In order to make a judicial decision on ancillary disposition as referred to in paragraph (1) of the preceding Article or a judicial decision designating the person with parental authority as referred to in paragraph (3) of that Article, the court may conduct an investigation of the facts.
If the court finds it appropriate, it may issue an order to the members of a panel or issue a commission to a family court or summary court and have those members or that court conduct the investigation of the facts referred to in the preceding paragraph (simply referred to below as an "examination of the facts").
裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、合議体の構成員に命じ、又は家庭裁判所若しくは簡易裁判所に嘱託して前項の事実の調査（以下単に「事実の調査」という。）をさせることができる。
If an authorized judge or commissioned judge conducts an examination of the facts pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the duties of the court and of the presiding judge are performed by that judge.
If the court sets a hearing date and hears one party's statements in order to conduct an examination of the facts, the other party may attend the hearing provided, however, that this does not apply if the other party's attendance risks hindering the examination of the facts.
裁判所が審問期日を開いて当事者の陳述を聴くことにより事実の調査をするときは、他の当事者は、当該期日に立ち会うことができる。ただし、当該他の当事者が当該期日に立ち会うことにより事実の調査に支障を生ずるおそれがあると認められるときは、この限りでない。
The proceedings in an examination of the facts are not open to the public provided, however, that the court may permit observation by a person whom it considers to be appropriate.
事実の調査の手続は、公開しない。ただし、裁判所は、相当と認める者の傍聴を許すことができる。
If a court finds it to be reasonable, the court may, after hearing the opinions of both parties, perform procedures on a hearing date referred to in paragraph (4) by a method of communication that enables the court and both parties to simultaneously communicate with one another by audio transmission as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court.
裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、裁判所及び当事者双方が音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、第四項の審問期日における手続を行うことができる。
A party who does not appear on a hearing date referred to in the preceding paragraph and participates in the proceedings is deemed to have appeared on that hearing date.
前項の審問期日に出頭しないでその手続に関与した当事者は、その審問期日に出頭したものとみなす。
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ancillary dispositionmachine translation
「附帯処分」
Collectively, the matters a court decides on petition in a judgment granting an action to rescind a marriage or for divorce brought by one spouse against the other: designating the custodial parent and other dispositions on the custody of a child, the division of property (財産の分与), designating a parent to exercise parental authority (親権) alone on matters the rescission or divorce makes it necessary to decide, and setting the ratio for splitting pension records under Article 78-2, paragraph (2) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act.
Short name set inArticle 32, paragraph (1)
examination of the facts
「事実の調査」
An inquiry into the facts that the court may make, itself or by having a member of its panel or a family court or summary court make it, when it decides on an ancillary disposition (附帯処分) or designates the person with parental authority (親権者) in a judgment on an action to rescind a marriage or for divorce.
Short name set inArticle 33, paragraph (2)
summary court
簡易裁判所
One of the four kinds of lower court (下級裁判所) beneath the Supreme Court, with the high courts (高等裁判所), the district courts (地方裁判所) and the family courts (家庭裁判所) (Courts Act, Article 1, and Article 2, paragraph (1)). A summary court has jurisdiction at first instance over civil claims whose value does not exceed 1.4 million yen, other than claims in administrative cases, and over criminal cases for offences punishable by no more than a fine or for which a fine is one of the penalties the law allows, among others (Article 33, paragraph (1)). A petition for court mediation goes, unless a special rule says otherwise, to the summary court for the place where the other party lives or has its business office or other office, or to a district court or summary court the parties agree on (Civil Mediation Act, Article 3, paragraph (1)).
Written by AI using Courts Act, Arts. 1, 2, 33 and Civil Mediation Act, Art. 3 as a reference.