Divorce registration form

• Family register proves kinsmanship of Japanese citizen. Child whom he has the same as couple and the couple is made as unit.
• Relation or spouse relations with the personal full name, date of birth, parents are recorded.
• Of family register is called permanent address when is placed.

Husband and wife

Petitioner of mediation, umpire or person of submission of suit (when we do not report in notification period, the other party can report, too.)

Until Monday through Friday from 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
From second fourth Saturday 9:00 a.m. to noon
※It is rest agency for Sundays and holidays, New Year holidays.

The night, reception desk overtime at Family Registry Section window including holiday
In this time, member of duties of the night duty accepts, but as we cannot confirm contents on the spot, we keep and treat. The staff in charge of family register confirms contents, and it is open, the following day agency sunlight the acceptance retroactively to day when we accepted without defect, and it is on "report day" when day when we submitted notice is listed in family register.

Ward office (the municipalities) of the location (Address place) of permanent address, husband of couple or wife

Permanent address of couple, ward office (the municipalities) of the location (Address place) of applicant

Voluntarily (report day becomes recognition of divorce day.)

It is less than ten days from day of decision of establishment of mediation, settlement, approval of request or umpire, judgment

• Notice (Mention example of notice of divorce by consent/agreement (the outside site))
  ※Mention of two witnesses is necessary.
  ※We distribute paper in each city ward office Family Registry Division. In addition, we can have you use paper of other municipalities.
• Private seal of husband and wife
• When there is not permanent domicile submission earlier; is copy by all the family register matter certificate (certified copy)
  ※It is not necessary to attach all the family register matter certificate (certified copy) when person with permanent domicile submits to ward office in Yokohama-shi in Yokohama-shi.
• Identity verification information about applicant (About identity verification at the time of request for at the time of family register, resident move notification appearance and proof)
  ※When his change occurs in case having the same report place and Address place, bring card as you revise face of a bill matter of notice card, my number card, resident registry card.

• Notice
• Private seal of applicant
• Mediation record, settlement record, admission protocol, determination of family court, either certified copy of judgment paper
• Decision certificate (in the case of umpire, judgment)
• When there is not permanent domicile submission earlier; is copy by all the family register matter certificate (certified copy)
  ※It is not necessary to attach all the family register matter certificate (certified copy) when person with permanent domicile submits to ward office in Yokohama-shi in Yokohama-shi.

※When his change occurs in case having the same report place and Address place, bring card as you revise face of a bill matter of notice card, my number card, resident registry card.

Please bring "the necessary thing" mentioned above to reception counter.

Free of charge

Husband who changed him by the marriage or wife returns to him before the marriage by divorce, but can name him who follows, and is marrying by submitting "notice (2 notices of Census Registration Act Article 77) which names him who called himself in the case of divorce" within three months from day of divorce.

Please see brochure (allotment, meeting interchange of the expense of bringing up children) of Ministry of Justice homepage (the outside site) and Ministry of Justice making.
What we talk about for ... child when couple gets a divorce (the outside site)
In hope of healthy growth of meeting interchange 1 - children; and ... (the outside site)

When we cannot confirm as reference is doing shut agency in notice that inquiry is necessary for other municipalities and other engines, we keep and treat.
We perform inquiry some other time, and it is open, the following day agency sunlight the acceptance retroactively to day when we accepted if we can confirm, and it is on "report day" when day when we submitted notice is listed in family register.