# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十二条 (Article 12) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12. 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: 第十二条 (Article 12)（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — address `art-12` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第十二条（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — (Judicial Decision of Disqualification or Challenge, and Stay of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12 **第一項** 合議体の構成員である裁判官及び家庭裁判所の一人の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判官の所属する裁判所が、受託裁判官として職務を行う簡易裁判所の裁判官の除斥又は忌避についてはその裁判所の所在地を管轄する地方裁判所が、裁判をする。 art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-1 A judicial decision of disqualification or a challenge to a judge who is a member of a panel or a single judge of a family court is to be made by the court to which the judge belongs, and a judicial decision on the disqualification or a challenge to a judge of a summary court who is to serve as a commissioned judge are to be made by the district court which has jurisdiction over the venue of that summary court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所及び地方裁判所における前項の裁判は、合議体でする。 art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-2 The judicial decision in a family court and a district court as set forth in the preceding paragraph is to be made by a panel. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判官は、その除斥又は忌避についての裁判に関与することができない。 art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-3 A judge may not participate in the judicial proceeding on the disqualification or a challenge to themselves. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 除斥又は忌避の申立てがあったときは、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまで家事事件の手続を停止しなければならない。ただし、急速を要する行為については、この限りでない。 art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-4 When a motion for disqualification or challenge is filed, the proceedings of the domestic relations case must be stayed until the judicial decision on the motion becomes final and binding; provided, however, that this does not apply to any urgent action. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a motion for disqualification or challenge is filed, the proceedings of the domestic relations case must be stayed until the case becomes final and binding; provided, however, that this does not apply to any urgent action." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第五項** 次に掲げる事由があるとして忌避の申立てを却下する裁判をするときは、第三項の規定は、適用しない。 art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5 The provisions of paragraph (3) do not apply when dismissing a motion for a challenge on any of the following grounds: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraph (3) does not apply when dismissing a motion for a challenge on any of the following grounds:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 家事事件の手続を遅滞させる目的のみでされたことが明らかなとき。 art-12/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5/item-1 when it is clear that the motion for recusal is filed merely for the purpose of delaying the proceedings of the domestic relations case; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 前条第二項の規定に違反するとき。 art-12/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5/item-2 when the motion is in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article; or Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 最高裁判所規則で定める手続に違反するとき。 art-12/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5/item-3 when the motion is in violation of a procedure specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の裁判は、第一項及び第二項の規定にかかわらず、忌避された受命裁判官等（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をいう。次条第三項ただし書において同じ。）がすることができる。 art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-6 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), the judicial decision set forth in the preceding paragraph may be made by an authorized judge, etc. (meaning an authorized judge, a commissioned judge, a judge who composes a mediation committee, or a judge of a family court handling a domestic relations case; the same applies in the proviso to paragraph (3) of the following Article) who has been challenged. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2), the judicial decision set forth in the preceding paragraph may be made by an authorized judge, etc. (meaning an authorized judge, a commissioned judge, a judge who composes a conciliation committee, or a judge of a family court handling a domestic relations case; the same applies in the proviso to paragraph (3) of the following Article) who has been challenged." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第七項** 第五項の裁判をした場合には、第四項本文の規定にかかわらず、家事事件の手続は停止しない。 art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-7 When the judicial decision set forth in paragraph (5) is made, the proceedings of the domestic relations case will not be stayed, notwithstanding the provisions of main clause of paragraph (4). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 除斥又は忌避を理由があるとする裁判に対しては、不服を申し立てることができない。 art-12/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-8 No appeal may be entered against a judicial decision which finds that the disqualification or challenge is well-grounded. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第九項** 除斥又は忌避の申立てを却下する裁判に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-12/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-9 An immediate appeal may be filed against a judicial decision to dismiss a motion for a disqualification or challenge. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-12/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-5: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第三項 (Article 12, paragraph (3)), art-12/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-3 - art-12/par-5/item-2: 前条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-11/par-2 - art-12/par-6: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第五項 (Article 12, paragraph (5)), art-12/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5 - art-12/par-6: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第一項 (Article 12, paragraph (1)), art-12/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-1 - art-12/par-6: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-2 - art-12/par-6: 次条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第十三条第三項 (Article 13, paragraph (3)), art-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-13/par-3 - art-12/par-7: 第五項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第五項 (Article 12, paragraph (5)), art-12/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5 - art-12/par-7: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第四項 (Article 12, paragraph (4)), art-12/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-4 ## Cited by 11 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第十二条第二項（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第十二条第五項（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第十二条第六項（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-6 - 家事事件手続法 第十二条第七項（除斥又は忌避の裁判及び手続の停止） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-7 - 家事事件手続法 第十三条第一項（裁判所書記官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-13/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第十三条第二項（裁判所書記官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-13/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第十四条第一項（参与員の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-14/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-14/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第十四条第二項（参与員の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-14/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-14/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第十五条第一項（家事調停官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第十五条第二項（家事調停官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第十六条第一項（家庭裁判所調査官及び家事調停委員の除斥） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16/par-1 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 12, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 12, paragraph (5) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 12, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05