# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第六章 (Part 1, Chapter 6)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第六章 (Part 1, Chapter 6) — address `pt-1/ch-6`
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## 第六章　手続費用 — Chapter VI Procedural Costs
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6</sup>

## 第一節　手続費用の負担 — Section 1 Burden of Procedural Costs
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-6/sec-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#pt-1/ch-6/sec-1</sup>

### 第二十八条（手続費用の負担） — (Burden of Procedural Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28</sup>

    **第一項**  手続費用（家事審判に関する手続の費用（以下「審判費用」という。）及び家事調停に関する手続の費用（以下「調停費用」という。）をいう。以下同じ。）は、各自の負担とする。
    <sup>art-28/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-1</sup>
    With regard to procedural costs (meaning costs for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as "adjudication costs") and costs for proceedings for mediation of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as "mediation costs"); the same applies hereinafter), each person bears their own costs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to procedural costs (meaning costs for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as "adjudication costs") and costs for proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations (hereinafter referred to as "conciliation costs"); the same applies hereinafter), each person bears their own costs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  裁判所は、事情により、前項の規定によれば当事者及び利害関係参加人（第四十二条第七項に規定する利害関係参加人をいう。第一号において同じ。）がそれぞれ負担すべき手続費用の全部又は一部を、その負担すべき者以外の者であって次に掲げるものに負担させることができる。
    <sup>art-28/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2</sup>
    Depending on the circumstances, the court may impose the whole or part of the procedural costs, which are to be borne by a party and by an interested party intervenor (meaning the interested party intervenor prescribed in Article 42, paragraph (7); the same applies in item (i)) under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on a person other than the party or intervenor who is to bear the costs, as set forth in the following:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  当事者又は利害関係参加人
      <sup>art-28/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-1</sup>
      another party or interested party intervenor;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  前号に掲げる者以外の審判を受ける者となるべき者
      <sup>art-28/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-2</sup>
      a person who is to be subject to adjudication, except for the person set forth in the preceding item; or
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  前号に掲げる者に準ずる者であって、その裁判により直接に利益を受けるもの
      <sup>art-28/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-3</sup>
      a person equivalent to the person set forth in the preceding item, who is to benefit directly from the judicial decision concerned.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  前二項の規定によれば検察官が負担すべき手続費用は、国庫の負担とする。
    <sup>art-28/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-3</sup>
    Any procedural costs to be borne by a public prosecutor under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs are to be borne by the national treasury.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二十九条（手続費用の負担の裁判等） — (Judicial Decision on the Burden of Procedural Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29</sup>

