# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百七十三条 (Article 273) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273. 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: 第二百七十三条 (Article 273)（家事調停の申立ての取下げ） — address `art-273` - 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-273 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十三条（家事調停の申立ての取下げ） — (Withdrawal of Petitions for Mediation of Domestic Relations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Withdrawal of Petitions for Conciliation of Domestic Relations)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273 **第一項** 家事調停の申立ては、家事調停事件が終了するまで、その全部又は一部を取り下げることができる。 art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-1 A petition for mediation of domestic relations may be withdrawn in whole or in part until a case for mediation of domestic relations is closed. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A petition for conciliation of domestic relations may be withdrawn in whole or in part until a case for conciliation of domestic relations is closed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、遺産の分割の調停の申立ての取下げは、相続開始の時から十年を経過した後にあっては、相手方の同意を得なければ、その効力を生じない。 art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the withdrawal of a petition for mediation regarding the division of an estate does not become effective without the consent of the respondent after 10 years have passed from the time of the commencement of the succession. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定にかかわらず、親権者の指定の調停の申立ては、家事調停事件が終了する前であっても、家庭裁判所の許可を得なければ、取り下げることができない。 art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a petition for mediation regarding the designation of a person who has parental authority may not be withdrawn without permission from the family court, even before a case for mediation of domestic relations is closed. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第八十二条第三項及び第四項並びに民事訴訟法第二百六十一条第三項及び第四項並びに第二百六十二条第一項の規定は、家事調停の申立ての取下げについて準用する。この場合において、第八十二条第三項中「前項ただし書、第百五十三条（第百九十九条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第百九十九条第二項」とあるのは「第二百七十三条第二項」と、同法第二百六十一条第四項中「口頭弁論、弁論準備手続又は和解の期日（以下この章において「口頭弁論等の期日」という。）」とあるのは「家事調停の手続の期日」と、「電子調書」とあるのは「調書」と、「記録しなければ」とあるのは「記載しなければ」と読み替えるものとする。 art-273/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-4 The provisions of Article 82, paragraphs (3) and (4), and the provisions of Article 261, paragraphs (3) and (4) and Article 262, paragraph (1) of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal of a petition for mediation of domestic relations. In this case, the phrase "the proviso to the preceding paragraph, Article 153 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 199, paragraph (1)), and Article 199, paragraph (2)" in Article 82, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 273, paragraph (2)"; the phrase "date for oral arguments, preparatory proceedings, or settlement (referred to below as a "proceeding date" in this Chapter)" in Article 261, paragraph (4) of that Code is deemed to be replaced with "date for proceedings for mediation of domestic relations"; the term "electronic record" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "record"; and the phrase "must record" in that paragraph is deemed to be replaced with "must enter". machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-273/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第一項 (Article 273, paragraph (1)), art-273/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-1 - art-273/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第一項 (Article 273, paragraph (1)), art-273/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-1 - art-273/par-4: 第八十二条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第八十二条第三項 (Article 82, paragraph (3)), art-82/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-82/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-82/par-3 - art-273/par-4: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第八十二条第四項 (Article 82, paragraph (4)), art-82/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-82/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-82/par-4 - art-273/par-4: 民事訴訟法第二百六十一条第三項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十一条第三項 (Article 261, paragraph (3)), art-261/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-261/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-261/par-3 - art-273/par-4: 第四項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十一条第四項 (Article 261, paragraph (4)), art-261/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-261/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-261/par-4 - art-273/par-4: 第二百六十二条第一項 → 民事訴訟法 第二百六十二条第一項 (Article 262, paragraph (1)), art-262/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-262/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-262/par-1 - art-273/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-82/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-82/par-2 - art-273/par-4: 第百五十三条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十三条 (Article 153), art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-153 - art-273/par-4: 第百九十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-199/par-1 - art-273/par-4: 第百九十九条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十九条第二項 (Article 199, paragraph (2)), art-199/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-199/par-2 - art-273/par-4: 第二百七十三条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第二項 (Article 273, paragraph (2)), art-273/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-2 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第二項（家事調停の申立ての取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第三項（家事調停の申立ての取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十三条第四項（家事調停の申立ての取下げ） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-273/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-273/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百八十五条第一項（調停に代わる審判の特則） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 附則第七条第一項（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-5031-24/art-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-5031-24/art-7/par-1 --- ## 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 273 — 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 273, 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 — 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