In proceedings for mediation of domestic relations regarding a matter against which an action concerning personal status may be filed (excluding an action for divorce and an action for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship), if both requirements set forth in the following items are satisfied, and when the family court, having examined the necessary facts, finds the agreement set forth in item (i) to be legitimate, it may make a ruling equivalent to the agreement (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling equivalent to an agreement"); provided, however, that this does not apply after the death of either of the parties to the family relationship concerned with the matter:
the parties have reached an agreement whereby they will be subject to a ruling to the same effect as the object of the petition; and
当事者間に申立ての趣旨のとおりの審判を受けることについて合意が成立していること。
the parties do not dispute any cause of annulment or rescission or cause of the formation or existence of a family relationship which pertains to the petition.
当事者の双方が申立てに係る無効若しくは取消しの原因又は身分関係の形成若しくは存否の原因について争わないこと。
Changes by (Act No. 53 of 2023)
The agreement set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph may not be reached by the method prescribed in Article 54, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1), and in Article 270, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply where it is done by a method by which the family court and both parties are able to converse while mutually recognizing each other's condition through video and audio transmissions.
前項第一号の合意は、第二百五十八条第一項において準用する第五十四条第一項及び第二百七十条第一項に規定する方法によっては、成立させることができない。ただし、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法による場合は、この限りでない。
When proceedings for mediation of domestic relations set forth in paragraph (1) are conducted by a mediation committee, and when the family court makes a ruling equivalent to an agreement, the family court must hear the opinions of the domestic relations mediation commissioners who compose the mediation committee.
The provisions of Article 272, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis when the family court does not find an agreement under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) to be legitimate.
第二百七十二条第一項から第三項までの規定は、家庭裁判所が第一項第一号の規定による合意を正当と認めない場合について準用する。
action concerning personal status
「人事に関する訴え」
An action through which a person seeks to form a personal status relationship (身分関係) or a declaration whether one exists, such as an action to nullify or rescind a marriage, an action for divorce, an action to rebut the presumption of legitimacy, an action for filiation, an action to dissolve an adoptive relationship, or an action to confirm whether a marital, parent-child or adoptive relationship exists.
Short name set inArticle 252, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies only in this provision and in Article 277, paragraph (1)
ruling equivalent to an agreement
「合意に相当する審判」
A ruling (審判) to the effect the parties have agreed on, which the family court may make in mediation of domestic relations (家事調停) of a matter on which an action concerning personal status (人事に関する訴え) other than divorce or dissolution of an adoption could be brought, where the parties agree to accept such a ruling and do not dispute its grounds, and the court, having examined the facts, finds the agreement proper.
Short name set inArticle 277, paragraph (1)