    **第一項**  裁判所は、事件を完結する裁判において、職権で、その審級における審判費用（調停手続を経ている場合にあっては、調停費用を含む。）の全部について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。ただし、事情により、事件の一部又は中間の争いに関する裁判において、その費用についての負担の裁判をすることができる。
    <sup>art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-1</sup>
    When the court makes a judicial decision to conclude a case, it must, by its own authority, make a judicial decision on the burden of all adjudication costs incurred in the instance thereof (if the case has gone through mediation proceedings, including mediation costs); provided, however, that depending on the circumstances, when the court makes a judicial decision on part of a case or on an interlocutory dispute, it may make a judicial decision on the burden of costs thereof.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the court makes a judicial decision to conclude a case, it must, by its own authority, make a judicial decision on the burden of all costs incurred in the instance thereof (if the case has gone through conciliation proceedings, including conciliation costs); provided, however, that depending on the circumstances, when the court makes a judicial decision on part of a case or on an interlocutory dispute, it may make a judicial decision on the burden of costs thereof." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  上級の裁判所が本案の裁判を変更する場合には、手続の総費用（調停手続を経ている場合にあっては、調停費用を含む。）について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。事件の差戻し又は移送を受けた裁判所がその事件を完結する裁判をする場合も、同様とする。
    <sup>art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-2</sup>
    Where an upper instance court modifies a judicial decision on merits, it must make a judicial decision on the burden of the total costs of the proceedings (if the case has gone through mediation proceedings, including mediation costs). The same applies when the court that has accepted a case remanded or transferred thereto makes a judicial decision to conclude the case.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where an upper instance court modifies a judicial decision on merits, it must make a judicial decision on the burden of the total costs of the proceedings (if the case has gone through conciliation proceedings, including conciliation costs). The same applies when the court that has accepted a case remanded or transferred thereto makes a judicial decision to conclude the case." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第三項**  調停が成立した場合において、調停費用（審判手続を経ている場合にあっては、審判費用を含む。）の負担について特別の定めをしなかったときは、その費用は、各自が負担する。
    <sup>art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-3</sup>
    When mediation is successful, and if the burden of mediation costs (if the case has gone through adjudication proceedings, including adjudication costs) is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When conciliation is successful, and if the burden of conciliation costs (if the case has gone through adjudication proceedings, including adjudication costs) is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第四項**  第二百四十四条の規定により調停を行うことができる事件についての訴訟が係属する裁判所が第二百五十七条第二項又は第二百七十四条第一項の規定により事件を調停に付した場合において、調停が成立し、その訴訟についての訴訟費用の負担について特別の定めをしなかったときは、その費用は、各自が負担する。
    <sup>art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-4</sup>
    When a litigation case is pending before a court with regard to a case for which mediation may be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and the court has referred the case to mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and if mediation is successful and the burden of court costs incurred for the litigation case is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a litigation case is pending before a court with regard to a case for which conciliation may be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and the court has referred the case to conciliation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and if conciliation is successful and the burden of court costs incurred for the litigation case is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

