事者間に成年に達しない子がある場合におけるその子の利益を害するおそれ</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) a risk of harming the interests of a child the parties have who has not yet reached adulthood, if applicable;</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="177">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>二　当事者又は第三者の私生活又は業務の平穏を害するおそれ</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(ii) a risk of disrupting the private life or business of a party or a third party; or</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="178">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>三　当事者又は第三者の私生活についての重大な秘密が明らかにされることにより、その者が社会生活を営むのに著しい支障を生じ、又はその者の名誉を著しく害するおそれ</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iii) the risk that revealing a deep personal secret from the private life of a party or a third party could substantially interfere with their life in the community or cause substantial harm to their reputation.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="179">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　裁判所は、利害関係を疎明した第三者から事実調査部分についての訴訟記録の閲覧等の許可の申立てがあった場合においては、相当と認めるときは、これを許可することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) If a third party makes a prima facie showing of interest and files a petition for permission for access to the case records with respect to a part of the record concerning an examination, the court may permit it if it finds this to be appropriate.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="180">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　第三項の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(5) An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision dismissing a petition as referred to in paragraph (3).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="181">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>６　前項の規定による即時抗告が人事訴訟に関する手続を不当に遅延させることを目的としてされたものであると認められるときは、原裁判所は、その即時抗告を却下しなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(6) If it is found that the immediate appeal under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed for the purpose of unjustly delaying personal status litigation procedures, the court of first instance must dismiss it.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="182">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>７　前項の規定による決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(7) An immediate appeal may be filed against an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="183">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>８　第四項の申立てを却下した裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(8) No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (4).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="184">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>９　事実調査部分については、民事訴訟法第百三十三条の二及び第百三十三条の三の規定は、適用しない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(9) The provisions of Article 133-2 and Article 133-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="185">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（事実調査部分の安全管理措置等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Security Control Measures for the Part of a Record Concerning an Investigation)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="186">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十五条の二　裁判所は、民事訴訟法第百三十三条第一項の決定があった場合において、必要があると認めるときは、電磁的訴訟記録（同法第九十一条の二第一項に規定する電磁的訴訟記録をいう。以下この条において同じ。）のうち、事実調査部分中秘匿事項（同法第百三十三条第二項に規定する秘匿事項をいう。以下この項において同じ。）又は秘匿事項を推知することができる事項が記録された部分につき、その内容を書面に出力し、又はこれを他の記録媒体に記録するとともに、当該部分を電磁的訴訟記録から消去する措置その他の当該部分の安全管理のために必要かつ適切なものとして最高裁判所規則で定める措置を講ずることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 35-2 (1) When a court makes a decision referred to in Article 133, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure and determines that it is necessary, the court may output to a document the information of the portion of electronic or magnetic case records (meaning electronic or magnetic case records prescribed in Article 91-2, paragraph (1) of that Code; the same applies in this Article below) recording concealed information (meaning personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in Article 133, paragraph (2) of that Code; the same applies in this paragraph below) within the part of the case record that concerns an examination or any information that can identify by inference any concealed information or record those information in other recording media and take measures to erase those portions from the electronic or magnetic case records and other measures specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court as necessary and appropriate for the security control of those portions.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="187">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　前項の規定による電磁的訴訟記録から消去する措置が講じられた場合において、その後に同項の決定を取り消す裁判が確定したときその他裁判所が当該措置を講ずる必要がなくなったと認めたときは、裁判所書記官は、当該部分をファイルに記録しなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) If measures are taken to erase information from electronic or magnetic case records under the provisions of the preceding paragraph and a subsequent judicial decision to cancel the order referred to in that paragraph becomes final and binding or the court otherwise determines that it is no longer necessary to take the measures, the court clerk must record that portion in a file.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="188">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　事実の調査においてこの法律その他の法令の規定に基づき裁判所に提出された書面等又は電磁的記録を記録した記録媒体に記載され、又は記録されている事項についての民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十三の規定の適用については、同条第四号中「第百三十三条の三第一項の規定による」とあるのは「第百三十三条第一項の」と、「当該決定に係る」とあるのは「当該」と、「及び電磁的記録を記録した」とあるのは「又は当該」と、「事項」とあるのは「秘匿事項（同条第二項に規定する秘匿事項をいう。以下この号において同じ。）