# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — as amended, not yet in force

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- 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 · Act
- English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-06-23 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 23 June 2027 — the amending law allows up to one year from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-06-12 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270623_508AC0000000045)
- URL (this text's page): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text
- The text in force: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act

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## 本則 (the main text)

- 第一編　総則 — Part I General Provisions
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第一章　通則 — Chapter I General Rules · art-1 to art-3 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第一章の二　日本の裁判所の管轄権 — Chapter I-2 Jurisdiction of the Japanese Courts · art-3-2 to art-3-15 · 53 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第三条の二から第三条の十まで — Articles 3-2 to 3-10 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-2
    - 第三条の十一から第三条の十五まで — Articles 3-11 to 3-15 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-1-2/from-art-3-11
  - 第二章　管轄 — Chapter II Jurisdiction · art-4 to art-9 · 21 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-2
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第三章　裁判所職員の除斥及び忌避 — Chapter III Disqualification and Challenge to Court Officials · art-10 to art-16 · 42 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-3
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第四章　当事者能力及び手続行為能力 — Chapter IV Capacity to Be a Party and Capacity to Participate in Proceedings · art-17 to art-21 · 20 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-4
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第五章　手続代理人及び補佐人 — Chapter V Counsel and Assistants in Court · art-22 to art-27 · 24 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-5 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-5
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第六章　手続費用 — Chapter VI Procedural Costs · art-28 to art-32 · 23 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第七章　家事事件の審理等 — Chapter VII Proceedings of Domestic Relations Cases · art-33 to art-37 · 19 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第八章　電子情報処理組織による申立て等 — Chapter VIII Petition by Means of Electronic Data Processing System · art-38 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-8 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-8
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第九章　当事者に対する住所、氏名等の秘匿 — Chapter IX Concealment of Addresses, Names, etc. from Parties · art-38-2 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-9 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-9
    <sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
- 第二編　家事審判に関する手続 — Part II Proceedings for Adjudication of Domestic Relations
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions · art-39 to art-116 · 331 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第三十九条から第四十八条まで — Articles 39 to 48 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39
    - 第四十九条から第六十三条まで — Articles 49 to 63 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49
    - 第六十四条から第七十七条まで — Articles 64 to 77 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-64
    - 第七十八条から第九十一条まで — Articles 78 to 91 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-78
    - 第九十二条から第百二条まで — Articles 92 to 102 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-92
    - 第百三条から第百十六条まで — Articles 103 to 116 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-103
  - 第二章　家事審判事件 — Chapter II Cases for Adjudication of Domestic Relations
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Chapter II Cases for Adjudication for Domestic Relations" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
    - 第一節　成年後見に関する審判事件 — Section 1 Adjudication Cases Regarding Guardianship of Adults · art-117 to art-127 · 89 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-117
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
      - 第百十七条から第百二十二条まで — Articles 117 to 122 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-117
      - 第百二十三条から第百二十七条まで — Articles 123 to 127 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123
    - 第二節　保佐に関する審判事件 — Section 2 Adjudication Cases Regarding Curatorship · art-128 to art-135 · 62 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-2
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第三節　補助に関する審判事件 — Section 3 Adjudication Cases Regarding Assistance · art-136 to art-144 · 62 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-3
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第四節　不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件 — Section 4 Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding Administration of Property of Absentee · art-145 to art-147 · 15 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第五節　失踪の宣告に関する審判事件 — Section 5 Adjudication Cases Regarding Declaration of Presumed Death · art-148 to art-149 · 22 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-5 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-5
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第六節　婚姻等に関する審判事件 — Section 6 Adjudication Cases Regarding Marriage · art-150 to art-158 · 60 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第七節　親子に関する審判事件 — Section 7 Adjudication Cases Regarding Parents and Children · art-159 to art-166 · 113 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
      - 第百五十九条から第百六十四条まで — Articles 159 to 164 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-159
      - 第百六十四条の二から第百六十六条まで — Articles 164-2 to 166 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-7/from-art-164-2
    - 第八節　親権に関する審判事件 — Section 8 Adjudication Cases Regarding Parental Authority · art-167 to art-175 · 61 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第九節　未成年後見に関する審判事件 — Section 9 Adjudication Cases Regarding Guardianship of Minors · art-176 to art-181 · 32 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-9 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-9
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十節　扶養に関する審判事件 — Section 10 Adjudication Cases Regarding Support · art-182 to art-187 · 28 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-10 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-10
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十一節　推定相続人の廃除に関する審判事件 — Section 11 Adjudication Cases Regarding Disinheritance of Presumptive Heirs · art-188 to art-189 · 13 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-11
