# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百五十二条 (Article 152) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152. 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: 第百五十二条 (Article 152)（陳述の聴取） — address `art-152` - 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-152 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百五十二条（陳述の聴取） — (Hearing Statements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、夫婦財産契約による財産の管理者の変更等の審判をする場合には、夫及び妻（申立人を除く。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152/par-1 When making a ruling of the change of an administrator of property, etc. under a prenuptial agreement, the family court must hear statements from the husband and wife (excluding the petitioner). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、子の監護に関する処分の審判（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判を除く。）をする場合には、第六十八条の規定により当事者の陳述を聴くほか、子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152/par-2 When making a ruling of a disposition regarding the custody of a child (excluding a ruling of a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), the family court must hear statements from the child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older), in addition to hearing statements from a party pursuant to the provisions of Article 68. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-152/par-2: 第六十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第六十八条 (Article 68), art-68 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-68 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-68 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-242/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-242/par-3 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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