# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百七十二条 (Article 272) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272. 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: 第二百七十二条 (Article 272)（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — address `art-272` - 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-272 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十二条（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — (Closing of Cases due to Unsuccessful Mediation) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Closing of Cases due to Unsuccessful Conciliation)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-272 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272 **第一項** 調停委員会は、当事者間に合意（第二百七十七条第一項第一号の合意を含む。）が成立する見込みがない場合又は成立した合意が相当でないと認める場合には、調停が成立しないものとして、家事調停事件を終了させることができる。ただし、家庭裁判所が第二百八十四条第一項の規定による調停に代わる審判をしたときは、この限りでない。 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 When there is no likelihood of any agreement to be reached between the parties (including the agreement set forth in Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i)) or when a mediation committee finds that an agreement that has been reached is inappropriate, the mediation committee may close the case for mediation of domestic relations, considering that mediation has been unsuccessful; provided, however, that this does not apply when a family court has made a ruling in lieu of mediation under the provisions of Article 284, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When there is no likelihood of any agreement to be reached between the parties (including the agreement set forth in Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i)) or when a conciliation committee finds that an agreement that has been reached is inappropriate, the conciliation committee may close the case for conciliation of domestic relations, considering that conciliation has been unsuccessful; provided, however, that this does not apply when a family court has made a ruling in lieu of conciliation under the provisions of Article 284, paragraph (1)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項の規定により家事調停事件が終了したときは、家庭裁判所は、当事者に対し、その旨を通知しなければならない。 art-272/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-2 When a case for mediation of domestic relations has been closed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a family court must give notice to that effect to the parties. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a case for conciliation of domestic relations has been closed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, a family court must give notice to that effect to the parties." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 当事者が前項の規定による通知を受けた日から二週間以内に家事調停の申立てがあった事件について訴えを提起したときは、家事調停の申立ての時に、その訴えの提起があったものとみなす。 art-272/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-3 If, with regard to a case for which a petition for mediation of domestic relations has been filed, a party has filed an action within two weeks from the day on which the party has received notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time of the filing of the petition for mediation of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If, with regard to a case for which a petition for conciliation of domestic relations has been filed, a party has filed an action within two weeks from the day on which the party has received notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the action is deemed to have been filed at the time of the filing of the petition for conciliation of domestic relations." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 第一項の規定により別表第二に掲げる事項についての調停事件が終了した場合には、家事調停の申立ての時に、当該事項についての家事審判の申立てがあったものとみなす。 art-272/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-4 When a mediation case regarding any of the matters set forth in Appended Table 2 has been closed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it is deemed that a petition for the adjudication of domestic relations regarding the matter has been filed at the time of the filing of the petition for mediation of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a conciliation case regarding any of the matters set forth in Appended Table 2 has been closed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), it is deemed that a petition for the adjudication of domestic relations regarding the matter has been filed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-272/par-1: 第二百七十七条第一項第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項第一号 (Article 277, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-277/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1/item-1 - art-272/par-1: 第二百八十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八十四条第一項 (Article 284, paragraph (1)), art-284/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/par-1 - art-272/par-2: 前項 → 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-272/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第二項 (Article 272, paragraph (2)), art-272/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-2 - art-272/par-4: 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-272/par-4: 別表第二 → 家事事件手続法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-2 ## Cited by 7 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-270/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第二項（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第三項（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第四項（調停の不成立の場合の事件の終了） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-272/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-4 - 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 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第四項（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-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 附則第四条第一項（訴訟に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4231-52/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-4/par-1 --- ## 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 272 — 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 272, 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 272, 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 272, 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 272, 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