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十二節　相続の場合における祭具等の所有権の承継者の指定の審判事件 — Section 12 Adjudication Cases for Designation of Successor to Ownership of Equipment for Rituals upon Inheritance · art-190 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-12 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-12
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十二節の二　相続財産の保存に関する処分の審判事件 — Section 12-2 Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding the Preservation of an Estate · art-190-2 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-12-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-12-2
      <sup>heading: machine translation, not official</sup>
    - 第十三節　遺産の分割に関する審判事件 — Section 13 Adjudication Cases Regarding the Division of Estates · art-191 to art-200 · 42 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十四節　相続の承認及び放棄に関する審判事件 — Section 14 Adjudication Cases Regarding Acceptance and Renunciation of Inheritance · art-201 · 16 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十五節　財産分離に関する審判事件 — Section 15 Adjudication Cases Regarding the Separation of Patrimony · art-202 · 11 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Section 15 Adjudication Cases Regarding Division of Property" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
    - 第十六節　相続人の不存在に関する審判事件 — Section 16 Adjudication Cases Regarding Nonexistence of an Heir · art-203 to art-208 · 20 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十七節　遺言に関する審判事件 — Section 17 Adjudication Cases Regarding Wills · art-209 to art-215 · 32 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-17 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-17
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十八節　遺留分に関する審判事件 — Section 18 Adjudication Cases Regarding Heir's Legally Reserved Share · art-216 · 6 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十八節の二　特別の寄与に関する審判事件 — Section 18-2 Adjudication Cases Regarding Special Contribution · art-216-2 to art-216-5 · 11 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第十九節　任意後見契約法に規定する審判事件 — Section 19 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act · art-217 to art-225 · 38 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十節　戸籍法に規定する審判事件 — Section 20 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Family Register Act · art-226 to art-231 · 26 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-20
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十一節　性同一性障害者の性別の取扱いの特例に関する法律に規定する審判事件 — Section 21 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Act on Special Cases in Handling Gender Status for Persons with Gender Identity Disorder · art-232 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-21 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-21
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十二節　厚生年金保険法に規定する審判事件 — Section 22 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Employees' Pension Insurance Act · art-233 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-22 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-22
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十三節　児童福祉法に規定する審判事件 — Section 23 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Child Welfare Act · art-234 to art-239 · 24 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-23 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-23
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十四節　生活保護法等に規定する審判事件 — Section 24 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Public Assistance Act, etc. · art-240 · 11 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-24 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-24
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Section 24 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Public Assistance Act" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
    - 第二十五節　心神喪失等の状態で重大な他害行為を行った者の医療及び観察等に関する法律に規定する審判事件 — Section 25 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under the Condition of Insanity · art-241 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-25 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-25
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十六節　破産法に規定する審判事件 — Section 26 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Bankruptcy Act · art-242 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二十七節　中小企業における経営の承継の円滑化に関する法律に規定する審判事件 — Section 27 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Act on Facilitation of Succession of Management of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises · art-243 · 9 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-27 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-27
      <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第三編　家事調停に関する手続 — Part III Proceedings for Mediation of Domestic Relations
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Part III Proceedings for Conciliation of Domestic Relations" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
  - 第一章　総則 — Chapter I General Provisions · art-244 to art-276 · 158 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-244
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
    - 第二百四十四条から第二百五十四条まで — Articles 244 to 254 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-244
    - 第二百五十五条から第二百六十六条まで — Articles 255 to 266 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-255
    - 第二百六十七条から第二百七十六条まで — Articles 267 to 276 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-267
  - 第二章　合意に相当する審判 — Chapter II Rulings Equivalent to Agreement · art-277 to art-283-3 · 33 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-2 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-2
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
  - 第三章　調停に代わる審判 — Chapter III Rulings in Lieu of Mediation · art-284 to art-287 · 22 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-3 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-3
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Chapter III Rulings in Lieu of Conciliation" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
  - 第四章　不服申立て等 — Chapter IV Appeals · art-288 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-4
    <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第四編　履行の確保 — Part IV Assurance of Performance · art-289 to art-290 · 15 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-4 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-4
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
- 第五編　罰則 — Part V Penal Provisions · art-291 to art-293 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-5 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-5
  <sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## 附則・別表・様式 (supplementary provisions, appended tables and forms)

