# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions)

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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: 附　則 (Supplementary Provisions) — address `suppl-4301-20`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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## 附　則 平成三〇年四月二五日法律第二〇号
<sup>suppl-4301-20 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20</sup>

### 第一条（施行期日） — Effective Date
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<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-1</sup>

**第一項**  この法律は、公布の日から起算して一年六月を超えない範囲内において政令で定める日から施行する。
<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-1/par-1</sup>
This Act comes into effect as of the date specified by Cabinet Order within a period not exceeding one year and six months from the date of promulgation.
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### 第三条（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act
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<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3</sup>

**第一項**  第二条の規定による改正後の家事事件手続法（以下この条において「新家事事件手続法」という。）第三条の二から第三条の十まで、第三条の十一第一項から第三項まで、第三条の十二、第三条の十三第一項（第一号及び第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び第三項（同条第一項第二号に係る部分に限る。）、第三条の十四並びに第三条の十五の規定は、この法律の施行の際現に係属している家事事件の日本の裁判所の管轄権については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1</sup>
The provisions of Articles 3-2 through 3-10, Article 3-11, paragraphs (1) through (3), Article 3-12, Article 3-13, paragraph (1) (limited to the parts pertaining to items (i) and (ii)) and paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (ii) of that Article), Article 3-14 and Article 3-15 of the Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act as amended by the provisions of Article 2 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act" in this Article) do not apply to the jurisdiction of the Japanese courts over domestic relations cases pending at the time of the enforcement of this Act.
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**第二項**  新家事事件手続法第三条の十一第四項及び第五項の規定は、この法律の施行前にした特定の国の裁判所に同条第四項に規定する審判事件の申立てをすることができる旨の合意については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-2</sup>
The provisions of Article 3-11, paragraphs (4) and (5) of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to an agreement made before the enforcement of this Act that a petition for an adjudication case prescribed in paragraph (4) of that Article may be filed with the courts of a specific country.
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**第三項**  新家事事件手続法第三条の十三第一項（第三号に係る部分に限る。）、第二項及び第三項（同条第一項第三号に係る部分に限る。）の規定は、この法律の施行前にした日本の裁判所に家事調停の申立てをすることができる旨の合意については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3</sup>
The provisions of Article 3-13, paragraph (1) (limited to the part pertaining to item (iii)), paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) (limited to the part pertaining to paragraph (1), item (iii) of that Article) of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to an agreement made before the enforcement of this Act that a petition for mediation of domestic relations may be filed with the Japanese courts.
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**第四項**  新家事事件手続法第七十九条の二の規定は、この法律の施行前に確定した外国裁判所の家事事件における裁判（これに準ずる公的機関の判断を含む。）については、適用しない。
<sup>suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-4</sup>
The provisions of Article 79-2 of the New Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act do not apply to a judicial decision in a domestic relations case of a foreign court that became final and binding before the enforcement of this Act (including an equivalent determination made by a public authority).
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## Cites
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: この条 → 家事事件手続法 附則第三条 (Supplementary Provisions, Article 3), suppl-4301-20/art-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十 (Article 3-10), art-3-10 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-10
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の二 (Article 3-2), art-3-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-2
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の三 (Article 3-3), art-3-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の四 (Article 3-4), art-3-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-4
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の五 (Article 3-5), art-3-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-5
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の六 (Article 3-6), art-3-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-6
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の七 (Article 3-7), art-3-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-7
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の八 (Article 3-8), art-3-8 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-8
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の二から第三条の十まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の九 (Article 3-9), art-3-9 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-9
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十一第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第一項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (1)), art-3-11/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-1
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十一第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第二項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (2)), art-3-11/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-2
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十一第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第三項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (3)), art-3-11/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十二 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十二 (Article 3-12), art-3-12 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-12
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十三第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1)), art-3-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-1
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第一号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-3-13/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-1/item-1
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第二号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-3-13/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-1/item-2
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第三項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (3)), art-3-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十四 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十四 (Article 3-14), art-3-14 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-14 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-14
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1: 第三条の十五 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十五 (Article 3-15), art-3-15 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-15
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-2: 新家事事件手続法第三条の十一第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第四項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (4)), art-3-11/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-4
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-2: 第五項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十一第五項 (Article 3-11, paragraph (5)), art-3-11/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-11/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-11/par-5
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3: 新家事事件手続法第三条の十三第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1)), art-3-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-1
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第一項第三号 (Article 3-13, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-3-13/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-1/item-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第二項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (2)), art-3-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-2
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-3: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第三条の十三第三項 (Article 3-13, paragraph (3)), art-3-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-3-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-3-13/par-3
- suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-4: 新家事事件手続法第七十九条の二 → 家事事件手続法 第七十九条の二 (Article 79-2), art-79-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-79-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-79-2

## Cited by

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- 家事事件手続法 附則第三条第一項（家事事件手続法の一部改正に伴う経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4301-20/art-3/par-1

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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-20261105T164326-006, translated 2026-11-06
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-007, 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
