# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百五十八条 (Article 258) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258. 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: 第二百五十八条 (Article 258)（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — address `art-258` - 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-258 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十八条（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions Concerning Proceedings for the Adjudication of Domestic Relations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258 **第一項** 第四十一条から第四十三条までの規定は家事調停の手続における参加及び排除について、第四十四条の規定は家事調停の手続における受継について、第五十一条から第五十五条までの規定は家事調停の手続の期日について、第五十六条から第六十二条まで及び第六十四条の規定は家事調停の手続における事実の調査及び証拠調べについて、第六十五条の規定は家事調停の手続における子の意思の把握等について、第七十三条、第七十四条、第七十六条（第一項ただし書を除く。）、第七十七条及び第七十九条の規定は家事調停に関する審判について、第八十一条の規定は家事調停に関する審判以外の裁判について準用する。 art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1 The provisions of Articles 41 through 43 apply mutatis mutandis to the intervention in or exclusion from proceedings for mediation of domestic relations; the provisions of Article 44 apply mutatis mutandis to the taking over of proceedings for the mediation of domestic relations; the provisions of Articles 51 through 55 apply mutatis mutandis to a date for proceedings for mediation of domestic relations; the provisions of Articles 56 through 62 and Article 64 apply mutatis mutandis to the investigation of facts and examination of evidence in proceedings for mediation of domestic relations; the provisions of Article 65 apply mutatis mutandis to understanding the intention of a child, etc. in proceedings for mediation of domestic relations; the provisions of Articles 73, 74, 76 (excluding the proviso to paragraph (1)), 77, and 79 apply mutatis mutandis to a ruling regarding mediation of domestic relations; and the provisions of Article 81 apply mutatis mutandis to a judicial decision other than a ruling regarding mediation of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Articles 41 through 43 apply mutatis mutandis to the intervention in or exclusion from proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations; the provisions of Article 44 apply mutatis mutandis to the taking over of proceedings for the conciliation of domestic relations; the provisions of Articles 51 through 55 apply mutatis mutandis to a date for proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations; the provisions of Articles 56 through 62 and Article 64 apply mutatis mutandis to the investigation of facts and examination of evidence in proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations; the provisions of Article 65 apply mutatis mutandis to understanding the intention of a child, etc.; the provisions of Articles 73, 74, 76 (excluding the proviso to paragraph (1)), 77, and 79 apply mutatis mutandis to a ruling regarding conciliation of domestic relations; and the provisions of Article 81 apply mutatis mutandis to a judicial decision other than a ruling regarding conciliation of domestic relations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項において準用する第六十一条第一項の規定により家事調停の手続における事実の調査の嘱託を受けた裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、裁判所書記官に当該嘱託に係る事実の調査をさせることができる。ただし、嘱託を受けた家庭裁判所が家庭裁判所調査官に当該嘱託に係る事実の調査をさせることを相当と認めるときは、この限りでない。 art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-2 A court that is commissioned to examine the facts in proceedings for mediation of domestic relations pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, when it finds it to be appropriate, have a court clerk conduct the investigation of facts as commissioned; provided, however, that this does not apply when a commissioned family court finds it to be appropriate to have a family court investigating officer conduct the examination of facts as commissioned. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A court that is commissioned to examine the facts in proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations pursuant to the provisions of Article 61, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph may, when it finds it to be appropriate, have a court clerk conduct the investigation of facts as commissioned; provided, however, that this does not apply when a commissioned family court finds it to be appropriate to have a family court investigating officer conduct the examination of facts as commissioned." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 第百五十二条の二の規定は夫婦間の協力扶助に関する処分の調停事件、婚姻費用の分担に関する処分の調停事件（別表第二の二の項の事項についての調停事件をいう。）、子の監護に関する処分の調停事件（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の調停事件に限る。）、財産の分与に関する処分の調停事件（同表の四の項の事項についての調停事件をいう。）及び離婚についての調停事件について、第百五十二条の三の規定は子の監護に関する処分の調停事件（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する処分の調停事件を除く。）及び離婚についての調停事件について、第百八十四条の二の規定は扶養の程度又は方法についての決定及びその決定の変更又は取消しの調停事件（同表の十の項の事項についての調停事件をいう。）について、それぞれ準用する。 art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-3 The provisions of Article 152-2 apply mutatis mutandis to a mediation case for a disposition regarding cooperation and mutual assistance between a husband and wife, a mediation case for a disposition regarding the sharing of living expenses (meaning a mediation case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (2)), a mediation case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (limited to a mediation case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), a mediation case for a disposition regarding the division of property (meaning a mediation case regarding the matters set forth in row (4) of that table), and a mediation case regarding divorce; the provisions of Article 152-3 apply mutatis mutandis to a mediation case for a disposition regarding the custody of a child (excluding a mediation case for a disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child) and a mediation case regarding divorce; and the provisions of Article 184-2 apply mutatis mutandis to a mediation case for a determination of the extent or method of support, and change or revocation of the determination (meaning a mediation case regarding the matters set forth in row (10) of that table), respectively. