Cross-Border Inheritance(Succession, Will and Trust), Family Law (Divorce, Prenuptial Agreement, and Adoption), and Hague Child Abduction Cases
Cross-Border Inheritance
and Family Law Cases
Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobalToikyo Office 34F Atago Green Hills MORI Tower2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku,
Tokyo、105-6234, Japan
Office Hours 9:30～17:30
on weekdays
Makiko Mizuuchi(Ms), Attorney-at Law, admitted to practice in
Japan and California, U.S.A. is in charge.
03-5405-7850
Fees
The consultation sessions
Consultation
Initial consultations are available at 10,000 yen per hour (excluding tax).
Exceptions may be made in some cases.
Zoom consultations are available.
Fees
Please note that lawyers’ fees vary depending on the type of case, the amount of time necessary to resolve the case, and degree of difficulty involved in handling the case.
The fees shown below are our standard fees. The consumption tax would be added.
When the conciliation proceedings or court litigation sessions continue for more than a year, we may charge additional fees to continue the case.
We ask our clients to reimburse us for the actual costs of transportation and postal services incurred by us in representing them.
We also adopt the time charge system.
We will explain the estimated cost during the consultation session.
Mobilization fees (retaining fees) are fees paid in advance of work being commenced.
Remuneration is a reward paid when the case is completed.
Please ask us about the details during the consultation session.
Consumption taxes are added to the fees shown below.
International divorce (family law issues)
We adopt both the retaining fees (mobilization fees) /remuneration system, and the time charge system. It depends on the case which system is to adopt. Please ask us about the system of payment during the consultation.
※The time charge system
Please ask us about this system during the consultation session.
※The retaining fees (mobilization fees) /remuneration system
Negotiations/conciliation (adjudication) proceedings in the Family Court
・Mobilization fees (retaining fees)
400,000 yen ～
・Remuneration (fees on completion)
400,000 yen ～
※If the court is far from our office, we ask the court appearance fee for each session.
Court litigation
・Mobilization fees (retaining fees)
500,000 yen ～
・Remuneration (fees on completion)
500,000 yen ～
※If the court is far from our office, we ask the court appearance fee for each session.
※When you retain us part way through negotiations/conciliation proceedings, part of the mobilization fees (retaining fees) for the litigation stage may be deducted depending on the case.
※If you receive the maintenance, or the child support, we will charge additional fees, 10 percent plus consumption tax of the monthly payment for 2 years.
※When you gain property with monetary value through a distribution of property and/or compensation, we will charge additional fees in accordance with the chart below.
| Monetary value | Remuneration |
| Up to 3 million yen | 16％ |
| 3-30 million yen | 10％＋180,000 JPN |
| 30-300 million yen | 6％＋1,380,000JPN |
| Over 300 million yen | 4％＋7,360,000JPN |
International inheritance
We adopt both the retainer/remuneration fee system, and the time charge system. It depends on the case. We would discuss the method of payment during the consultation.
※The time charge system
Please ask us about this system during the consultation session.
※The retaining fees (mobilization fees) /remuneration system
When you gain property with monetary value, such as real estate or bank deposits, through a division of inherited property, we will charge fees in accordance with the chart below.
※If the court is far from our office, we ask the court appearance fee for each session.
| Monetary value | Mobilization fee | Remuneration | Total |
| Up to 3 million yen | 8％ | 16％ | 24％ |
| 3-30 million yen | 5%＋90,00 0JMonetaryPN | 10％＋180,000JPN | 15％＋270,000JPN |
| 30-300 million yen | 3％＋690,000JPN | 6％＋1,380,000JPN | 9％＋2,070,000JPN |
| Over 300 million yen | 9％＋3,690,000JPN | 4％＋7,380,000JPN | 13％＋11,070,000JPN |
Drafting a will
200,000 yen ～
Execution of a will
2% of the total amount of inherited assets
Consumption taxes are added.
Prenuptial agreement
※The time charge system
Please ask us about this system during the consultation session.
Hague Convention cases
The time charge system is adopted for the following cases.
Please ask us during the consultation session.
・Assistance in returning a child to a foreign state from Japan for court proceedings
・Assistance in returning a child to Japan from a foreign state
・Assistance with visitation of a child in Japan for conciliation/adjudication proceedings
Traffic accidents and other civil cases
When you gain something of monetary value, such as compensation, as a result of the attorney’s work, we will charge fees in accordance with the chart below.
| Monetary value | Mobilization fee | Remuneration | Total |
| Up to 3 million yen | 8％ | 16％ | 24％ |
| 3-30 million yen | 5%＋90,000JPN | 10％＋180,000JPN | 15％＋270,000JPN |
| 30-300 million yen | 3％＋690,000JPN | 6％＋1,380,000JPN | 9％＋2,070,000JPN |
| Over 300 million yen | 9％＋3,690,000JPN | 4％＋7,380,000JPN | 13％＋11,070,000JPN |
Contact information
Please contact via e-mail.
03-5405-7850
Office hours 9:30～17:30 on weekdays
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Attorney at law
Makiko Mizuuchi
Legal Profession Corporation CastGlobal Tokyo Office
34F Atago Green Hills MORI Tower 2-5-1 Atago, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6234, Japan
Tel 81＋(0)3-5405-7850
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