# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百五十二条の三 (Article 152-3) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3. 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: 第百五十二条の三 (Article 152-3)（審判前の親子交流の試行的実施） — address `art-152-3` - 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-152-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3 - 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. --- ### 第百五十二条の三（審判前の親子交流の試行的実施） — Trial Implementation of Parent-Child Contact Prior to Rulings caption: machine translation, not official art-152-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、子の監護に関する処分の審判事件（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の審判事件を除く。）において、子の心身の状態に照らして相当でないと認める事情がなく、かつ、事実の調査のため必要があると認めるときは、当事者に対し、子との交流の試行的実施を促すことができる。 art-152-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-1 In an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (excluding an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), when the family court finds no circumstances that make this inappropriate in light of the child's physical and mental condition and finds it to be necessary for the examination of facts, it may encourage a party to carry out a trial implementation of contact with the child. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項の試行的実施を促すに当たっては、交流の方法、交流をする日時及び場所並びに家庭裁判所調査官その他の者の立会いその他の関与の有無を定めるとともに、当事者に対して子の心身に有害な影響を及ぼす言動を禁止することその他適当と認める条件を付することができる。 art-152-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-2 In encouraging the trial implementation referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family court may specify the method of contact, the date, time and place of the contact, and whether a family court investigating officer or any other person is to attend or otherwise be involved, and may also impose any other conditions it finds appropriate, such as prohibiting the party from words or acts that have a harmful effect on the child's mind and body. machine translation, not official **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の試行的実施を促したときは、当事者に対してその結果の報告（当該試行的実施をしなかったときは、その理由の説明）を求めることができる。 art-152-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-3 When the family court has encouraged the trial implementation referred to in paragraph (1), it may request a party to report the result (or, if the trial implementation was not carried out, to explain the reason). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-152-3/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の三第一項 (Article 152-3, paragraph (1)), art-152-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-1 - art-152-3/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の三第一項 (Article 152-3, paragraph (1)), art-152-3/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の三第二項（審判前の親子交流の試行的実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の三第三項（審判前の親子交流の試行的実施） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第三項（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-003, translated 2026-11-06 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-003, 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