# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第八十三条 (Article 83)

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- 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
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- Provision: 第八十三条 (Article 83)（家事審判の申立ての取下げの擬制） — address `art-83`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八十三条（家事審判の申立ての取下げの擬制） — (Deemed Withdrawal of Petitions for Adjudication of Domestic Relations)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-83 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-83</sup>

      **第一項**  家事審判の申立人（第百五十三条（第百九十九条第一項において準用する場合を含む。）及び第百九十九条第二項の規定により申立ての取下げについて相手方の同意を要する場合にあっては、当事者双方）が、連続して二回、呼出しを受けた家事審判の手続の期日に出頭せず、又は呼出しを受けた家事審判の手続の期日において陳述をしないで退席をしたときは、家庭裁判所は、申立ての取下げがあったものとみなすことができる。
      <sup>art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-83/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-83/par-1</sup>
      When a petitioner for adjudication of domestic relations (if the consent of the respondent is required for the withdrawal of a petition under Article 153 (including cases where applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 199, paragraph (1)) and Article 199, paragraph (2), both parties), on two consecutive occasions, fails to appear on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations if the petitioner is summoned, or appears on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations if the petitioner is summoned and leaves their seat without making any statements, the family court may deem that the petition has been withdrawn.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-83/par-1: 第百五十三条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十三条 (Article 153), art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-153 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-153
- art-83/par-1: 第百九十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十九条第一項 (Article 199, paragraph (1)), art-199/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-199/par-1
- art-83/par-1: 第百九十九条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十九条第二項 (Article 199, paragraph (2)), art-199/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-199/par-2

## Cited by

2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 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 第九十三条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-93/par-3

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## 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
