# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百七十条 (Article 270)

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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: 第二百七十条 (Article 270)（調停条項案の書面による受諾） — address `art-270`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百七十条（調停条項案の書面による受諾） — (Acceptance of Proposed Terms of Mediation in Writing)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Acceptance of Proposed Terms of Conciliation in Writing)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
<sup>art-270 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270</sup>

    **第一項**  当事者が遠隔の地に居住していることその他の事由により出頭することが困難であると認められる場合において、その当事者があらかじめ調停委員会（裁判官のみで家事調停の手続を行う場合にあっては、その裁判官。次条及び第二百七十二条第一項において同じ。）から提示された調停条項案を受諾する旨の書面を提出し、他の当事者が家事調停の手続の期日に出頭して当該調停条項案を受諾したときは、当事者間に合意が成立したものとみなす。
    <sup>art-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-1</sup>
    When it is found to be difficult for a party to appear due to living in a remote place or on any other grounds, if the party has submitted a document stating that the party accepts the proposed terms of mediation presented in advance by a mediation committee (if the proceedings for mediation of domestic relations are conducted by a sole judge, the judge; the same applies in the following Article and Article 272, paragraph (1)), and the other party has appeared on a date for the proceedings for mediation of domestic relations and accepted the proposed terms for mediation, it is deemed that both parties have reached an agreement.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When it is found to be difficult for a party to appear due to living in a remote place or on any other grounds, if the party has submitted a document stating that the party accepts the proposed terms of conciliation presented in advance by a conciliation committee (if the proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations are conducted by a sole judge, the judge; the same applies in the following Article and Article 272, paragraph (1)), and the other party has appeared on a date for the proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations and accepted the proposed terms for conciliation, it is deemed that both parties have reached an agreement." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定は、離婚又は離縁についての調停事件については、適用しない。
    <sup>art-270/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-2</sup>
    The provisions of the preceding paragraph do not apply to a mediation case regarding divorce or dissolution of an adoptive relationship.
    <sup>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 conciliation case regarding divorce or dissolution in an adoptive relationship." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-270/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十一条 (Article 271), art-271 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-271 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-271
- art-270/par-1: 第二百七十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第一項 (Article 272, paragraph (1)), art-272/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-1
- art-270/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十条第一項 (Article 270, paragraph (1)), art-270/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-1

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第十七条第三項第二号（当事者能力及び手続行為能力の原則等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-17/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-17/par-3/item-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第二号（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二百五十二条第二項（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-252/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-252/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二百七十条第二項（調停条項案の書面による受諾） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-270/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第二項（合意に相当する審判の対象及び要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-2

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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 270 — 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 270, 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 270, 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 — 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
