①A person may file a request under Article 91, paragraph (1), (3) or (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure for inspection or copying, delivery of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of it, or reproduction of it (referred to below as "inspection, etc." in this Article) with respect to a part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts (referred to below as the "part of the record concerning an examination of the facts" in this Article) only if the court gives its permission pursuant to the provisions of the following paragraph or paragraph (3).

②If a party files a petition for permission for inspection, etc. of the part of the record concerning an examination of the facts, the court must permit that inspection, etc. provided, however, that as it relates to a part of the record concerning an examination of the facts for which it is found that the following risks could arise from conducting the inspection, etc., the court may permit that inspection, etc. only if the court finds this to be appropriate:

③If a third party makes a prima facie showing of interest and files a petition for permission for inspection, etc. of the part of the record concerning an examination of the facts, the court may permit that inspection, etc. if it finds this to be appropriate.

④An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision denying the petition referred to in paragraph (2).

⑤If it is found that the immediate appeal under the provisions of the preceding paragraph has been filed for the purpose of unjustly delaying personal status litigation procedures, the court of first instance must dismiss it.

⑥An immediate appeal may be filed against an order under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

⑦No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision to dismiss the petition referred to in paragraph (3).

⑧The provisions of Article 133-2 and Article 133-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure do not apply to the part of the case record that concerns an examination of the facts.

In litigation involving an action to rescind a marriage or an action for divorce, if the marriage that is the subject of that action has been terminated other than by a judgment, but a petition on an ancillary disposition has already been filed and any matter in question was not determined when the marriage was terminated, the court in charge of the case must conduct the trial and make a judicial decision on the ancillary disposition.

①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 19, paragraph (2), the provisions of Article 266 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding the part related to the acknowledgement of a claim in paragraph (2)) and of Article 267, paragraph (1) and Article 267-2 of that Code apply to a settlement (limited to a settlement by which divorce is effected; the same applies in this Article below) and the waiver or acknowledgement of a claim in litigation connected with an action for divorce provided, however, that, with regard to the acknowledgement of claims, this is limited to cases in which it is not necessary to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition, as referred to in Article 32, paragraph (1) or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority, as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article.

②With regard to the application of Article 267, paragraph (1) and Article 267-2, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure in the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the phrase "creates an electronic record of a settlement or of the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim and records it in the court's computer files" in Article 267, paragraph (1) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "enters a settlement or the waiver or acknowledgment of a claim in a record", the phrase "that entry" is deemed to be replaced with "that statement", and the phrase "an electronic record recorded in the court's computer files pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article" in Article 267-2, paragraph (1) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "a record referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article".

③A settlement under the provisions of Article 264 and Article 265 of the Code of Civil Procedure may not be effected in litigation connected with a divorce action.

④The parties referred to in Article 89, paragraph (3) and Article 170, paragraph (4) of the Code of Civil Procedure may not effect a settlement or acknowledge a claim on the date provided in Article 89, paragraph (2) and Article 170, paragraph (3) in litigation connected with an action for divorce provided, however, that this does not apply if the proceedings on that date are conducted by a method that allows both the court and each of the parties to communicate with one another through audio and visual transmissions while gaining an awareness of one another's situation.

①If requested by the obligee in connection with an obligation established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (1) or (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article; the same applies below), the family court that made that judicial decision (or the family court constituting the court of first instance, if it was an appellate court that made that decision) may investigate the status of performance of the obligation and issue the obligor a recommendation to perform under the obligation.

②The family court referred to in the preceding paragraph may commission another family court to conduct the investigation or issue the recommendation under the provisions of that paragraph.

③The family court referred to in paragraph (1) or the family court that has been commissioned as referred to in the preceding paragraph may have a family court investigator conduct the investigation or make the recommendation under the provisions of paragraph (1).

④The provisions of the preceding three paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to the performance of an obligation that may be established through a judicial decision under Article 32, paragraph (1) or (2) but that has been established through a settlement in litigation connected with an action to rescind a marriage or with an action for divorce.

①At the request of the obligee, if a person has neglected to perform an obligation to pay money or provide any other economic benefit that has been established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2), the family court that made that decision (or the family court constituting the court of first instance, if it was an appellate court that made the decision) may issue an order to the obligor to perform under the obligation, specifying a reasonable period for performance. In that case, the court is to issue the order for all or part of the obligation that the obligor has neglected to perform by the time of the order.

②The family court referred to in the preceding paragraph must hear a statement from the obligor in order to issue an order to perform the obligation pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph.

③The provisions of the preceding two paragraphs apply mutatis mutandis to an obligation to pay money or provide any other such economic benefit that may be established through a judicial decision under the provisions of Article 32, paragraph (2) but that has been established through a settlement in litigation connected with an action to rescind a marriage or with an action for divorce.

④If a person ordered to perform an obligation pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) does not comply with the order and is without legitimate grounds for their non-compliance, the family court that ordered performance of the obligation issues a ruling imposing a civil fine of not more than 100,000 yen.

⑤An immediate appeal may be filed against the ruling referred to in the preceding paragraph.

⑥The provisions of Article 189 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the ruling referred to in paragraph (4).