# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十五条 (Article 15)

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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: 第十五条 (Article 15)（家事調停官の除斥及び忌避） — address `art-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第十五条（家事調停官の除斥及び忌避） — (Disqualification of and Challenge to Domestic Relations Mediator)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Disqualification of and Challenge to Domestic Relations Conciliator)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
<sup>art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15</sup>

  **第一項**  家事調停官の除斥及び忌避については、第十条、第十一条並びに第十二条第二項から第四項まで、第八項及び第九項の規定を準用する。
  <sup>art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-1</sup>
  With regard to disqualification of and a challenge to a domestic relations mediator, the provisions of Article 10, Article 11, and Article 12, paragraphs (2) through (4), (8) and (9) apply mutatis mutandis.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to disqualification of and a challenge to a domestic relations conciliator, the provisions of Article 10, Article 11, and Article 12, paragraphs (2) through (4), (8) and (9) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

  **第二項**  第十二条第五項各号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があったときは、前項において準用する同条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。
  <sup>art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-2</sup>
  When a motion for a challenge is denied on any of the grounds set forth in the items of Article 12, paragraph (5), the proceedings of the domestic relations case will not be stayed, notwithstanding the provisions of the main clause of paragraph (4) of the Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

  **第三項**  家事調停官の除斥又は忌避についての裁判は、家事調停官の所属する家庭裁判所がする。ただし、前項の裁判は、忌避された家事調停官がすることができる。
  <sup>art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-3</sup>
  A judicial decision on the disqualification of or a challenge to a domestic relations mediator is to be made by the family court to which the domestic relations mediator belongs; provided, however, that the judicial decision set forth in the preceding paragraph may be made by a domestic relations mediator who has been challenged.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A judicial decision on the disqualification of or a challenge to a domestic relations conciliator is to be made by the family court to which the domestic relations conciliator belongs; provided, however, that the judicial decision set forth in the preceding paragraph may be made by a domestic relations conciliator who has been challenged." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-15/par-1: 第十条 → 家事事件手続法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-10
- art-15/par-1: 第十一条 → 家事事件手続法 第十一条 (Article 11), art-11 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-11
- art-15/par-1: 第十二条第二項から第四項まで → 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-15/par-1: 第十二条第二項から第四項まで → 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-15/par-1: 第十二条第二項から第四項まで → 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
- art-15/par-1: 第八項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第八項 (Article 12, paragraph (8)), 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
- art-15/par-1: 第九項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第九項 (Article 12, paragraph (9)), 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
- art-15/par-2: 第十二条第五項 → 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-15/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第十五条第一項 (Article 15, paragraph (1)), art-15/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-1
- art-15/par-2: 同条第四項 → 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
- art-15/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第十五条第二項 (Article 15, paragraph (2)), art-15/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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 第十五条第三項（家事調停官の除斥及び忌避） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-15/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-15/par-3

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## 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 15 — 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 15, paragraph (1) — 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 15, paragraph (3) — 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