# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四十四条 (Article 44) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44. 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: 第四十四条 (Article 44)（法令により手続を続行すべき者による受継） — address `art-44` - 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-44 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44 - 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. --- ### 第四十四条（法令により手続を続行すべき者による受継） — (Taking Over of Proceedings by Person Eligible to Continue Proceedings under Laws and Regulations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44 **第一項** 当事者が死亡、資格の喪失その他の事由によって家事審判の手続を続行することができない場合には、法令により手続を続行する資格のある者は、その手続を受け継がなければならない。 art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-1 When a party is unable to continue proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations due to death, loss of eligibility, or any other event, a person who is eligible to continue proceedings under laws and regulations must take over the proceedings. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 法令により手続を続行する資格のある者が前項の規定による受継の申立てをした場合において、その申立てを却下する裁判がされたときは、当該裁判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-2 When a person who is eligible to continue proceedings under laws and regulations files a petition for taking over proceedings under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, and a judicial decision to dismiss the petition is made, the person may file an immediate appeal against the judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第一項の場合には、家庭裁判所は、他の当事者の申立てにより又は職権で、法令により手続を続行する資格のある者に家事審判の手続を受け継がせることができる。 art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-3 In the case referred to in paragraph (1), the family court may, upon the petition of another party or by its own authority, have a person who is eligible to continue proceedings under laws and regulations take over proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-44/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-1 - art-44/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十四条第一項 (Article 44, paragraph (1)), art-44/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第四十四条第二項（法令により手続を続行すべき者による受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第四十四条第三項（法令により手続を続行すべき者による受継） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-44/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-44/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第九十三条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定及び民事訴訟法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-93/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十条第一項第六号（調停委員会等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-260/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-260/par-1/item-6 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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