Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

making of an agreement under Article 268, paragraph (1) or Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i), acceptance of the proposed terms of mediation prescribed in Article 270, paragraph (1) or (2), or filing of a joint notification under Article 286, paragraph (8); and

making of an agreement under Article 268, paragraph (1) or Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i), acceptance of the proposed terms of mediation prescribed in Article 270, paragraph (1) or (2), or filing of a joint notification under Article 286, paragraph (8);

The provisions of Articles 69 through 74 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 71, paragraph (2) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 of the Code) and Article 71, paragraph (8) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 and Article 74, paragraph (2) of the Code)) apply mutatis mutandis to the burden of procedural costs. In this case: in Article 72 of the Code, the phrase "If the parties reach a court settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "If mediation is successful", and the phrase "settlement costs or court costs" is deemed to be replaced with "mediation costs under Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act or court costs under paragraph (4) of that Article"; in Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "judicial decision or settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision or successful mediation", and the phrase "an application for supporting intervention is withdrawn or if an objection to supporting intervention is withdrawn" is deemed to be replaced with "an application for intervention under the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) or Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act is withdrawn or a petition for permission for intervention under paragraph (2) of that Article is withdrawn"; and in Article 73, paragraph (2) of the Code, the phrase "Articles 61 through 66 and Article 71, paragraph (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 71, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", the phrase "a ruling on a petition under the preceding paragraph; the provisions of Article 71, paragraph (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition under the preceding paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling on a petition under the preceding paragraph", the phrase "paragraphs (5) through (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (5) through (7)", and the phrase "apply mutatis mutandis to an objection to such a disposition. In such a case, the term 'from the day when the judicial decision on the bearing of costs becomes final and binding' in Article 71, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with 'from the day when the litigation is concluded'" is deemed to be replaced with "apply mutatis mutandis to an objection to such a dispositionparagraphs (5) through (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (5) through (7)", and the phrase "the litigation" is deemed to be replaced with "the domestic relations case".

A summons to appear on a date is effected by service of a summons, notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case, or any other method found to be appropriate.

The provisions of Article 94, paragraph (3) and Articles 9594 through 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to dates and periodsthe date and period for the proceedings of a domestic relations case. In this case, the phrase "the means prescribed in the items of paragraph (1)" in Article 94, paragraph (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service of a summons and notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case".

A court clerk, when having prepared an electronic record (meaning an electronic or magnetic record (meaning a record made in an electronic form, magnetic form, or any other form that cannot be perceived by human senses and that is used for information processing by computers; the same applies hereinafter) prepared by a court clerk pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations for the purpose of recording and authenticating the form, content, progress, etc. of procedures on or outside a date; the same applies hereinafter) in the proceedings of domestic relations cases, must record it, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, in a file kept on a computer used by the court (including input/output devices; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding Article 47-2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 47-3, paragraph (1), Article 254-2, paragraphs (2) and (3), Article 254-3, paragraph (1), Article 289-3, paragraphs (2) and (3), and Article 289-4, paragraph (1); hereinafter simply referred to as the "file").

If there is a miscalculation, clerical error, or any other clear error similar thereto in the content of an electronic record recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the court clerk may, upon petition or by the clerk's own authority, make a correction at any time.

A disposition of correction under the provisions of the preceding paragraph must be made by recording to that effect in the file, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

A disposition of correction under the provisions of paragraph (1) or a disposition dismissing a petition under that paragraph takes effect upon notification by a method found to be appropriate.

An objection to a disposition of correction under the provisions of paragraph (1) or a disposition dismissing a petition under that paragraph must be filed within an unextendable period of one week from the day of receiving notice thereof.

The provisions of Part I, Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 100, paragraph (2), Subsection 3 and Article 111) and and Articles 130 through 132 of the Code (excluding Article 132, paragraph (1) of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis to service and the suspension of proceedings of domestic relations cases. In this case: in the main clause of Article 112109-4, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service"; in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the posting was commenced"; and in Article 113 of the Code, the phrase "document or electronic or magnetic record" is deemed to be replaced with "document", the phrase "the claim that is the subject matter of litigation or concerning the means of defense" is deemed to be replaced with "the matter for which a judicial decision or mediation is sought", the phrase "statement or record" is deemed to be replaced with "statement", and the phrase "the measures under the provisions of Article 111 were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the serviceitems of Article 132-11, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "the items of Article 132-11, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act"; and in Article 113 of the Code, the phrase "the claim that is the subject matter of litigation or concerning the means of defense" is deemed to be replaced with "the matter for which a judicial decision or mediation is sought".

