No. 13760
Promulgation Date 2016-01-19
Ministry of Justice
ALL
PART I GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1 (Purpose)
Article 2 (Matters under Jurisdiction of Family Court)
Article 3 (Designation of Jurisdiction between District Court and Family Court)
Article 4 (Exclusion, Challenge and Evasion)
Article 5 (Fees)
Article 6 (Official in Charge of Family Fact-Finding Affairs)
Article 7 (Principle of Appearance in Person)
Article 8 (Entrustment of Fact-Finding)
Article 9 (Entrustment of Recording in Family Relationship Register, etc.)
Article 10 (Prohibition of Report)
Article 10-2 (Inspection, etc. of Records)
Article 11 (Delegated Provisions)
PART II FAMILY LITIGATION
CHAPTER I COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 12 (Applicable Acts)
Article 13 (Jurisdiction)
Article 14 (Joining of Related Cases)
Article 15 (Addition and Correction of Parties)
Article 16 (Succession to Proceedings)
Article 17 (Ex Officio Investigation)
Article 18 (Special Case concerning Bearing of Litigation Costs)
Article 19 (Appeal)
Article 20 (Final Appeal)
Article 21 (Special Cases concerning Subjective Scope of Res Judicata)
CHAPTER II MARRIAGE-RELATED LITIGATION
Article 22 (Jurisdiction)
Article 23 (Persons Entitled to Institute Litigation over Nullity of Marriage and Divorce)
Article 24 (Other Party to Litigations over Nullity or Revocation of Marriage and Divorce)
Article 25 (Advice to Consult on Designation, etc. of Persons Exercising Parental Authority)
CHAPTER III LITIGATION OVER RELATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN
Section 1 Relation of Legitimate Children
Article 26 (Jurisdiction)
Article 27 (Parties to Litigation over Determination of Paternity)
Article 28 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 29 (Order to Undergo Inspection of Blood Type, etc.)
Section 2 Relationship of Adoption and Full Adoption
Article 30 (Jurisdiction)
Article 31 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
CHAPTER IV (Articles 32 and 33) Deleted.
PART III FAMILY NON-LITIGATION
CHAPTER I COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 34 (Acts Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 35 (Jurisdiction)
Article 36 (Mode of Request)
Article 37 (Intervention by Interested Persons)
Article 37-2 (Intervention in Procedure)
Article 38 (Examination of Evidence)
Article 39 (Mode of Judgment)
Article 40 (Time of Taking Effect for Adjudication)
Article 41 (Executive Force of Adjudication)
Article 42 (Provisional Execution)
Article 43 (Dissatisfaction)
CHAPTER II FAMILY NON-LITIGATION CASE OF CATEGORY D
Article 44 (Jurisdiction)
Article 45 (Method of Trial)
Article 45-2 (Appraisal, etc. of Mental State)
Article 45-3 (Hearing Statement in Adjudications Concerning Adult Guardianship, Limited Guardianship or Specific Guardianship)
Article 45-4 (Supervision of Guardianship Affairs)
Article 45-5 (Hearings Results of Diagnosis, etc.)
Article 45-6 (Listening Statement in Adjudications Concerning Guardianship at Will)
Article 45-7 (Investigation of Status of Supervisory Affairs of Guardianship at will)
Article 45-8 (Procedure for Permission for Adoption)
CHAPTER III FAMILY NON-LITIGATION CASES OF CATEGORY E
Article 46 (Jurisdiction)
Article 47 (Provisions Applicable Mutatis Mutanids to Joint Litigation)
Article 48 (Method of Examination)
Article 48-2 (Property Statement)
Article 48-3 (Property Inquiry)
PART IV FAMILY CONCILIATION
Article 49 (Acts Applicable Mutatis Mutandis)
Article 50 (Principle of Prefixing Conciliation)
Article 51 (Jurisdiction)
Article 52 (Conciliation Organ)
Article 53 (Designation of Chief Mediator, etc. and Mediators)
Article 54 (Mediators)
Article 55 (Request for Conciliation)
Article 56 (Preliminary Fact-Finding)
Article 57 (Request for Joining Related Cases)
Article 58 (Principles of Conciliation)
Article 59 (Effectuation of Conciliation)
Article 60 (Transfer to Litigation due to Demurrer, etc.)
Article 61 (Appending of Opinions of Chief Mediator, etc.)
PART V ENSURING OF PERFORMANCE
Article 62 (Prior Disposition)
Article 63 (Provisional Attachment and Provisional Disposition)
Article 63-2 (Order for Direct Payment of Child Support)
Article 63-3 (Order, etc. for Offer of Security)
Article 64 (Order for Implementation)
Article 65 (Bailment of Money)
PART VI PENAL PROVISIONS
Article 66 (Sanctions against Non-attendance)
Article 67 (Sanctions against Non-performance of Liability)
Article 67-2 (Sanctions against Violations of Orders to Submission)
Article 67-3 (Sanctions against Refusal, etc. to Submit Property List)
Article 67-4 (Sanctions against Submission, etc. of False Materials)
Article 68 (Sanctions against Special Non-performance of Liability)
Article 69 (Procedures for Administrative Fines Cases)
Article 70 (Procedures for Trial on Punishment by Detention)
Article 71 (Crime against Divulgence of Confidential Information)
Article 72 (Crime against Violation of Prohibition of Reports)
Article 73 (Crime against Use of Results, etc. of Property Inquiry for other than Intended Purposes)
ADDENDA
ADDENDA <Act No. 4423, Dec. 14, 1991>
ADDENDA <Act No. 4505, Nov. 30, 1992>
ADDENDA <Act No. 6627, Jan. 26, 2002>
ADDENDA <Act No. 6626, Jan. 26, 2002>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 7405, Mar. 24, 2005>
ADDENDA <Act No. 7427, Mar. 31, 2005>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 8433, May 17, 2007>
ADDENDA <Act No. 8435, May 17, 2007>
ADDENDA <Act No. 8715, Dec. 21, 2007>
ADDENDA <Act No. 9652, May 8, 2009>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 10212, Mar. 31, 2010>
ADDENDA <Act No. 11725, Apr. 5, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 11949, Jul. 30, 2013>
ADDENDUM <Act No. 12773, Oct. 15, 2014>
ADDENDA <Act No. 13760, Jan. 19, 2016>