# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十六条 (Article 16) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16. 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: 第十六条 (Article 16)（家庭裁判所調査官及び家事調停委員の除斥） — address `art-16` - 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-16 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16 - 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. --- ### 第十六条（家庭裁判所調査官及び家事調停委員の除斥） — (Disqualification of Family Court Investigating officer and Domestic Relations Mediation Commissioner) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Disqualification of Family Court Investigating officer and Domestic Relations Conciliation Commissioner)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16 **第一項** 家庭裁判所調査官及び家事調停委員の除斥については、第十条並びに第十二条第二項、第八項及び第九項の規定（忌避に関する部分を除く。）を準用する。 art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16/par-1 With regard to the disqualification of a family court investigating officer and a domestic relations mediation commissioner, the provisions of Article 10, and Article 12, paragraphs (2), (8), and (9) (excluding the parts concerning a challenge) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "With regard to the disqualification of a family court investigating officer and a domestic relations conciliation commissioner, the provisions of Article 10, and Article 12, paragraphs (2), (8), and (9) (excluding the parts concerning a challenge) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家庭裁判所調査官又は家事調停委員について除斥の申立てがあったときは、その家庭裁判所調査官又は家事調停委員は、その申立てについての裁判が確定するまでその申立てがあった家事事件に関与することができない。 art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16/par-2 When a motion for disqualification of a family court investigating officer or domestic relations mediation commissioner is filed, the family court investigating officer or domestic relations mediation commissioner may not participate in the domestic relations case pertaining to the motion until a judicial decision on the motion becomes final and binding. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a motion for a challenge to a family court investigating officer or domestic relations conciliation commissioner is filed, the family court investigating officer or domestic relations conciliation commissioner may not participate in the domestic relations case pertaining to the motion until a judicial decision on the motion becomes final and binding." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 家庭裁判所調査官又は家事調停委員の除斥についての裁判は、家庭裁判所調査官又は家事調停委員の所属する裁判所がする。 art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-16/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-16/par-3 A judicial decision on the disqualification of a family court investigating officer or domestic relations mediation commissioner is to be made by the court to which the family court investigating officer or domestic relations mediation commissioner belongs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A judicial decision on the disqualification of a family court investigating officer or domestic relations conciliation commissioner is to be made by the court to which the family court investigating officer or domestic relations conciliation commissioner belongs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-16/par-1: 第十条 → 家事事件手続法 第十条 (Article 10), art-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-10 - art-16/par-1: 第十二条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第二項 (Article 12, paragraph (2)), art-12/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-2 - art-16/par-1: 第八項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第八項 (Article 12, paragraph (8)), art-12/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-8 - art-16/par-1: 第九項 → 家事事件手続法 第十二条第九項 (Article 12, paragraph (9)), art-12/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-12/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-12/par-9 --- ## 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 16 — 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 16, 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 16, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 16, paragraph (3) — 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