# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百三十七条 (Article 237) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-237. 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: 第二百三十七条 (Article 237)（審判の告知） — address `art-237` - 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-237 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-237 - 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. --- ### 第二百三十七条（審判の告知） — (Notice of Rulings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-237 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-237 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-237 **第一項** 都道府県の措置についての承認、都道府県の措置の期間の更新についての承認又は児童相談所長若しくは都道府県知事の引き続いての一時保護についての承認の審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、児童を現に監護する者、児童に対し親権を行う者及び児童の未成年後見人に告知しなければならない。 art-237/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-237/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-237/par-1 Notice of a ruling on the approval of a measure taken by a prefecture, the approval of a renewal of the period for a measure taken by a prefecture, or the approval of continued temporary custody by a child guidance center's director, or prefectural governor must be given to a person who actually cares for a child, a person who exercises parental authority over a child, and a guardian of a minor, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百六十四条の二第九項から第十一項までの規定は、児童相談所長の申立てによる特別養子適格の確認の審判事件について準用する。 art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-237/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-237/par-2 The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs (9) through (11), apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 164-2, paragraphs 9 through 11, apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for confirmation of the eligibility for a special adoption upon petition by the director of a child guidance center." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-237/par-1: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1 - art-237/par-2: 第百六十四条の二第九項から第十一項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第十項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (10)), art-164-2/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-10 - art-237/par-2: 第百六十四条の二第九項から第十一項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第十一項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (11)), art-164-2/par-11 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/par-11 - art-237/par-2: 第百六十四条の二第九項から第十一項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百六十四条の二第九項 (Article 164-2, paragraph (9)), art-164-2/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-164-2/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-164-2/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 237, 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