# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百六十八条 (Article 268) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268. 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: 第二百六十八条 (Article 268)（調停の成立及び効力） — address `art-268` - 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-268 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十八条（調停の成立及び効力） — (Successful Mediation and Effect Thereof) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Successful Conciliation and Effect Thereof)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268 **第一項** 調停において当事者間に合意が成立し、これを調書に記載したときは、調停が成立したものとし、その記載は、確定判決（別表第二に掲げる事項にあっては、確定した第三十九条の規定による審判）と同一の効力を有する。 art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-1 When an agreement is reached between the parties at mediation and included in a record, mediation will become successful, and the entry has the same effect as a final and binding judgment (with regard to the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, a final and binding ruling under the provisions of Article 39). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When an agreement is reached between the parties at conciliation and included in a written statement, conciliation will become successful, and the entry has the same effect as a final and binding judgment (with regard to the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, a final and binding ruling under the provisions of Article 39)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家事調停事件の一部について当事者間に合意が成立したときは、その一部について調停を成立させることができる。手続の併合を命じた数個の家事調停事件中その一について合意が成立したときも、同様とする。 art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-2 When an agreement is reached between the parties with regard to part of a case for mediation of domestic relations, mediation may be successfully achieved with regard to the part of the case. The same applies when an agreement is reached with regard to one of the cases for mediation of domestic relations for which the consolidation of proceedings has been ordered. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(1) When an agreement is reached between the parties with regard to part of a case for conciliation of domestic relations, conciliation may be successfully achieved with regard to the part of the case. The same applies when an agreement is reached with regard to one of the cases for conciliation of domestic relations for which the consolidation of proceedings has been ordered." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 離婚又は離縁についての調停事件においては、第二百五十八条第一項において準用する第五十四条第一項に規定する方法によっては、調停を成立させることができない。ただし、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法による場合は、この限りでない。 art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-3 In a mediation case regarding divorce or dissolution in an adoptive relationship, mediation may not be successfully achieved by the method prescribed in Article 54, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply where it is done by a method by which the family court and both parties are able to converse while mutually recognizing each other's condition through video and audio transmissions. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項及び第二項の規定は、第二百七十七条第一項に規定する事項についての調停事件については、適用しない。 art-268/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-4 The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to mediation cases regarding the matters prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to conciliation cases regarding the matters prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-268/par-1: 別表第二 → 家事事件手続法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-2 - art-268/par-1: 第三十九条 → 家事事件手続法 第三十九条 (Article 39), art-39 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-39 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-39 - art-268/par-3: 第二百五十八条第一項 → 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-268/par-3: 第五十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-1 - art-268/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第一項 (Article 268, paragraph (1)), art-268/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-1 - art-268/par-4: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第二項 (Article 268, paragraph (2)), art-268/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-2 - art-268/par-4: 第二百七十七条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項 (Article 277, paragraph (1)), art-277/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第十七条第三項第二号（当事者能力及び手続行為能力の原則等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-17/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-17/par-3/item-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第二号（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十二条第二項（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-252/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-252/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第四項（調停の成立及び効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-4 - 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 268 — 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 268, 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 268, 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 268, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, 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