# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百五十七条 (Article 157) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157. 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: 第百五十七条 (Article 157)（婚姻等に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — address `art-157` - 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-157 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157 - 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. --- ### 第百五十七条（婚姻等に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Order Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case Regarding Marriage as Case on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157 **第一項** 家庭裁判所（第百五条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所。以下この条及び次条において同じ。）は、次に掲げる事項についての審判又は調停の申立てがあった場合において、強制執行を保全し、又は子その他の利害関係人の急迫の危険を防止するため必要があるときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てにより、当該事項についての審判を本案とする仮差押え、仮処分その他の必要な保全処分を命ずることができる。 art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1 When a petition for adjudication or mediation regarding the following matters is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to a child or any other interested party, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition or any other necessary provisional order by designating the adjudication case on the matter as a case on the merits: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petition for adjudication or conciliation regarding the following matters is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to a child or any other interested party, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this Article and the following Article) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition or any other necessary provisional order by designating the adjudication case on the matter as a case on the merits:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 夫婦間の協力扶助に関する処分 art-157/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1/item-1 a disposition regarding cooperation and mutual assistance between a husband and wife; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 婚姻費用の分担に関する処分 art-157/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1/item-2 a disposition regarding the sharing of living expenses; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 子の監護に関する処分 art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1/item-3 a disposition regarding the custody of a child; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 財産の分与に関する処分 art-157/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1/item-4 a disposition regarding the division of property. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a disposition regarding the distribution of property." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項第三号に掲げる事項について仮の地位を定める仮処分（子の監護に要する費用の分担に関する仮処分を除く。）を命ずる場合には、第百七条の規定により審判を受ける者となるべき者の陳述を聴くほか、子（十五歳以上のものに限る。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、子の陳述を聴く手続を経ることにより保全処分の目的を達することができない事情があるときは、この限りでない。 art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-2 When a family court orders a provisional disposition to determine a provisional status on the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph (excluding a provisional disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), it must hear statements from the child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older), in addition to hearing statements from a person who is to be subject to adjudication pursuant to the provisions of Article 107; provided, however, that this does not apply when there are circumstances where taking the step of hearing the child's statements makes it impossible to achieve the purpose of the provisional order. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a family court orders a provisional disposition to determine a provisional status on the matters set forth in item (iii) of the preceding paragraph (excluding a provisional disposition regarding the sharing of expenses required for the custody of a child), it must hear statements from the child (limited to a child of 15 years of age or older), in addition to hearing statements from a person who is to be subject to adjudication pursuant to the provisions of Article 107;provided, however, that this does not apply when there are circumstances where taking the step of hearing the child's statements makes it impossible to achieve the purpose of the provisional order." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-157/par-1: 第百五条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-105/par-2 - art-157/par-1: この条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十七条 (Article 157), art-157 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157 - art-157/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十八条 (Article 158), art-158 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-158 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-158 - art-157/par-2: 前項第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十七条第一項第三号 (Article 157, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-157/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1/item-3 - art-157/par-2: 第百七条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七条 (Article 107), art-107 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-107 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-107 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百五十七条第一項（婚姻等に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第百五十七条第二項（婚姻等に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-157/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-157/par-2 --- ## 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 157, 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 157, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 157, paragraph (2) — 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