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".
家事事件の手続における申立てその他の申述（以下この条次項及び次条において「申立て等」という。）のうち、当該申立て等に関するこの法律その他の法令の規定により書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）をもってするものとされているものであって、最高裁判所の定める裁判所に対してするもの（当該裁判所の裁判長、受命裁判官、受託裁判官又は裁判所書記官に対してするものを含む。）については、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下この項及び第三項において同じ。）と申立て等をする者の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。）を用いてすることができについては、民事訴訟法第百三十二条の十、第百三十二条の十一及び第百三十二条の十二（第一項第一号に係る部分を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百三十二条の十第五項及び第六項並びに第百三十二条の十二第二項及び第三項中「送達」とあるのは「送達又は送付」と、同法第百三十二条の十一第一項第一号中「第五十四条第一項ただし書」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第二十二条第一項ただし書」と、同項第二号中「第二条」とあるのは「第九条において準用する同法第二条」と、同法第百三十二条の十二第一項第三号中「当該申立て等に係る書面等について、当該申立て等とともに第百三十三条の二第二項の申立てがされた」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第三十八条の二において読み替えて準用する第百三十三条第一項の決定があった」と、「申立てが却下されたとき又は当該同項の申立てに係る決定」とあるのは「決定」と、「同項に規定する秘匿事項記載部分」とあるのは「秘匿事項（同項に規定する申立て等をする者又はその法定代理人の住所等又は氏名等をいう。以下この号において同じ。）又は秘匿事項を推知することができる事項」と読み替えるものとする。