### 第三十条（手続費用の立替え） — (Temporary Payment of Procedural Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-30 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-30</sup>

    **第一項**  事実の調査、証拠調べ、呼出し、告知その他の家事事件の手続に必要な行為に要する費用は、国庫において立て替えることができる。
    <sup>art-30/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-30/par-1</sup>
    The costs required for the investigation of facts, examination of evidence, issuance of a summons, giving of notice or any other proceedings of domestic relations cases may be temporarily paid by the national treasury on behalf of a person who is obliged to pay them.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第三十一条（手続費用に関する民事訴訟法の準用等） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of the Code of Civil Procedure Concerning Procedural Costs)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-31 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-31</sup>

    **第一項**  民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条までの規定（同法第七十一条第八項（同法第七十二条後段及び第七十四条第二項において準用する場合を含む。）の規定を除く。）は、手続費用の負担について準用する。この場合において、同法第七十二条中「当事者が裁判所において和解をした場合」とあるのは「調停が成立した場合」と、「和解の費用又は訴訟費用」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第二十九条第三項の調停費用又は同条第四項の訴訟費用」と、同法第七十三条第一項中「裁判及び和解」とあるのは「裁判及び調停の成立」と、「補助参加の申出の取下げ又は補助参加についての異議の取下げ」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第四十一条第一項若しくは第四十二条第一項の規定による参加の申出の取下げ又は同条第二項の規定による参加の許可の申立ての取下げ」と、同条第二項中「第六十一条から第六十六条まで及び」とあるのは「家事事件手続法第三十一条第一項において準用する」と、「第八項まで」とあるのは「第七項まで」と、「訴訟が」とあるのは「家事事件が」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-31/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Articles 69 through 74 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 71, paragraph (8) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 and Article 74, paragraph (2) of the Code)) apply mutatis mutandis to the burden of procedural costs. In this case: in Article 72 of the Code, the phrase "If the parties reach a court settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "If mediation is successful", and the phrase "settlement costs or court costs" is deemed to be replaced with "mediation costs under Article 29, paragraph (3) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act or court costs under paragraph (4) of that Article"; in Article 73, paragraph (1) of the Code, the phrase "judicial decision or settlement" is deemed to be replaced with "judicial decision or successful mediation", and the phrase "an application for supporting intervention is withdrawn or if an objection to supporting intervention is withdrawn" is deemed to be replaced with "an application for intervention under the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) or Article 42, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act is withdrawn or a petition for permission for intervention under paragraph (2) of that Article is withdrawn"; and in Article 73, paragraph (2) of the Code, the phrase "Articles 61 through 66 and Article 71, paragraph (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "Article 71, paragraph (8) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 31, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act", the phrase "paragraphs (5) through (8)" is deemed to be replaced with "paragraphs (5) through (7)", and the phrase "the litigation" is deemed to be replaced with "the domestic relations case".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項において準用する民事訴訟法第六十九条第三項の規定による即時抗告並びに同法第七十一条第五項（前項において準用する同法第七十二条後段において準用する場合を含む。）、第七十三条第二項及び第七十四条第二項の異議の申立てについての裁判に対する即時抗告は、執行停止の効力を有する。
    <sup>art-31/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-31/par-2</sup>
    An immediate appeal under the provisions of Article 69, paragraph (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph and an immediate appeal against a judicial decision on an objection under Article 71, paragraph (5) of the Code (including the cases applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the second sentence of Article 72 of the Code as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph) and Article 73, paragraph (2) and Article 74, paragraph (2) of the Code have the effect of a stay of execution.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