又は秘匿事項を推知することができる事項」とする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) Regarding the application of the provisions of Article 132-13 of the Code of Civil Procedure to matters stated or recorded in a paper document, etc. or recording media containing electronic or magnetic records submitted to the court in accordance with the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations in an examination of the facts, in item (iv) of that Article, the phrase &quot;under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1)&quot; is deemed to be replaced with &quot;referred to in Article 133, paragraph (1),&quot; the phrase &quot;of the decision&quot; is deemed to be replaced with &quot;that&quot;, the phrase &quot;and containing electro or magnetic records&quot; is deemed to be replaced with &quot;or that&quot; and &quot;the information&quot; is deemed to be replaced with &quot;concealed information (meaning concealed matters prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article;  the same applies in this item) or any information that can identify by inference any concealed information.&quot;</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="189">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（判決によらない婚姻の終了の場合の附帯処分についての裁判）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Judicial Decisions on Ancillary Disposition in Cases of Termination of Marriage Other Than by Judgment)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="190">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十六条　婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る訴訟において判決によらないで当該訴えに係る婚姻が終了した場合において、既に附帯処分の申立てがされているときであって、その附帯処分に係る事項がその婚姻の終了に際し定められていないときは、受訴裁判所は、その附帯処分についての審理及び裁判をしなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 36 In litigation involving an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, if the marriage that is the subject of that action has been terminated other than by a judgment, but a petition on  an ancillary disposition has already been filed and any matter in question was not determined when the marriage was terminated, the court in charge of the case must conduct the trial and make a judicial decision on the ancillary disposition..</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="191">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三節　和解並びに請求の放棄及び認諾</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 3 Settlements; Waiver and Acknowledgement of Claims</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="192">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十七条　離婚の訴えに係る訴訟における和解（これにより離婚がされるものに限る。以下この条において同じ。）並びに請求の放棄及び認諾については、第十九条第二項の規定にかかわらず、民事訴訟法第二百六十六条（第二項中請求の認諾に関する部分を除く。）、第二百六十七条及び第二百六十七条の二の規定を適用する。ただし、請求の認諾については、第三十二条第一項の附帯処分についての裁判又は同条第三項の親権者の指定についての裁判をすることを要しない場合に限る。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 37 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2), the provisions of Article 266 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the part related to the acknowledgement of a claim in paragraph (2)) and of Article 267 and 267-2 of that Code apply to a settlement (limited to a settlement by which divorce is effected; the same applies in this Article below) and the waiver or acknowledgement of a claim in litigation connected with an action for divorce; provided, however, that, with regard to the acknowledgement of claims, this is limited to cases in which it is not necessary to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition, as referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1)  or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority, as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="193">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　離婚の訴えに係る訴訟においては、民事訴訟法第二百六十四条及び第二百六十五条の規定による和解をすることができない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) A settlement under the provisions of Article 264 and Article 265 of the Code of Civil Procedure may not be effected in litigation connected with a divorce actionｎ.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="194">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　離婚の訴えに係る訴訟における民事訴訟法第八十九条第二項及び第百七十条第三項の期日においては、同法第八十九条第三項及び第百七十条第四項の当事者は、和解及び請求の認諾をすることができない。ただし、当該期日における手続が裁判所及び当事者双方が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法によって行われた場合には、この限りでない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) The parties referred to in Article 89, paragraph (3) and Article 170, paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure may not effect a settlement or acknowledge a claim on the date provided in Article 89, paragraph (2) and Article 170, paragraph (3) in litigation connected with an action for divorce; provided, however, that this does not apply if the proceedings on that date are conducted by a method that allows both the court and each of the parties to communicate with one another , through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another&#x27; situation.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="195">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四節　履行の確保</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Section 4 Securing Performance</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="196">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（履行の勧告）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Issuing Recommendations to Perform)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="197">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十八条　第三十二条第一項又は第二項（同条第三項において準用する場合を含む。以下同じ。）の規定による裁判で定められた義務については、当該裁判をした家庭裁判所（上訴裁判所が当該裁判をした場合にあっては、第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所）は、権利者の申出があるときは、その義務の履行状況を調査し、義務者に対し、その義務の履行を勧告することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 38 (1) If requested by the obligee in connection with an obligation established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article; the same applies　below), the family court that made that judicial decision (or the family court constituting the court of first instance, if it was an appellate court that made that decision) may investigate the status of performance of the obligation and issue the obligor a recommendation to perform under the obligation.