# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第七十八条 (Article 78) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78. 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: 第七十八条 (Article 78)（審判の取消し又は変更） — address `art-78` - 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-78 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78 - 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. --- ### 第七十八条（審判の取消し又は変更） — (Revocation or Modification of Rulings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、審判をした後、その審判を不当と認めるときは、次に掲げる審判を除き、職権で、これを取り消し、又は変更することができる。 art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1 When a family court has made a ruling and subsequently finds the ruling to be unreasonable, it may revoke or modify the ruling by its own authority, except for the following rulings: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 申立てによってのみ審判をすべき場合において申立てを却下した審判 art-78/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1/item-1 a ruling to dismiss a petition when a ruling should be made only when a petition is filed; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 即時抗告をすることができる審判 art-78/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1/item-2 a ruling against which an immediate appeal may be filed. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 審判が確定した日から五年を経過したときは、家庭裁判所は、前項の規定による取消し又は変更をすることができない。ただし、事情の変更によりその審判を不当と認めるに至ったときは、この限りでない。 art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-2 After five years have passed since the day on which a ruling became final and binding, the family court may not revoke or modify it as provided for in the provisions of the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that this does not apply when the family court finds the ruling to be unjust due to a change in circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により審判の取消し又は変更をする場合には、その審判における当事者及びその他の審判を受ける者の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-3 When a family court revokes or modifies a ruling pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it must hear statements from the party to the adjudication and any other person subject to adjudication. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第一項の規定による取消し又は変更の審判に対しては、取消し後又は変更後の審判が原審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができる者に限り、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling revoking or modifying the previous ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) only by a person who may file an immediate appeal on the assumption that the ruling after the revocation or modification is the original ruling. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "An immediate appeal may be filed against a ruling revoking or modifying the previous ruling under the provisions of paragraph (1) only by a person who may file an immediate appeal on the assumption that the revoked or modified ruling is the original ruling." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-78/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1 - art-78/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第一項 (Article 78, paragraph (1)), art-78/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-1 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第二項（審判の取消し又は変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第三項（審判の取消し又は変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第七十八条第四項（審判の取消し又は変更） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-78/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-78/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第八十一条第一項（審判以外の裁判） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-81/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-81/par-1 - 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 --- ## 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 78, paragraph (4) — 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