Service through publication under Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is effected by the court clerk posting, on the court's bulletin board, a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service.

With regard to The provisions of Articles 132-10, 132-11 and 132-12 (excluding the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (i)) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to a petition or other statement in the proceedings of a domestic relations case (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as "petition, etc.") that is provided to be made by means of a paper document, etc. (meaning a written document, document, writing, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, or copy, or any other tangible object such as paper on which information that can be recognized by human perception, such as characters or diagrams, is recorded; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) under the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., and that is made to a court specified by the Supreme Court (including one made to the presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge or court clerk of that court), notwithstanding the provisions of those laws and regulations, it may be made by using the Electronic Data Processing System (meaning an Electronic Data Processing System that connects a computer used by the court (including input/output devices; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3)) and a computer used by the person filing the petition, etc. via a telecommunications line), as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Courtcases (referred to as "petition, etc." in the following paragraph and the following Article). In this case: the term "service" in Article 132-10, paragraphs (5) and (6) and Article 132-12, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service or transmission"; in Article 132-11, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Code, the phrase "the proviso to Article 54, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "the proviso to Article 22, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act"; in item (ii) of that paragraph, the phrase "Article 2" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 2 of the Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 9"; and in Article 132-12, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Code, the phrase "a petition as referred to in Article 133-2, paragraph (2) concerning the paper document that has been used to file the motion or statement in question is filed together with that document" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act has been made", the phrase "the petition referred to in that paragraph is denied or a judicial decision setting aside a ruling on the petition referred to in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "a judicial decision setting aside a ruling", and the phrase "the part of a record containing the personal information of a person seeking anonymity prescribed in that paragraph" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred".

A petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been filed by means of a paper document, etc. prescribed in the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., in which it is provided that the petition, etc. is to be filed by means of a paper document, etc., and the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc. applyThe provisions of Article 132-13 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the parts pertaining to items (i) and (iii)) apply mutatis mutandis to the recording in a file of the matters stated or recorded in a paper document, etc. (meaning a written document, document, writing, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, or copy, or any other tangible object such as paper on which information that can be recognized by human perception, such as characters or diagrams, is recorded; the same applies hereinafter) (excluding a paper document, etc. where a petition, etc. was filed by means of a paper document, etc.) submitted to the court pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations in the proceedings of domestic relations cases (excluding adjudication cases concerning the matters listed in Appended Table 1 (including cases for a provisional order prior to rulings as prescribed in Article 106, paragraph (1) concerning the matters listed in that table) that are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court), or in a recording medium on which an electronic or magnetic record is recorded. In this case, in item (iv) of that Article, the phrase "a ruling under the provisions of Article 133-3, paragraph (1)" is deemed to be replaced with "a ruling under Article 133, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", and the phrase "the information detailed in the paper documents connected with that ruling, or in recording media containing the electronic or magnetic records connected with that ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "the personal information of a person seeking anonymity (meaning the address or identifying information of the person filing the petition, etc. prescribed in that paragraph or of that person's legal representative; the same applies in this item) or information from which that personal information can be inferred, detailed in the paper documents or the recording media".

A petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed to have arrived at the court as referred to in that paragraph when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by that court.

Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., in the case referred to in paragraph (1), a person filing a petition, etc. that is to bear a signature, etc. (meaning the relevant person's signature, name, or seal or other inclusion of the relevant person's name or trade name in the paper document, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of those laws and regulations, in lieu of affixing this signature, etc., is to take measures to clarify the name or trade name of the person filing the petition, etc., as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

When a petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been recorded in the file prescribed in paragraph (3), the court as referred to in paragraph (1) is to output the contents of the data recorded in the file in the form of a paper document.

The inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a record of a domestic relations case under other provisions of this Act, which pertains to a petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is to be made by means of the document set forth in the preceding paragraph. The same applies to the service or sending of a document pertaining to such petition, etc.

(Preparation of Electronic Records)

A court clerk must prepare electronic records regarding a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court; provided, however, that if the presiding judge finds it to be unnecessary to prepare electronic records regarding a date other than a date for the examination of evidence, the court clerk may take a record in a file a note that clearly indicates the outline of developments in the proceedings, in lieu of preparing such electronic record.

(Inspection of Records), etc. of a Hard-Copy Record of a Case for Adjudication of Domestic Relations

A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a hard-copy record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, or for the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as the "inspection of a record" in Article 289, paragraph (6) (meaning the part of the record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations excluding the electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article).

