# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百六十四条 (Article 264) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264. 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: 第二百六十四条 (Article 264)（家事調停委員の専門的意見の聴取） — address `art-264` - 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-264 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264 - 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. --- ### 第二百六十四条（家事調停委員の専門的意見の聴取） — (Hearing of the Expert Opinion of a Domestic Relations Mediation Commissioner) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Hearing of the Expert Opinion of a Domestic Relations Conciliation Commissioner)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-264 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264 **第一項** 調停委員会は、必要があると認めるときは、当該調停委員会を組織していない家事調停委員の専門的な知識経験に基づく意見を聴取することができる。 art-264/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-1 A mediation committee may, when it finds it to be necessary, hear the opinions of a domestic relations mediation commissioner who is not a member of the mediation committee, based on the commissioner's expert knowledge and experience. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A conciliation committee may, when it finds it to be necessary, hear the opinions of a domestic relations conciliation commissioner who is not a member of the conciliation committee, based on the commissioner's expert knowledge and experience." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項の規定により意見を聴取する家事調停委員は、家庭裁判所が指定する。 art-264/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-2 A domestic relations mediation commissioner whose opinions are heard pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is designated by a family court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A domestic relations conciliation commissioner whose opinions are heard pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is designated by a family court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 前項の規定による指定を受けた家事調停委員は、調停委員会に出席して意見を述べるものとする。 art-264/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-3 A domestic relations mediation commissioner who is designated under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to attend a mediation committee and state opinions. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "A domestic relations conciliation commissioner who is designated under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is to attend a conciliation committee and state opinions." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-264/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十四条第一項 (Article 264, paragraph (1)), art-264/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-1 - art-264/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六十四条第二項 (Article 264, paragraph (2)), art-264/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十四条第二項（家事調停委員の専門的意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十四条第三項（家事調停委員の専門的意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-264/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-264/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百六十七条第二項（裁判官のみで行う家事調停の手続） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-267/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-267/par-2 - 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 264 — 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 264, 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 264, 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 264, 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 — 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