# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第五十四条 (Article 54) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54. 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: 第五十四条 (Article 54)（音声の送受信による通話の方法による手続） — address `art-54` - 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-54 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54 - 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. --- ### 第五十四条（音声の送受信による通話の方法による手続） — (Proceedings through Communication by Audio Transmissions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、家事審判の手続の期日における手続（証拠調べを除く。）を行うことができる。 art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-1 A family court may, when it finds it to be appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the parties, conduct proceedings on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations (excluding the examination of evidence) by means that enables the family court and both parties to communicate simultaneously with one another by audio transmissions, as provided for in the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第二項** 家事審判の手続の期日に出頭しないで前項の手続に関与した者は、その期日に出頭したものとみなす。 art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-2 A party who has participated in the proceedings set forth in the preceding paragraph without appearing on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations is deemed to have appeared on that date. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-54/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-1 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第五十四条第二項（音声の送受信による通話の方法による手続） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-2 - 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 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十八条第三項（調停の成立及び効力） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第二項（合意に相当する審判の対象及び要件） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-2 --- ## 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 - 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