The Ministry of Justice submitted a draft amendment to the Code of Civil Procedure to the current Diet after the Legal Council, which is an advisory body to the Minister of Justice, reported on the outline for the introduction of IT in civil trial procedures. It is a policy aiming for establishment.
On the 14th, the Legislative Council decided on four outlines for the revision of the law and reported to Minister of Justice Furukawa.
Of these, if the child born within 300 days of divorce is remarried over the "illegitimate estimation" system, which is stipulated to be the child of the previous husband in the outline for the revision of the Civil Code. It is estimated that even a child born within 300 days of divorce is the child of her current husband.
The outline also includes the removal of provisions on "disciplinary action" that allows parents to discipline their children for educational and custody purposes.
In response to this, the Ministry of Justice will consider measures for law revisions in the future.
On the other hand, the outline for the revision of the Code of Civil Procedure states that in order to promote the introduction of IT for procedures in civil trials, it will be possible to file complaints online and the use of web conferencing will be permitted through oral arguments.
The Ministry of Justice has submitted a bill to amend the Code of Civil Procedure to the current Diet to create a system that allows procedures to be carried out without revealing personally identifiable information, in addition to the introduction of IT procedures in civil trials. , The policy is to aim for establishment.