# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百五十四条 (Article 254) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254. 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: 第二百五十四条 (Article 254)（記録の閲覧等） — address `art-254` - 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-254 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254 - 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. --- ### 第二百五十四条（記録の閲覧等） — (Inspection of Records, etc.) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254 **第一項** 当事者又は利害関係を疎明した第三者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、裁判所書記官に対し、家事調停事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写、その正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付又は家事調停事件に関する事項の証明書の交付を請求することができる。 art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-1 A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a record of a case for mediation of domestic relations, or for the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning a case for mediation of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with permission from the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a record of a case for conciliation of domestic relations, or for the issuance of a certificate of matters concerning a case for conciliation of domestic relations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項の規定は、家事調停事件の記録中の録音テープ又はビデオテープ（これらに準ずる方法により一定の事項を記録した物を含む。）に関しては、適用しない。この場合において、当事者又は利害関係を疎明した第三者は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、裁判所書記官に対し、これらの物の複製を請求することができる。 art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-2 The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a record of a case for mediation of domestic relations which is prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto). In this case, a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with the permission of the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the reproduction of these objects. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a record of a case for conciliation of domestic relations which is prepared in the form of audiotapes or videotapes (including objects on which certain matters are recorded by any means equivalent thereto). In this case, a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest may, with the permission of the family court, make a request to a court clerk for the reproduction of these objects." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、当事者又は利害関係を疎明した第三者から前二項の規定による許可の申立てがあった場合（第六項に規定する場合を除く。）において、相当と認めるときは、これを許可することができる。 art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-3 When a petition for permission under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs is filed by a party or a third party who has made a prima facie showing of interest (excluding the case prescribed in paragraph (6)), the family court may grant permission when it finds it to be appropriate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 次に掲げる書面については、当事者は、第一項の規定にかかわらず、家庭裁判所の許可を得ずに、裁判所書記官に対し、その交付を請求することができる。 art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1), a party may make a request to a court clerk for the issuance of the following documents, without permission from the family court: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 審判書その他の裁判書の正本、謄本又は抄本 art-254/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-4/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-4/item-1 an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a written ruling or any other written judgment; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 調停において成立した合意を記載し、又は調停をしないものとして、若しくは調停が成立しないものとして事件が終了した旨を記載した調書の正本、謄本又は抄本 art-254/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-4/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-4/item-2 an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a record which states an agreement reached through mediation, or states to the effect that the court has closed the case while deciding not to conduct a mediation or considering that mediation has been unsuccessful; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of a record which states an agreement reached through conciliation, or states to the effect that the court has closed the case while deciding not to conduct a conciliation or considering that conciliation has been unsuccessful; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **三** 家事調停事件に関する事項の証明書 art-254/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-4/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-4/item-3 a certificate of matters relating to a case for mediation of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a certificate of matters relating to a case for conciliation of domestic relations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第五項** 家事調停事件の記録の閲覧、謄写及び複製の請求は、家事調停事件の記録の保存又は裁判所若しくは調停委員会の執務に支障があるときは、することができない。 art-254/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-5 A request for the inspection, copying or reproduction of a record of a case for mediation of domestic relations may not be made if these acts would interfere with the preservation of the record of the case for mediation of domestic relations or with the performance of the duties of the court or mediation committee. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A request for the inspection, copying or reproduction of a record of a case for conciliation of domestic relations may not be made if these acts would interfere with the preservation of the record of the case for conciliation of domestic relations or with the performance of the duties of the court or conciliation committee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第六項** 第二百七十七条第一項に規定する事項についての調停事件において、当事者から第一項又は第二項の規定による許可の申立てがあった場合については、第四十七条第三項、第四項及び第八項から第十項までの規定を準用する。 art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-6 When a petition for permission under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) is filed by a party in a mediation case regarding the matter prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1), the provisions of Article 47, paragraphs (3), (4), and (8) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petition for permission under the provisions of paragraph (1) or (2) is filed by a party in a conciliation case regarding the matter prescribed in Article 277, paragraph (1), the provisions of Article 47, paragraphs (3), (4), and (8) through (10) apply mutatis mutandis." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-254/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-1 - art-254/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-1 - art-254/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第二項 (Article 254, paragraph (2)), art-254/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-2 - art-254/par-3: 第六項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第六項 (Article 254, paragraph (6)), art-254/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-6 - art-254/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-1 - art-254/par-6: 第二百七十七条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項 (Article 277, paragraph (1)), art-277/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1 - art-254/par-6: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第一項 (Article 254, paragraph (1)), art-254/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-1 - art-254/par-6: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第二項 (Article 254, paragraph (2)), art-254/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-2 - art-254/par-6: 第四十七条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第三項 (Article 47, paragraph (3)), art-47/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-3 - art-254/par-6: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第四項 (Article 47, paragraph (4)), art-47/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-4 - art-254/par-6: 第八項から第十項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第十項 (Article 47, paragraph (10)), art-47/par-10 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-10 - art-254/par-6: 第八項から第十項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第八項 (Article 47, paragraph (8)), art-47/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-8 - art-254/par-6: 第八項から第十項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十七条第九項 (Article 47, paragraph (9)), art-47/par-9 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-47/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-47/par-9 ## Cited by 5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第二項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第三項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第四項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十四条第六項（記録の閲覧等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-254/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-254/par-6 - 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 --- ## 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 254, 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 254, 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 254, paragraph (4), item (ii) — 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 254, paragraph (4), item (iii) — 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 254, paragraph (5) — 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 254, paragraph (6) — 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