# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百八十四条 (Article 284) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284. 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: 第二百八十四条 (Article 284)（調停に代わる審判の対象及び要件） — address `art-284` - 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-284 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284 - 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. --- ### 第二百八十四条（調停に代わる審判の対象及び要件） — (Subject and Requirements of Rulings in Lieu of Mediation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Subject and Requirements of Rulings in Lieu of Conciliation)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-284 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、調停が成立しない場合において相当と認めるときは、当事者双方のために衡平に考慮し、一切の事情を考慮して、職権で、事件の解決のため必要な審判（以下「調停に代わる審判」という。）をすることができる。ただし、第二百七十七条第一項に規定する事項についての家事調停の手続においては、この限りでない。 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 When mediation is unsuccessful and when the family court finds it to be appropriate, it may make a necessary ruling for the resolution of a case (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling in lieu of mediation") by its own authority, giving consideration to equity in the interests of both parties and taking into account all relevant circumstances; provided, however, that this does not apply in proceedings for mediation of domestic relations 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: "When conciliation is unsuccessful and when the family court finds it to be appropriate, it may make a necessary ruling for the resolution of a case (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling in lieu of conciliation") by its own authority, giving consideration to equity in the interests of both parties and taking into account all relevant circumstances; provided, however, that this does not apply in proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations regarding the matters prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家事調停の手続が調停委員会で行われている場合において、調停に代わる審判をするときは、家庭裁判所は、その調停委員会を組織する家事調停委員の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-284/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/par-2 When proceedings for mediation of domestic relations are conducted by a mediation committee, and when the family court makes a ruling in lieu of mediation, the family court must hear the opinions of the domestic relations mediation commissioners who compose the mediation committee. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations are conducted by a conciliation committee, and when the family court makes a ruling in lieu of conciliation, the family court must hear the opinions of the domestic relations conciliation commissioners who compose the conciliation committee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、調停に代わる審判において、当事者に対し、子の引渡し又は金銭の支払その他の財産上の給付その他の給付を命ずることができる。 art-284/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/par-3 In a ruling in lieu of mediation, the family court may order a party to surrender custody of a child, pay money, or provide any other economic benefit or perform any other act. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In a ruling in lieu of conciliation, the family court may order a party to surrender custody of a child, pay money, or provide any other economic benefit or perform any other act." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-284/par-1: 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 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第一項（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-1 - 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 第二百七十六条第一項（訴えの取下げの擬制等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十六条第二項（訴えの取下げの擬制等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276/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 284 — 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 284, 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 284, 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 284, 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 — 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