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="198">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　前項の家庭裁判所は、他の家庭裁判所に同項の規定による調査及び勧告を嘱託することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) The family court referred to in the preceding paragraph may commission another family court to conduct the investigation or issue the recommendation under the provisions of that paragraph.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="199">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　第一項の家庭裁判所及び前項の嘱託を受けた家庭裁判所は、家庭裁判所調査官に第一項の規定による調査及び勧告をさせることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) The family court referred to in paragraph (1) or the family court that has been commissioned as referred to in the preceding paragraph may have a family court investigator conduct the investigation or make the recommendation under the provisions of paragraph (1).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="200">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　前三項の規定は、第三十二条第一項又は第二項の規定による裁判で定めることができる義務であって、婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る訴訟における和解で定められたものの履行について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the performance of an obligation that may be established through a judicial decision under Article 32, paragraph (1) or (2) but that has been established through a settlement in litigation connected with an action to rescind a marriage or with an action for divorce.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="201">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三十九条　第三十二条第二項の規定による裁判で定められた金銭の支払その他の財産上の給付を目的とする義務の履行を怠った者がある場合において、相当と認めるときは、当該裁判をした家庭裁判所（上訴裁判所が当該裁判をした場合にあっては、第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所）は、権利者の申立てにより、義務者に対し、相当の期限を定めてその義務の履行をすべきことを命ずることができる。この場合において、その命令は、その命令をする時までに義務者が履行を怠った義務の全部又は一部についてするものとする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 39 (1) At the request of the obligee, if a person has neglected to perform an obligation to pay money or provide any other economic benefit that has been established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2), the family court that made that decision (or the family court constituting the court of first instance, if it was an appellate court that made the decision) may issue an order to the obligor to perform under the obligation, specifying a reasonable period for performance. In that case, the court is to issue the order for all or part of the obligation that the obligor has neglected to perform by the time of the order.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="202">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　前項の家庭裁判所は、同項の規定により義務の履行を命ずるには、義務者の陳述を聴かなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) The family court referred to in the preceding paragraph must hear a statement  from the obligor in order to issue an order to perform the obligation pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="203">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　前二項の規定は、第三十二条第二項の規定による裁判で定めることができる金銭の支払その他の財産上の給付を目的とする義務であって、婚姻の取消し又は離婚の訴えに係る訴訟における和解で定められたものの履行について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to an obligation to pay money or provide any other such economic benefit that may be established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) but that has been established through a settlement in litigation connected with an action to rescind a marriage or with an action for divorce.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="204">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　第一項（前項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定により義務の履行を命じられた者が正当な理由なくその命令に従わないときは、その義務の履行を命じた家庭裁判所は、決定で、十万円以下の過料に処する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) If a person ordered to perform an obligation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) does not comply with the order and is without legitimate grounds for their non-compliance, the family court that ordered performance of the obligation issues a ruling imposing a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="205">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>５　前項の決定に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(5) An immediate appeal may be filed against the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="206">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>６　民事訴訟法第百八十九条の規定は、第四項の決定について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(6) The provisions of Article 189 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling referred to in paragraph (4).</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="207">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十条　削除</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 40 Deleted</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="208">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第三章　実親子関係訴訟の特例</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter III Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Biological Relationships</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="209">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（嫡出否認の訴えの当事者等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Parties to an Action to Rebut the Presumption of Legitimacy)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="210">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十一条　父が子の出生前に死亡したとき又は民法第七百七十七条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第七百七十八条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）に定める期間内に嫡出否認の訴えを提起しないで死亡したときは、その子のために相続権を害される者その他父の三親等内の血族は、父の死亡の日から一年以内に限り、嫡出否認の訴えを提起することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 41 (1) If a father dies before the birth of a child, or dies within the period specified by Article 777 (limited to the part related to item (i)) or Article 778 (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code without filing an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, a person whose right of inheritance is harmed because of the child, or any other blood relative of the father&#x27;s within the third degree of kinship, may file an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy only within one year from the day on which the father died.