# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百四十六条 (Article 246) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246. 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: 第二百四十六条 (Article 246)（地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所への移送） — address `art-246` - 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-246 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246 - 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. --- ### 第二百四十六条（地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所への移送） — (Transfer to a District Court or Summary Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、第二百四十四条の規定により調停を行うことができる事件以外の事件について調停の申立てを受けた場合には、職権で、これを管轄権を有する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所に移送する。 art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-1 When a family court receives a petition for the mediation of a case other than cases that it may mediate pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, it transfers the case to a district court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a family court receives a petition for the conciliation of a case other than cases that it may conciliate pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, it transfers the case to a district court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case by its own authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、第二百四十四条の規定により調停を行うことができる事件について調停の申立てを受けた場合において、事件を処理するために必要があると認めるときは、職権で、事件の全部又は一部を管轄権を有する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所に移送することができる。 art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-2 When a family court receives a petition for the mediation of a case that it may mediate pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and when it finds it to be necessary in order to process the case, it may transfer the whole or part of the case to a district court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a family court receives a petition for the conciliation of a case that it may conciliate pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and when it finds it to be necessary in order to process the case, it may transfer the whole or part of the case to a district court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case by its own authority." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、事件を処理するために特に必要があると認めるときは、前二項の規定にかかわらず、その事件を管轄権を有する地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所以外の地方裁判所又は簡易裁判所（事物管轄権を有するものに限る。）に移送することができる。 art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-3 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, when the family court finds it to be particularly necessary in order to process a case, it may transfer the case to a district court or summary court (limited to a court which has subject-matter jurisdiction) other than the district court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, when the family court finds it to be particularly necessary in order to process a case, it may transfer the case to a domestic court or summary court (limited to a court which has subject-matter jurisdiction) other than the domestic court or summary court which has jurisdiction over the case." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 第九条第三項から第五項までの規定は、前三項の規定による移送の裁判について準用する。 art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-4 The provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (3) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to a decision of transfer under the provisions of the preceding three paragraphs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 9, paragraphs (3) through (5) apply mutatis mutandis to a decision of transfer under the provisions of preceding three paragraphs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-246/par-1: 第二百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244 - art-246/par-2: 第二百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244 - art-246/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第一項 (Article 246, paragraph (1)), art-246/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-1 - art-246/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第二項 (Article 246, paragraph (2)), art-246/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-2 - art-246/par-4: 第九条第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第九条第三項 (Article 9, paragraph (3)), art-9/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-9/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-9/par-3 - art-246/par-4: 第九条第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第九条第四項 (Article 9, paragraph (4)), art-9/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-9/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-9/par-4 - art-246/par-4: 第九条第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第九条第五項 (Article 9, paragraph (5)), art-9/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-9/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-9/par-5 - art-246/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第一項 (Article 246, paragraph (1)), art-246/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-1 - art-246/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第二項 (Article 246, paragraph (2)), art-246/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-2 - art-246/par-4: 前三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第三項 (Article 246, paragraph (3)), art-246/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-246/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-3 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百四十六条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-246/par-4 --- ## 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 246, 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 246, 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 246, 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 246, paragraph (4) — 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