# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百七十六条 (Article 276) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276. 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: 第二百七十六条 (Article 276)（訴えの取下げの擬制等） — address `art-276` - 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-276 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十六条（訴えの取下げの擬制等） — (Constructive Withdrawal of an Action, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276 **第一項** 訴訟が係属している裁判所が第二百五十七条第二項又は第二百七十四条第一項の規定により事件を調停に付した場合において、調停が成立し、又は次条第一項若しくは第二百八十四条第一項の規定による審判が確定したときは、当該訴訟について訴えの取下げがあったものとみなす。 art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276/par-1 When a court before which a suit is pending has referred the case to mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and when mediation is successful or the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article or Article 284, paragraph (1) becomes final and binding, it is deemed that an action relating to the suit has been withdrawn. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court before which a suit is pending has referred the case to conciliation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and when conciliation is successful or the ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) of the following Article or Article 284, paragraph (1) becomes final and binding, it is deemed that an action relating to the suit has been withdrawn." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家事審判事件が係属している裁判所が第二百七十四条第一項の規定により事件を調停に付した場合において、調停が成立し、又は第二百八十四条第一項の審判が確定したときは、当該家事審判事件は、終了する。 art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276/par-2 When a court before which a case for adjudication of domestic relations is pending has referred the case to mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 274, paragraph (1), and when mediation is successful or the ruling set forth in Article 284, paragraph (1) becomes final and binding, the case for adjudication of domestic relations is closed. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a court before which a case for adjudication of domestic relations is pending has referred the case to conciliation pursuant to the provisions of Article 274, paragraph (1), and when conciliation is successful or the ruling set forth in Article 284, paragraph (1) becomes final and binding, the case for adjudication of domestic relations is closed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-276/par-1: 第二百五十七条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十七条第二項 (Article 257, paragraph (2)), art-257/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-257/par-2 - art-276/par-1: 第二百七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第一項 (Article 274, paragraph (1)), art-274/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-1 - art-276/par-1: 次条第一項 → 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 - art-276/par-1: 第二百八十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十四条第一項 (Article 284, paragraph (1)), art-284/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/par-1 - art-276/par-2: 第二百七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第一項 (Article 274, paragraph (1)), art-274/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-1 - art-276/par-2: 第二百八十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十四条第一項 (Article 284, paragraph (1)), art-284/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/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 附則第四条第二項（訴訟に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4231-52/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-4/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 276, 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 276, 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05