## 第二節　手続上の救助 — Section 2 Procedural Aid
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-1/ch-6/sec-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#pt-1/ch-6/sec-2</sup>

### 第三十二条
<sup>art-32 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-32</sup>

    **第一項**  家事事件の手続の準備及び追行に必要な費用を支払う資力がない者又はその支払により生活に著しい支障を生ずる者に対しては、裁判所は、申立てにより、手続上の救助の裁判をすることができる。ただし、救助を求める者が不当な目的で家事審判又は家事調停の申立てその他の手続行為をしていることが明らかなときは、この限りでない。
    <sup>art-32/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-32/par-1</sup>
    For a person who lacks the financial resources to pay the costs necessary to prepare for and undertake a domestic relations case or for a person who will suffer substantial detriment to their standard of living by paying the costs, the court may, upon petition, make a judicial decision to grant judicial aid to the person; provided, however, that this does not apply where it is clear that a person who seeks aid files a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or mediation of domestic relations or performs any other procedural acts for unjust purposes.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "For a person who lacks the financial resources to pay the costs necessary to prepare for and undertake a domestic relations case or for a person who will suffer substantial detriment to their standard of living by paying the costs, the court may, upon petition, make a judicial decision to grant judicial aid to the person; provided, however, that this does not apply where it is clear that a person who seeks aid files a petition for adjudication of domestic relations or conciliation of domestic relations or performs any other procedural acts for unjust purposes." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  民事訴訟法第八十二条第二項及び第八十三条から第八十六条まで（同法第八十三条第一項第三号を除く。）の規定は、手続上の救助について準用する。この場合において、同法第八十四条中「第八十二条第一項本文」とあるのは、「家事事件手続法第三十二条第一項本文」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-32/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-32/par-2</sup>
    The provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2), and Articles 83 through 86 of the Code of Civil Procedure (excluding Article 83, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis to procedural aid. In this case, the phrase "main clause of Article 82, paragraph (1)" in Article 84 of the Code is deemed to be replaced with "main clause of Article 32, paragraph (1) of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-28/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-1
- art-28/par-2: 第四十二条第七項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十二条第七項 (Article 42, paragraph (7)), art-42/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39#art-42/par-7
- art-28/par-2: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第二項第一号 (Article 28, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-28/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-1
- art-28/par-2/item-2: 前号 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第二項第一号 (Article 28, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-28/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-1
- art-28/par-2/item-3: 前号 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第二項第二号 (Article 28, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-28/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2/item-2
- art-28/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第一項 (Article 28, paragraph (1)), art-28/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-1
- art-28/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十八条第二項 (Article 28, paragraph (2)), art-28/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-28/par-2
- art-29/par-4: 第二百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-244#art-244
- art-29/par-4: 第二百五十七条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十七条第二項 (Article 257, paragraph (2)), art-257/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-254-2#art-257/par-2
- art-29/par-4: 第二百七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第一項 (Article 274, paragraph (1)), art-274/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-3/ch-1/from-art-269#art-274/par-1
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十九条 (Article 69), art-69 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第七十条 (Article 70), art-70 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-70 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-70
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条 (Article 71), art-71 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第七十二条 (Article 72), art-72 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-72
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-73
- art-31/par-1: 民事訴訟法第六十九条から第七十四条まで → 民事訴訟法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-74
- art-31/par-1: 同法第七十一条第八項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条第八項 (Article 71, paragraph (8)), art-71/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71/par-8
- art-31/par-1: 第七十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-74/par-2
- art-31/par-1: 家事事件手続法第二十九条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十九条第三項 (Article 29, paragraph (3)), art-29/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-3
- art-31/par-1: 同条第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第二十九条第四項 (Article 29, paragraph (4)), art-29/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-29/par-4
- art-31/par-1: 同法第七十三条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十三条第一項 (Article 73, paragraph (1)), art-73/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-73/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-73/par-1
- art-31/par-1: 家事事件手続法第四十一条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十一条第一項 (Article 41, paragraph (1)), art-41/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39#art-41/par-1
- art-31/par-1: 第四十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十二条第一項 (Article 42, paragraph (1)), art-42/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39#art-42/par-1
- art-31/par-1: 同条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十二条第二項 (Article 42, paragraph (2)), art-42/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-39#art-42/par-2
- art-31/par-1: 同条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十三条第二項 (Article 73, paragraph (2)), art-73/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-73/par-2
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-61
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-62
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十三条 (Article 63), art-63 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-63 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-63
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-64
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-65
- art-31/par-1: 第六十一条から第六十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第六十六条 (Article 66), art-66 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-66 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-66
- art-31/par-1: 家事事件手続法第三十一条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十一条第一項 (Article 31, paragraph (1)), art-31/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-31/par-1
- art-31/par-2: 民事訴訟法第六十九条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第六十九条第三項 (Article 69, paragraph (3)), art-69/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-69/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-69/par-3
- art-31/par-2: 同法第七十一条第五項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十一条第五項 (Article 71, paragraph (5)), art-71/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-71/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-71/par-5
- art-31/par-2: 同法第七十二条 → 民事訴訟法 第七十二条 (Article 72), art-72 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-72 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-72
- art-31/par-2: 第七十三条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十三条第二項 (Article 73, paragraph (2)), art-73/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-73/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-73/par-2
- art-31/par-2: 第七十四条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第七十四条第二項 (Article 74, paragraph (2)), art-74/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-74/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-74/par-2
- art-32/par-2: 民事訴訟法第八十二条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-82/par-2
- art-32/par-2: 第八十三条から第八十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第八十三条 (Article 83), art-83 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-83
- art-32/par-2: 第八十三条から第八十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第八十四条 (Article 84), art-84 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-84 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-84
- art-32/par-2: 第八十三条から第八十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第八十五条 (Article 85), art-85 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-85 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-85
- art-32/par-2: 第八十三条から第八十六条まで → 民事訴訟法 第八十六条 (Article 86), art-86 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-86 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-86
- art-32/par-2: 同法第八十三条第一項第三号 → 民事訴訟法 第八十三条第一項第三号 (Article 83, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-83/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-83/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-83/par-1/item-3
- art-32/par-2: 第八十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第八十二条第一項 (Article 82, paragraph (1)), art-82/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-82/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-82/par-1
- art-32/par-2: 家事事件手続法第三十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十二条第一項 (Article 32, paragraph (1)), art-32/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20281223_508AC0000000045/text/pt-1/ch-6#art-32/par-1

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