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="211">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　父が嫡出否認の訴えを提起した後に死亡した場合には、前項の規定により嫡出否認の訴えを提起することができる者は、父の死亡の日から六月以内に訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) If a father dies after filing an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, a person permitted to file an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted in the court proceedings within six months from the day of the father&#x27;s death. In that case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="212">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　民法第七百七十四条第四項に規定する前夫は、同法第七百七十五条第一項（第四号に係る部分に限る。）の規定により嫡出否認の訴えを提起する場合において、子の懐胎の時から出生の時までの間に、当該前夫との婚姻の解消又は取消しの後に母と婚姻していた者（父を除く。）がいるときは、その嫡出否認の訴えに併合してそれらの者を被告とする嫡出否認の訴えを提起しなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) If a former husband specified in Article 774, paragraph (4) of the Civil Code files an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy pursuant to the provisions of Article 775, paragraph (1) (limited to the portion related to item (iv) of that Code, if there is a person (other than the husband)) who marries the mother during the period from the time of conception to the time of the birth of the child after dissolution or rescission of the mother&#x27;s marriage to the former husband, an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy naming those persons as defendants must be filed by joining with the action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="213">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>４　前項の規定により併合して提起された嫡出否認の訴えの弁論及び裁判は、それぞれ分離しないでしなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(4) The oral arguments and judicial decisions in an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy filed by joining pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph must not be separated from one another.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="214">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（嫡出否認の判決の通知）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Notice of Judgment in an Action to Rebut the Presumption of Legitimacy)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="215">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十二条　裁判所は、民法第七百七十二条第三項の規定により父が定められる子について嫡出否認の判決が確定したときは、同法第七百七十四条第四項に規定する前夫（訴訟記録上その氏名及び住所又は居所が判明しているものに限る。）に対し、当該判決の内容を通知するものとする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 42 When a judgment in an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy concerning a child whose paternity has been established pursuant to the provisions of Article 772, paragraph (3) of the Civil Code becomes final and binding, the court is to provide notice of the contents of the judgment to the former husband (limited to a person whose name and domicile or residence are indicated in the case record) referred to in Article 774, paragraph (4) of that Code.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="216">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（認知の無効の訴えの当事者等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Parties to an Action for Denial of Filiation)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="217">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十三条　第四十一条第一項及び第二項の規定は、民法第七百八十六条に規定する認知の無効の訴えについて準用する。この場合において、第四十一条第一項及び第二項中「父」とあるのは「認知をした者」と、同条第一項中「第七百七十七条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）若しくは第七百七十八条（第一号」とあるのは「第七百八十六条第一項（第二号」と読み替えるものとする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 43 (1) The provisions of Article 41, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to an action for invalidation of filiation referred to in Article 786 of the Civil Code. In this case, the term &quot;father&quot; in Article 41, paragraph (1) and (2) is deemed to be replaced with &quot;person who acknowledged filiation&quot; and the phrase &quot;Article 777 (limited to the part related to item (i)) or Article 778 (limited to the part related to item (i))&quot; in paragraph (1) of that Article&quot; is deemed to be replaced with &quot;Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (ii)).&quot;</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="218">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　子が民法第七百八十六条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）に定める期間内に認知の無効の訴えを提起しないで死亡したときは、子の直系卑属又はその法定代理人は、認知の無効の訴えを提起することができる。この場合においては、子の死亡の日から一年以内にその訴えを提起しなければならない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) If a child dies during the period prescribed in Article 786, paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code without filing an action for invalidation of filiation, the child&#x27;s lineal descendant or legal representative may file an action for invalidation of filiation. In this case, the action must be filed within one year from the day on which the child died.