Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

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 mediation of domestic relations (meaning the part of the record of a case for mediation 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 mediation 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, 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 mediation 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 mediation 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 mediation 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 mediation 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 mediation 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 and paragraph (6)):

the matters recorded in an electronic written ruling prescribed in Article 76, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1) (limited to one recorded in a file pursuant to the provisions of Article 76, paragraph (3)) 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) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1) and recorded in a file; the same applies in Article 269, paragraph (2));

the matters recorded in an electronic record that records an agreement reached through mediation, or records to the effect that the court has closed the case while deciding not to conduct a mediation or considering that mediation has been unsuccessful;

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 paragraph (3) 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 mediation of domestic relations, and the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article apply mutatis mutandis to a request for the inspection and copying of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for mediation of domestic relations, respectively.

When a petition for permission for the inspection, etc. of an electronic or magnetic record of a case for mediation of domestic relations is filed by a party in a mediation case regarding the matter prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1), the provisions of Article 47, paragraphs (3), (4), and (8) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis.

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 mediation 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.

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.

The provisions of Article 49, paragraphs (3) through (6)(7) and Article 50 (excluding the proviso to paragraph (1)) apply mutatis mutandis to a petition for mediation of domestic relations. In this case, the term "paragraph (2)" in Article 49, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 255, paragraph (2)".