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-258/par-1: 第四十一条から第四十三条まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十一条 (Article 41), art-41 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-41 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-41 - art-258/par-1: 第四十一条から第四十三条まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十二条 (Article 42), art-42 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-42 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-42 - art-258/par-1: 第四十一条から第四十三条まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十三条 (Article 43), art-43 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-43 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-43 - art-258/par-1: 第四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第四十四条 (Article 44), art-44 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44 - art-258/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十五条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十一条 (Article 51), art-51 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51 - art-258/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十五条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十二条 (Article 52), art-52 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-52 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-52 - art-258/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十五条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十三条 (Article 53), art-53 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-53 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-53 - art-258/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十五条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十四条 (Article 54), art-54 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54 - art-258/par-1: 第五十一条から第五十五条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十五条 (Article 55), art-55 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-55 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-55 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十六条 (Article 56), art-56 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-56 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-56 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十七条 (Article 57), art-57 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-57 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-57 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十八条 (Article 58), art-58 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十九条 (Article 59), art-59 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-59 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-59 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第六十条 (Article 60), art-60 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第六十一条 (Article 61), art-61 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-61 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-61 - art-258/par-1: 第五十六条から第六十二条まで → 家事事件手続法 第六十二条 (Article 62), art-62 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-62 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-62 - art-258/par-1: 第六十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第六十四条 (Article 64), art-64 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-64 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-64 - art-258/par-1: 第六十五条 → 家事事件手続法 第六十五条 (Article 65), art-65 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-65 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-65 - art-258/par-1: 第七十三条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十三条 (Article 73), art-73 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-73 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-73 - art-258/par-1: 第七十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条 (Article 74), art-74 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74 - art-258/par-1: 第七十六条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-76 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-76 - art-258/par-1: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十六条第一項 (Article 76, paragraph (1)), art-76/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-76/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-76/par-1 - art-258/par-1: 第七十七条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十七条 (Article 77), art-77 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-77 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-77 - art-258/par-1: 第七十九条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十九条 (Article 79), art-79 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-79 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-79 - art-258/par-1: 第八十一条 → 家事事件手続法 第八十一条 (Article 81), art-81 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-81 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-81 - art-258/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項 (Article 258, paragraph (1)), art-258/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1 - art-258/par-2: 第六十一条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十一条第一項 (Article 61, paragraph (1)), art-61/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-61/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-61/par-1 - art-258/par-3: 第百五十二条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の二 (Article 152-2), art-152-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-2 - art-258/par-3: 第百五十二条の三 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条の三 (Article 152-3), art-152-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-152-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-152-3 - art-258/par-3: 第百八十四条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第百八十四条の二 (Article 184-2), art-184-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-184-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-184-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38-2/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十二条第一項第一号（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-252/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-252/par-1/item-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十二条第一項第二号（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-252/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-252/par-1/item-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十条第一項第六号（調停委員会等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-260/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-260/par-1/item-6 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第三項（調停の成立及び効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第五項（付調停） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第二項（合意に相当する審判の対象及び要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-2 --- ## 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 258, 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 258, paragraph (2) — 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5, corrected on review by claude-opus-5-5 — Machine translation corrected on review, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, 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