# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四十九条 (Article 49) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49. 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: 第四十九条 (Article 49)（申立ての方式等） — address `art-49` - 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-49 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十九条（申立ての方式等） — (Method of Filing Petitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49 **第一項** 家事審判の申立ては、申立書（以下「家事審判の申立書」という。）を家庭裁判所に提出してしなければならない。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-1 A petition for adjudication of domestic relations must be filed by submitting a written petition (hereinafter referred to as a "written petition for adjudication of domestic relations") to a family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家事審判の申立書には、次に掲げる事項を記載しなければならない。 art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-2 A written petition for adjudication of domestic relations must state the following matters: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 当事者及び法定代理人 art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-2/item-1 the party (parties) and the legal representative(s); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 申立ての趣旨及び理由 art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-2/item-2 the object of and reasons for the petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 申立人は、二以上の事項について審判を求める場合において、これらの事項についての家事審判の手続が同種であり、これらの事項が同一の事実上及び法律上の原因に基づくときは、一の申立てにより求めることができる。 art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-3 When a petitioner seeks a ruling on two or more matters, and if the proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations regarding these matters are of the same kind and these matters are based on the same factual and legal cause, the petitioner may seek the ruling by filing a single petition. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petitioner seeks a ruling on two or more matters, and if the proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations regarding these matters are of the same kind and these matters are based on the same factual or legal cause, the petitioner may seek the ruling by filing a single petition." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 家事審判の申立書が第二項の規定に違反する場合には、裁判長は、相当の期間を定め、その期間内に不備を補正すべきことを命じなければならない。 art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-4 When a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations is in violation of the provisions of paragraph (2), the presiding judge must specify a reasonable period and order that the defect should be corrected within that period. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の場合において、申立人が不備を補正しないときは、裁判長は、命令で、家事審判の申立書を却下しなければならない。 art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-5 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the petitioner fails to correct the defect, the presiding judge, by a direction, must dismiss the written petition for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-6 An immediate appeal may be filed against the direction set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 民事訴訟法第百三十七条の二の規定は、申立人が民事訴訟費用等に関する法律（昭和四十六年法律第四十号）の規定に従い家事審判の申立ての手数料を納付しない場合について準用する。 art-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-7 The provisions of Article 137-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure apply mutatis mutandis when the petitioner does not pay fees for filing a petition for adjudication of domestic relations pursuant to the provisions of the Act on the Costs of Civil Proceedings (Act No. 40 of 1971). machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-49/par-4: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-2 - art-49/par-5: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第四項 (Article 49, paragraph (4)), art-49/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-4 - art-49/par-6: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第五項 (Article 49, paragraph (5)), art-49/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-5 - art-49/par-7: 民事訴訟法第百三十七条の二 → 民事訴訟法 第百三十七条の二 (Article 137-2), art-137-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/code-of-civil-procedure/art-137-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/408AC0000000109/art-137-2 ## Cited by 10 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第四項（申立ての方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第五項（申立ての方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第六項（申立ての方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-6 - 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第二項（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第八十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-84/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第八十七条第六項（即時抗告の提起の方式等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-87/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-87/par-6 - 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 第二百一条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-201/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-201/par-6 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十五条第四項（家事調停の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-255/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-255/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十六条第二項（家事調停の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-256/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 49, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-002, 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