# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百八十五条 (Article 285) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285. 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: 第二百八十五条 (Article 285)（調停に代わる審判の特則） — address `art-285` - 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-285 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285 - 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. --- ### 第二百八十五条（調停に代わる審判の特則） — (Special Provisions for 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: "(Special Provisions for Rulings in Lieu of Conciliation)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-285 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285 **第一項** 家事調停の申立ての取下げは、第二百七十三条第一項の規定にかかわらず、調停に代わる審判がされた後は、することができない。 art-285/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285/par-1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 273, paragraph (1), a petition for mediation of domestic relations may not be withdrawn after a ruling in lieu of mediation is made. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 273, paragraph (1), a petition for conciliation of domestic relations may not be withdrawn after a ruling in lieu of conciliation is made." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 調停に代わる審判の告知は、公示送達の方法によっては、することができない。 art-285/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285/par-2 Notice of a ruling in lieu of mediation may not be effected by service through publication. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notice of a ruling in lieu of conciliation may not effected by service through publication." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 調停に代わる審判を告知することができないときは、家庭裁判所は、これを取り消さなければならない。 art-285/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-285/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-285/par-3 When it is impossible to give notice of a ruling in lieu of mediation, the family court must revoke the ruling. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When it is impossible to give notice of a ruling in lieu of conciliation, the family court must revoke the ruling." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-285/par-1: 第二百七十三条第一項 → 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 --- ## 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 285 — 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 285, 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 285, 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 285, 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