This text's page draws only the 附則 and 別表 the amendment changes; each one's twin below is the whole of it.

- 附　則 · 16 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4231-52
- 附　則 平成二四年八月二二日法律第六三号 · 6 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4241-63
- 附　則 平成二五年六月一九日法律第四七号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4251-47
- 附　則 平成二六年五月三〇日法律第四二号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4261-42
- 附　則 平成二八年四月一三日法律第二七号 · 2 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4281-27
- 附　則 平成二八年六月三日法律第六三号 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4281-63
- 附　則 平成二九年六月二一日法律第六九号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4291-69
- 附　則 平成三〇年四月二五日法律第二〇号 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4301-20
- 附　則 平成三〇年七月一三日法律第七二号 · 13 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-4301-72
- 附　則 令和元年五月三一日法律第一七号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5011-17
- 附　則 令和元年六月五日法律第二一号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5011-21
- 附　則 令和元年六月一四日法律第三四号 · 4 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5011-34
- 附　則 令和三年四月二八日法律第二四号 · 10 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5031-24
- 附　則 令和四年五月二五日法律第四八号 · 13 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5041-48
- 附　則 令和四年六月一五日法律第六六号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5041-66
- 附　則 令和四年六月一七日法律第六八号 · 3 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5041-68
- 附　則 令和四年一二月一六日法律第一〇二号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5041-102
- 附　則 令和五年五月一七日法律第二八号 · 8 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5051-28
- 附　則 令和五年六月九日法律第四八号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5051-48
- 附　則 令和五年六月一四日法律第五三号 · 5 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5051-53
- 附　則 令和六年五月二四日法律第三三号 · 10 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5061-33
- 附　則 令和八年六月二四日法律第四五号 · 7 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/suppl-5081-45
- 別表第一 （第三条の二―第三条の十一、第三十九条、第百十六条―第百十八条、第百二十八条、第百二十九条、第百三十六条、第百三十七条、第百四十八条、第百五十条、第百六十条、第百六十八条、第百七十六条、第百七十七条、第百八十二条、第二百一条―第二百三条、第二百九条、第二百十六条、第二百十七条、第二百二十五条―第二百二十七条、第二百三十二条、第二百三十四条、第二百四十条―第二百四十四条関係） · 1 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1 · page: https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-1
- 別表第二 （第三条の八、第三条の十―第三条の十二、第二十条、第二十五条、第三十九条、第四十条、第六十六条―第七十一条、第八十二条、第八十九条、第九十条、第九十二条、第百五十条、第百六十三条、第百六十八条、第百八十二条、第百九十条、第百九十一条、第百九十七条、第二百三十三条、第二百四十条、第二百四十五条、第二百五十二条、第二百五十八条、第二百六十八条、第二百七十二条、第二百八十六条、第二百八十七条、附則第五条関係） · 1 provisions — Markdown: https://japanlaw.org/md/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/appdx-2

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