# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百三十七条 (Article 137) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137. 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: 第百三十七条 (Article 137)（手続行為能力） — address `art-137` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137 - 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. --- ### 第百三十七条（手続行為能力） — (Capacity to Participate in Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137 **第一項** 第百十八条の規定は、次に掲げる審判事件（第一号、第七号及び第九号の審判事件を本案とする保全処分についての審判事件を含む。）における被補助人となるべき者及び被補助人について準用する。 art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is to be a person under assistance and to a person under assistance in the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (i), (vii), and (ix) as cases on the merits): Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 118 applies mutatis mutandis to a person who is to be a person under assistance and to a person under assistance in the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (i), (vii), and (ix) as cases on the merits):" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 補助開始の審判事件 art-137/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-1 an adjudication case for the commencement of assistance; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 補助人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判事件（別表第一の三十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-2 an adjudication case for the determination of acts which require the consent of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (37)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 補助人の同意に代わる許可の審判事件（別表第一の三十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-3 an adjudication case for permission in lieu of the consent of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (38)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 補助開始の審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の三十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-4 an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the commencement of assistance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (39)); Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the commencement of assistance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the particulars set forth in Appended Table 1, row (39));" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **五** 補助人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の四十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-5 an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (40)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 補助人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の四十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-6 an adjudication case for the appointment of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (41)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 補助人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の四十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百四十四条において同じ。） art-137/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-7 an adjudication case for the dismissal of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (43); the same applies in Article 144); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **八** 補助監督人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の四十五の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-8 an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (45)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **九** 補助監督人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の四十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百四十四条において同じ。） art-137/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-9 an adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (47); the same applies in Article 144); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十** 補助人に対する代理権の付与の審判事件（別表第一の五十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-10 an adjudication case for vesting the authority of representation in an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (51)); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十一** 補助人に対する代理権の付与の審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の五十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-11 an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling to vest the authority of representation in an assistant (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (52)); and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **十二** 補助の事務の監督の審判事件（別表第一の五十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。） art-137/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-12 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-12 an adjudication case for the supervision of the affairs of assistance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (53)). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-137/par-1: 第百十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-118 - art-137/par-1: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百三十七条第一項第一号 (Article 137, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-137/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-1 - art-137/par-1: 第七号 → 家事事件手続法 第百三十七条第一項第七号 (Article 137, paragraph (1), item (vii)), art-137/par-1/item-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-7 - art-137/par-1: 第九号 → 家事事件手続法 第百三十七条第一項第九号 (Article 137, paragraph (1), item (ix)), art-137/par-1/item-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/par-1/item-9 - art-137/par-1/item-7: 第百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十四条 (Article 144), art-144 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-144 - art-137/par-1/item-9: 第百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十四条 (Article 144), art-144 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-144 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-144 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百三十七条第一項（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-137/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-137/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 137, paragraph (1) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 137, paragraph (1), item (iv) — 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