# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百六十六条 (Article 266) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266. 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: 第二百六十六条 (Article 266)（調停前の処分） — address `art-266` - 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-266 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十六条（調停前の処分） — (Disposition Prior to Mediation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Disposition Prior to Conciliation)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266 **第一項** 調停委員会は、家事調停事件が係属している間、調停のために必要であると認める処分を命ずることができる。 art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-1 While a case for mediation of domestic relations is pending, a mediation committee may issue a disposition that it finds to be necessary for mediation. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "While a case for conciliation of domestic relations is pending, a conciliation committee may issue a disposition that it finds to be necessary for conciliation." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 急迫の事情があるときは、調停委員会を組織する裁判官が前項の処分（以下「調停前の処分」という。）を命ずることができる。 art-266/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-2 If there are pressing circumstances, a judge who composes a mediation committee may order the disposition set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition prior to mediation"). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If there are pressing circumstances, a judge who composes a conciliation committee may order the disposition set forth in the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "disposition prior to conciliation")." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 調停前の処分は、執行力を有しない。 art-266/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-3 A disposition prior to mediation does not have enforceability. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A disposition prior to conciliation does not have enforceability." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 調停前の処分として必要な事項を命じられた当事者又は利害関係参加人が正当な理由なくこれに従わないときは、家庭裁判所は、十万円以下の過料に処する。 art-266/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-4 If a party or interested party intervenor who has been ordered to take a necessary measure as a disposition prior to mediation does not comply with the order without justifiable grounds, a family court punishes the party or interested party intervenor by a non-criminal fine of up to 100,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a party or interested party intervenor who has been ordered to take a necessary measure as a disposition prior to conciliation does not comply with the order without justifiable grounds, a family court punishes the party or interested party intervenor by a non-criminal fine of up to 100,000 yen." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-266/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十六条第一項 (Article 266, paragraph (1)), art-266/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十六条第二項（調停前の処分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-266/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-266/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十七条第二項（裁判官のみで行う家事調停の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-267/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-267/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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 266 — 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 266, 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 266, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 266, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 266, paragraph (4) — 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