# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百四十五条 (Article 245) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245. 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: 第二百四十五条 (Article 245)（管轄等） — address `art-245` - 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-245 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十五条（管轄等） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245 **第一項** 家事調停事件は、相手方の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所又は当事者が合意で定める家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-1 A case for a mediation of domestic relations is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a respondent or a family court determined by agreement between the parties. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A case for a conciliation of domestic relations is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a respondent or a family court determined by agreement between the parties." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 民事訴訟法第十一条第二項及び第三項の規定は、前項の合意について準用する。 art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-2 The provisions of Article 11, paragraphs (2) and (3) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the agreement set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百九十一条第二項及び第百九十二条の規定は、遺産の分割の調停事件（別表第二の十二の項の事項についての調停事件をいう。）及び寄与分を定める処分の調停事件（同表の十四の項の事項についての調停事件をいう。）について準用する。この場合において、第百九十一条第二項中「前項」とあるのは、「第二百四十五条第一項」と読み替えるものとする。 art-245/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-3 The provisions of Article 191, paragraph (2) and Article 192 apply mutatis mutandis to a mediation case for the division of an estate (meaning a mediation case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (12)) and a mediation case for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution (meaning a mediation case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (14)). In this case, the term "preceding paragraph" in Article 191, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 245, paragraph (1)". Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 191, paragraph (2) and Article 192 apply mutatis mutandis to a conciliation case for the division of an estate (meaning a conciliation case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (12)) and a conciliation case for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (14)). In this case, the term "preceding paragraph" in Article 191, paragraph (2) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 245, paragraph (1) "." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-245/par-2: 民事訴訟法第十一条第二項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第二項 (Article 11, paragraph (2)), art-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-2 - art-245/par-2: 第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第十一条第三項 (Article 11, paragraph (3)), art-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-11/par-3 - art-245/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十五条第一項 (Article 245, paragraph (1)), art-245/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-1 - art-245/par-3: 第百九十一条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十一条第二項 (Article 191, paragraph (2)), art-191/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-191/par-2 - art-245/par-3: 第百九十二条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-192 - art-245/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十一条第一項 (Article 191, paragraph (1)), art-191/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-191/par-1 - art-245/par-3: 第二百四十五条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十五条第一項 (Article 245, paragraph (1)), art-245/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十五条第二項（管轄等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十五条第三項（管轄等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-245/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-245/par-3 --- ## 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 245, 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 245, 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