With regard to disqualification and a challenge to a court clerk, the provisions of Article 10, Article 11, and paragraphs (3), (5), (8), and (9) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis.
When a motion for disqualification or a challenge to a court clerk is filed, the court clerk may not participate in the domestic relations case in which the motion is filed until a judicial decision on the motion becomes final and binding; provided, however, that this does not apply if the motion for a challenge is denied on any of the grounds set forth in the items of paragraph (5) of the preceding Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
A judicial decision of the disqualification or a challenge to a court clerk is to be made by the court to which the court clerk belongs; provided, however, that the judicial decision set forth in the proviso to the preceding paragraph may be made by an authorized judge, etc. (an authorized judge or commissioned judge may make such a decision only when a motion for a challenge is filed with regard to a court clerk who is to attend the proceedings handled by the judge).
略称規定第一条第一項
家事審判及び家事調停に関する事件（以下「家事事件」という。）の手続については、他の法令に定めるもののほか、この法律の定めるところによる。
定義第十二条第六項・この規定及び第十三条第三項の中だけ
受命裁判官、受託裁判官、調停委員会を組織する裁判官又は家事事件を取り扱う家庭裁判所の一人の裁判官