# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百三十八条 (Article 138)

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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
- 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: 第百三十八条 (Article 138)（精神の状況に関する意見の聴取） — address `art-138`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百三十八条（精神の状況に関する意見の聴取） — (Hearing of Opinions Concerning Mental State)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-138 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-138</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、被補助人となるべき者の精神の状況につき医師その他適当な者の意見を聴かなければ、補助開始の審判をすることができない。
    <sup>art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-138/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-138/par-1</sup>
    A family court may not make a ruling of the commencement of assistance unless it hears the opinion of a physician or any other appropriate person concerning the mental state of the person who is to be a person under assistance.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05