# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第七章 (Part 1, Chapter 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七章 (Part 1, Chapter 7) — address `pt-1/ch-7` - 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. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第七章　家事事件の審理等 — Chapter VII Proceedings of Domestic Relations Cases heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-1/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7 ### 第三十三条（手続の非公開） — (Closed Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-33 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-33 **第一項** 家事事件の手続は、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。 art-33/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-33/par-1 The proceedings of domestic relations cases are not to be open to the public; provided, however, that the court may permit observation by a person whom it considers to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十四条（期日及び期間） — (Date and Period) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-34 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34 **第一項** 家事事件の手続の期日の指定及び変更は、職権で、裁判長が行う。 art-34/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34/par-1 The designation of a date for proceedings of a domestic relations case and a change thereof are made ex officio by the presiding judge. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家事事件の手続の期日は、やむを得ない場合に限り、日曜日その他の一般の休日に指定することができる。 art-34/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34/par-2 A date for proceedings of a domestic relations case, only if unavoidable, may be designated on a Sunday or any other general holiday. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家事事件の手続の期日の変更は、顕著な事由がある場合に限り、することができる。 art-34/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34/par-3 A change of a date for proceedings of a domestic relations case may be made only if there are obvious reasons therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 期日の呼出しは、呼出状の送達、当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知その他相当と認める方法によってする。 art-34/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34/par-4 A summons to appear on a date is effected by service of a summons, notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case, or any other method found to be appropriate. machine translation, not official **第五項** 民事訴訟法第九十四条第三項及び第九十五条から第九十七条までの規定は、家事事件の手続の期日及び期間について準用する。この場合において、同法第九十四条第三項中「第一項各号に規定する方法」とあるのは、「呼出状の送達及び当該事件について出頭した者に対する期日の告知」と読み替えるものとする。 art-34/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-34/par-5 The provisions of Article 94, paragraph (3) and Articles 95 through 97 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to dates and periods for proceedings of a domestic relations case. In this case, the phrase "the means prescribed in the items of paragraph (1)" in Article 94, paragraph (3) of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "service of a summons and notice of the date to a person who has appeared with regard to the case". machine translation, not official ### 第三十五条（手続の併合等） — (Consolidation of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-35 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-35 **第一項** 裁判所は、家事事件の手続を併合し、又は分離することができる。 art-35/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-35/par-1 The court may consolidate or bifurcate the proceedings of domestic relations cases. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 裁判所は、前項の規定による裁判を取り消すことができる。 art-35/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-35/par-2 The court may revoke a judicial decision made under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判所は、当事者を異にする家事事件について手続の併合を命じた場合において、その前に尋問をした証人について、尋問の機会がなかった当事者が尋問の申出をしたときは、その尋問をしなければならない。 art-35/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-35/par-3 When the court has ordered the consolidation of proceedings of Domestic Relations Cases involving different parties, and if a party requests the examination of a witness who had already been examined before the consolidation but whom that party had no chance to examine, the court must have the witness examined. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第三十六条（送達及び手続の中止） — (Service and Suspension of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-36 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-36 **第一項** 送達及び家事事件の手続の中止については、民事訴訟法第一編第五章第四節（第百条第二項、第三款及び第百十一条を除く。）及び第百三十条から第百三十二条まで（同条第一項を除く。）の規定を準用する。この場合において、同法第百十二条第一項本文中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた」と、同項ただし書中「前条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「当該掲示を始めた」と、同法第百十三条中「書類又は電磁的記録」とあるのは「書類」と、「その訴訟の目的である請求又は防御の方法」とあるのは「裁判又は調停を求める事項」と、「記載又は記録」とあるのは「記載」と、「第百十一条の規定による措置を開始した」とあるのは「裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨の裁判所の掲示場への掲示を始めた」と読み替えるものとする。 art-36/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-36/par-1 The provisions of Part I, Chapter 5, Section 4 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 100, paragraph (2), Subsection 3 and Article 111) and Articles 130 through 132 of the Code (excluding Article 132, paragraph (1) of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis to service and the suspension of proceedings of domestic relations cases. In this case: in the main clause of Article 112, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service"; in the proviso to that paragraph, the phrase "the measures under the provisions of the preceding Article were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the posting was commenced"; and in Article 113 of the Code, the phrase "document or electronic or magnetic record" is deemed to be replaced with "document", the phrase "the claim that is the subject matter of litigation or concerning the means of defense" is deemed to be replaced with "the matter for which a judicial decision or mediation is sought", the phrase "statement or record" is deemed to be replaced with "statement", and the phrase "the measures under the provisions of Article 111 were commenced" is deemed to be replaced with "the court clerk commenced the posting, on the court's bulletin board, of a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service". machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項において準用する民事訴訟法第百十条第一項の規定による公示送達は、裁判所書記官が送達すべき書類を保管し、いつでも送達を受けるべき者に交付すべき旨を裁判所の掲示場に掲示してする。 art-36/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-36/par-2 Service through publication under Article 110, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph is effected by the court clerk posting, on the court's bulletin board, a notice to the effect that the court clerk keeps the document to be served and is to deliver it at any time to the person who is to receive the service. machine translation, not official ### 第三十七条（裁判所書記官の処分に対する異議） — (Objection to Disposition by Court Clerks) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-37 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-37 **第一項** 裁判所書記官の処分に対する異議の申立てについては、その裁判所書記官の所属する裁判所が裁判をする。 art-37/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-37/par-1 With regard to an objection to a disposition by a court clerk, the court to which the court clerk belongs is to make a judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-37/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-37/par-2 An immediate appeal may be filed against the judicial decision set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-34/par-5: 民事訴訟法第九十四条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第三項 (Article 94, paragraph (3)), art-94/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-3 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十五条 (Article 95), art-95 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-95 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-95 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十六条 (Article 96), art-96 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-96 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-96 - art-34/par-5: 第九十五条から第九十七条まで → 民事訴訟法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-97 - art-34/par-5: 第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-94/par-1 - art-35/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十五条第一項 (Article 35, paragraph (1)), art-35/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-35/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 第百条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第百条第二項 (Article 100, paragraph (2)), art-100/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-100/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-100/par-2 - art-36/par-1: 第百十一条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十一条 (Article 111), art-111 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-111 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-111 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十条 (Article 130), art-130 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-130 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-130 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十一条 (Article 131), art-131 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-131 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-131 - art-36/par-1: 第百三十条から第百三十二条まで → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条 (Article 132), art-132 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132 - art-36/par-1: 同条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十二条第一項 (Article 132, paragraph (1)), art-132/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-132/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-132/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 同法第百十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十二条第一項 (Article 112, paragraph (1)), art-112/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-112/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-112/par-1 - art-36/par-1: 同法第百十三条 → 民事訴訟法 第百十三条 (Article 113), art-113 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-113 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-113 - art-36/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十六条第一項 (Article 36, paragraph (1)), art-36/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-36/par-1 - art-36/par-2: 民事訴訟法第百十条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第百十条第一項 (Article 110, paragraph (1)), art-110/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-110/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-110/par-1 - art-37/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十七条第一項 (Article 37, paragraph (1)), art-37/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-7#art-37/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十五号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20270623_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-001, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05