# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百四十四条 (Article 244) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244. 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: 第二百四十四条 (Article 244)（調停事項等） — address `art-244` - 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-244 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十四条（調停事項等） — (Matters Subject to Mediation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Matters to Be Conciliated)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、人事に関する訴訟事件その他家庭に関する事件（別表第一に掲げる事項についての事件を除く。）について調停を行うほか、この編の定めるところにより審判をする。 art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244/par-1 A family court mediates litigation cases regarding personal status and other cases regarding family affairs (excluding the cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1), and also adjudicates these cases as provided for in this Part. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A family court conciliates litigation cases regarding personal status and other cases regarding family affairs (excluding the cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1), and also adjudicates these cases as provided for in this Part." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-244/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二十九条第四項（手続費用の負担の裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第一項（地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所への移送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第二項（地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所への移送） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十七条第一項（調停前置主義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-257/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-257/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第一項（付調停） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第五項（付調停） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-5 - 民事調停法 第四条第二項（移送等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-mediation-act/art-4/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326AC1000000222/art-4/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 244 — 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 244, 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 — 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