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="219">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　子が民法第七百八十六条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）に定める期間内に認知の無効の訴えを提起した後に死亡した場合には、前項の規定により認知の無効の訴えを提起することができる者は、子の死亡の日から六月以内に訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) If a child dies after filing an action for invalidation of filiation during the period prescribed in Article 786 paragraph (1) (limited to the part related to item (i)) of the Civil Code, a person permitted to file an action for invalidation of filiation pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may be substituted in the court proceedings within six months from the day of the child&#x27;s death. In this case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="220">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（認知の訴えの当事者等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Parties to an Action for Filiation)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="221">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十四条　認知の訴えにおいては、父又は母を被告とし、その者が死亡した後は、検察官を被告とする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 44 (1) In an action for filiation, the alleged father or mother is to be named as the defendant; in an action for filiation after the alleged father or mother has died, the public prosecutor is to be named as the defendant.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="222">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　第二十六条第二項の規定は、前項の規定により父又は母を当該訴えの被告とする場合においてその者が死亡したときについて準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) The provisions of Article 26, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis if a father or mother is named as the defendant pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and that person then dies.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="223">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　子が認知の訴えを提起した後に死亡した場合には、その直系卑属又はその法定代理人は、民法第七百八十七条ただし書に定める期間が経過した後、子の死亡の日から六月以内に訴訟手続を受け継ぐことができる。この場合においては、民事訴訟法第百二十四条第一項後段の規定は、適用しない。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) If a child dies after filing an action seeking filiation, the child&#x27;s lineal descendant or legal representative may be substituted in the court proceedings after the period specified in the proviso to Article 787 of the Civil Code has passed, within six months from the day on which the child died. In that case, the provisions of the second sentence of Article 124, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="224">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>（父を定めることを目的とする訴えの当事者等）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(Parties to an Action to Establish Paternity)</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="225">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十五条　子、母、母の前婚の配偶者又はその後婚の配偶者は、民法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を提起することができる。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 45 (1) A child, mother, or the mother&#x27;s spouse from an earlier or later marriage may file an action to establish paternity pursuant to the provisions of Article 773 of the Civil Code.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="226">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>２　次の各号に掲げる者が提起する前項の訴えにおいては、それぞれ当該各号に定める者を被告とし、これらの者が死亡した後は、検察官を被告とする。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(2) In an action as referred to in the preceding paragraph that a person set forth in one of the following items files, the person specified in that item is to be named as the defendant; after the person in question has died, the public prosecutor is to be named as the defendant:</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="227">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>一　子又は母　母の前婚の配偶者及びその後婚の配偶者（その一方が死亡した後は、他の一方）</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(i) the child or mother: the mother&#x27;s spouses from an earlier and later marriage (or, after one of them has died, the other one);</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="228">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>二　母の前婚の配偶者　母の後婚の配偶者</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(ii) the mother&#x27;s spouse from an earlier marriage: the mother&#x27;s spouse from a later marriage; or</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="229">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>三　母の後婚の配偶者　母の前婚の配偶者</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(iii) the mother&#x27;s spouse from a later marriage: the mother&#x27;s spouse from an earlier marriage.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="230">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>３　第二十六条の規定は、前項の規定により同項各号に定める者を当該訴えの被告とする場合においてこれらの者が死亡したときについて準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>(3) The provisions of Article 26 apply mutatis mutandis if a person specified in one of the items of the preceding paragraph is named as a defendant pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and then dies.</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="231">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四章　養子縁組関係訴訟の特例</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Chapter IV Special Provisions for Litigation Involving Adoptive Relationships</seg>
      </tuv>
    </tu>
    <tu creationdate="20260508T010554Z" tuid="232">
      <tuv xml:lang="ja-JP">
        <seg>第四十六条　第三十七条（第一項ただし書を除く。）の規定は、離縁の訴えに係る訴訟における和解（これにより離縁がされるものに限る。）並びに請求の放棄及び認諾について準用する。</seg>
      </tuv>
      <tuv xml:lang="en-US">
        <seg>Article 46 The provisions of Article 37 (excluding the proviso to paragraph (1)) apply mutatis mutandis to a settlement in litigation connected with an action to dissolve an adoptive relationship (limited to a settlement through which the adoptive relationship is dissolved) as well as to the waiver or acknowledgement of a claim in that litigation.</seg>
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