How do I submit a notification of entry in the family register (notification when changing my child from father to mother)?

If your child is different from your father or mother, you can refer to the same person as your father or mother by obtaining permission from the "family court" and notifying the ward office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section entry in the family register.
　In order for a parent to divorce and a child whose father or mother is separated from family register to enter his mother or father's family register, he or she must submit this notification of entry in the family register. In this case, the procedure is as follows.

For more information, please contact the ward office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section.

After hearing the petition of the family court, a determination of family court of permission to change his name will be issued.
(After hearing, please submit the entry in the family register notification to "Ward Office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section" with determination of family court.)
　Family Court in charge of Address.
　Claimant child (parental custody if under 15 years old)

What to bring to the family court
・One copy of the child's family register
・One copy of the family register of the parent to which the child is enrolled.
・Requester private seal (possible in seal)
・Fees (please check with the family court of jurisdiction.)

Contact [Yokohama Family Court] (TEL 045-345-3463) (1-2 Kotobukicho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Address)

It will be the "Ward Office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section" in the applicant (or the parental authority if the child is under 15 years old) or the ward where the permanent domicile is located.
(It cannot be handled at the Administrative Service Corner and City Hall.)

1 entry in the family register notification
　・Notification forms are common throughout the country.
　・At the ward office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section, we hand out the form of entry in the family register notification and instructions on how to write. We do not handle in city hall, administrative service corner.
　・Those who bring the written notice may be a messenger other than applicant.
2 A copy of the Permitted determination of family court issued by the Family Court

・In some cases, permission from the family court may not be required, such as a notification of entry in the family register when referring to a married parent, please check with the ward office Family Registry Division Family Registry Section for details of the procedure.