The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a hard-copy record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations which is prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto; hereinafter referred to as "audio tape, etc."). In this case, a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the reproduction of these objects.

Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1)paragraphs (1) and (2), a party may make a request to a court clerk for the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a written ruling or any other written judgment or of a certificate of matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations, without permission from the family court. The same applies when a person subject to a ruling makes such a request after the ruling is made, without permission from the family court, for the inspection or copying of, the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, or the reproduction of, a paper document, etc. or audio tape, etc. that the party has submitted, in a hard-copy record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations. The same applies to the paper document or recording medium in the case where, with regard to the matters set out in paragraph (4), item (ii) or (iii) of the following Article, a measure has been taken to output the contents onto a paper document or to record them on another recording medium pursuant to the provisions of Article 133-2, paragraph (5) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38-2.

A request for the inspection, copying or reproduction of a hard-copy record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations may not be made if these acts would interfere with the preservation of the hard-copy record of thea case for adjudication of domestic relations or with the performance of the court's duties.

A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the inspection of the contents of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations (meaning the part of the record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations that relates to matters recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) displayed by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the copying of the matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method of recording them in a file kept on the computer used by that person using the Electronic Data Processing System specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court (meaning an Electronic Data Processing System that connects the computer used by the court and the computer used by the other party to the proceedings via telecommunication lines; the same applies hereinafter), or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the issuance of a paper document stating all or part of the matters recorded in an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, for which the court clerk has certified, by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, that the contents of the paper document are identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record recording all or part of those matters, for which the court clerk has certified, by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, that the contents of the electronic or magnetic record are identical to the matters recorded in the electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, by a method of recording it in a file kept on the computer used by that person using the Electronic Data Processing System specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

With regard to the part of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations that relates to the following matters, a party may, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs, make a request to a court clerk, without permission from the family court, for the inspection, etc. of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations (meaning the inspection under the provisions of paragraph (1), the copying under the provisions of paragraph (2), or the issuance of a paper document or the provision of an electronic or magnetic record under the provisions of the preceding paragraph; the same applies in the following paragraph). The same applies when a person subject to a ruling makes such a request after the ruling is made, with regard to the part of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations that relates to the matters set out in item (i):

the matters recorded in an electronic written ruling prescribed in Article 76, paragraph (1) (limited to one recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (3) of that Article) or in an electronic written order (meaning an electronic or magnetic record prepared pursuant to the provisions of Article 76, paragraphs (2) and (3) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 81, paragraph (1) and recorded in a file; the same applies in Article 77, paragraph (2) and Article 80, paragraph (2));

the matters that that party has recorded in a file, using the Electronic Data Processing System specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, pursuant to the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations;

the matters entered or recorded in a paper document, etc. or recording medium submitted by that party, in the case where such matters have been recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of Article 132-12, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38, paragraph (1), or pursuant to the provisions of Article 132-13 of that Code as applied mutatis mutandis by replacing certain terms and phrases pursuant to Article 38, paragraph (2).

The provisions of paragraphs (3) through (5) and paragraphs (8) through (10) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to a petition for permission for the inspection, etc. of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, and the provisions of paragraph (7) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to a request for the inspection and copying of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for adjudication of domestic relations, respectively.

A party may make a request to a court clerk, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, for the issuance of a paper document stating matters concerning a case for adjudication of domestic relations, for which the court clerk has certified those matters by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or for the provision of an electronic or magnetic record recording those matters, for which the court clerk has certified those matters by the method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method of recording it in a file kept on the computer used by that person using the Electronic Data Processing System specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or by any other method specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. The same applies when a person subject to a ruling makes such a request after the ruling is made.

A third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

When a petition for permission under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is filed by a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest, the family court may grant permission thereto when it finds it to be appropriate.

A family court investigating officer may, in lieu of the report in a paper document under the provisions of paragraph (3), make the report, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by a method of recording the matters to be stated in that paper document in a file using the Electronic Data Processing System specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or by a method of submitting a recording medium on which an electronic or magnetic record of the matters to be stated in that paper document is recorded.

The provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (2) through (4)(5) apply mutatis mutandis to the diagnosis set forth in the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the attendance on a date for proceedings and statement of opinions by a technical official of the court.

