家庭裁判所(かていさいばんしょ)

かていさいばんしょ
noun
family court
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1. family court
A court that handles family matters such as divorce, inheritance, and guardianship disputes, and cases of juvenile delinquency. Commonly shortened to 家裁(かさい).
家庭裁判所(かていさいばんしょ)に申(もう)し立(た)てる。
To file a petition with the family court.
Divorce mediation takes place at the family court.
Juvenile cases are first sent to the family court, which decides how they will be dealt with.

Its two main jobs are 家事(かじ)事件(じけん) (family cases: divorce, inheritance, guardianship), usually handled first through 調停(ちょうてい) (mediation), and 少年(しょうねん)事件(じけん) (juvenile cases).

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