# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百五十九条 (Article 259)

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- 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: 第二百五十九条 (Article 259)（調停委員会が行う家事調停の手続の指揮） — address `art-259`
- 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-259
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-259
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### 第二百五十九条（調停委員会が行う家事調停の手続の指揮） — (Control over Proceedings for Mediation of Domestic Relations Conducted by a Mediation Committee)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Control over Proceedings for Conciliation of Domestic Relations Conducted by a Conciliation Committee)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
<sup>art-259 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-259 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-259</sup>

    **第一項**  調停委員会が行う家事調停の手続は、調停委員会を組織する裁判官が指揮する。
    <sup>art-259/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-259/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-259/par-1</sup>
    Proceedings for mediation of domestic relations conducted by a mediation committee are subject to the control of a judge who composes the mediation committee.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations conducted by a conciliation committee is subject to the control of a judge who composes the conciliation committee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## 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 259 — 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 259, 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