With regard to the examination of evidence in proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations, the provisions of Part II, Chapter 4IV, Sections 1 through 6 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Articles 179 and 182, Article 185, paragraph (3)the provisions of Article 179, Article 182, Articles 187 through 189, Article 205, paragraph (2), Article 207, paragraph (2), Article 208, Article 215, paragraph (2), Article 224and Article 224 of the Code (including the cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 229, paragraph (2) and Article 232, paragraph (1) of the Code), Article 227, paragraph (2), and Article 229, paragraph (4) and Article 232-2 of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis. In this case, the phrase "the information given in a paper document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files or the information recorded in a recording medium under the preceding paragraph" in Article 205, paragraph (3) of the Code and the phrase "the information detailed in a document under paragraph (1), or the information recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) or the particulars recorded in a recording medium as referred to in that paragraph" in Article 215, paragraph (4) of the Code are deemed to be replaced with "information"; in Article 231-2, paragraph (2) of the Code, the phrase "a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded or by using an Electronic Data Processing System as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" is deemed to be replaced with "a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been recorded"; and in Article 231-3, paragraph (2) of the Code, the phrase "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored or by using an Electronic Data Processing System as specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court" is deemed to be replaced with "submitting or sending a recording medium on which the electronic or magnetic record has been stored".

(Method of Rulings and Electronic Written Rulings)

A ruling must be made by preparing a , as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic or magnetic record pertaining to the ruling (hereinafter referred to as an "electronic written ruling"); provided, however, that in making a ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed, the main text of a ruling may be stated in the written petition for adjudication of domestic relations or in a in lieu of preparing an electronic written ruling, an electronic or magnetic record recording the main text, the party and the legal representative, and the court (referred to in paragraph (3) as an "electronic or magnetic record, in lieu of preparing aan electronic written ruling") may be prepared, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or the main text of a ruling may be recorded in an electronic record.

A An electronic written ruling must staterecord the following matters:

When the family court has prepared an electronic written ruling or an electronic or magnetic record in lieu of an electronic written ruling pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must record them in a file, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court.

A ruling of correction must be made by preparing a written judgment, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic written order.

An interlocutory order must be made by preparing a written judgment, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic written order.

The provisions of Article 261, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 262, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal of a petition for adjudication of domestic relations. In this case, in Article 261, paragraph (4) of the Code, the phrase "date for oral arguments, preparatory proceedings, or settlement (referred to below as a 'proceeding date' in this Chapter)" is deemed to be replaced with "date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations", the phrase "electronic record" is deemed to be replaced with "record", and the phrase "must record in" is deemed to be replaced with "must enter in".

For the purpose of the application of the provisions of this Section if a high court conducts proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations as the court of first instance: in the provisions of the Section (excluding the provisions of Article 58, Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraphs (1) and (2), and Article 65), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 39, Article 47, paragraph (6), Article 49, paragraph (3), Article 56, paragraph (2), Article 65, Article 72, Article 73, Article 74, paragraphs (1) through (3) (excluding the proviso to paragraph (2)), Article 75, Article 77, paragraph (1), Article 78 (excluding paragraph (1), item (ii), and paragraph (4)), Article 79, Article 80, paragraph (1), Article 81, paragraph (1), and Article 82, paragraphs (1) and (2), the term "ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 42, paragraph (2), the phrase "outcome of adjudication" is deemed to be replaced with "outcome of a judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 58, paragraph (1), Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraph (1), and Article 65, the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 58, paragraph (3), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 59, paragraph (3), the phrase "family court and" is deemed to be replaced with "high court and"; in Article 76, the term "written ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "written judgment"; in Article 76, paragraph (1), the term "ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling47-2, paragraph (4) and Article 47-3, paragraph (1), the phrase "a person subject to a ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "a person subject to a judicial decision in lieu of a ruling", and the phrase "after the ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "after the judicial decision in lieu of a ruling"; in Article 47-2, paragraph (4), item (i) and Article 76, the phrase "electronic written ruling" is deemed to be replaced with "electronic written judgment"; in Article 58, paragraph (1), Article 59, paragraphs (1) through (4), Article 61, paragraph (1), and Article 65, the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 58, paragraph (3), the term "family court" is deemed to be replaced with "high court"; in Article 59, paragraph (3), the phrase "family court and" is deemed to be replaced with "high court and"; in Article 76, paragraph (1), the phrase "A ruling must be made, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic or magnetic record pertaining to the ruling (hereinafter referred to as" is deemed to be replaced with "A judicial decision in lieu of a ruling must be made, as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court, by preparing an electronic or magnetic record pertaining to the judicial decision in lieu of a ruling (hereinafter in this Article referred to as"; in the proviso to Article 76, paragraph (1), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may not be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court"; and in Article 78, paragraph (1), item (ii), the phrase "ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision in lieu of a ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed on the assumption that it is a ruling by a family court".