# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第五十一条 (Article 51) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51. 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: 第五十一条 (Article 51)（事件の関係人の呼出し） — address `art-51` - 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-51 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51 - 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. --- ### 第五十一条（事件の関係人の呼出し） — (Summons to Person Concerned with Case) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、家事審判の手続の期日に事件の関係人を呼び出すことができる。 art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51/par-1 A family court may summon a person concerned with a case on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 呼出しを受けた事件の関係人は、家事審判の手続の期日に出頭しなければならない。ただし、やむを得ない事由があるときは、代理人を出頭させることができる。 art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51/par-2 A person concerned with a case who is summoned must appear on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations; provided, however, that the person may have a representative appear on the person's behalf if there are unavoidable circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の事件の関係人が正当な理由なく出頭しないときは、家庭裁判所は、五万円以下の過料に処する。 art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51/par-3 If the person concerned with the case set forth in the preceding paragraph does not appear without justifiable grounds, the family court punishes the person by a non-criminal fine of up to 50,000 yen. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-51/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十一条第二項 (Article 51, paragraph (2)), art-51/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51/par-2 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第五十一条第三項（事件の関係人の呼出し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-51/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-51/par-3 - 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