# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百七十七条 (Article 277) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277. 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: 第二百七十七条 (Article 277)（合意に相当する審判の対象及び要件） — address `art-277` - 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-277 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277 - 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. --- ### 第二百七十七条（合意に相当する審判の対象及び要件） — (Subject and Requirements of Rulings Equivalent to Agreements) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277 **第一項** 人事に関する訴え（離婚及び離縁の訴えを除く。）を提起することができる事項についての家事調停の手続において、次の各号に掲げる要件のいずれにも該当する場合には、家庭裁判所は、必要な事実を調査した上、第一号の合意を正当と認めるときは、当該合意に相当する審判（以下「合意に相当する審判」という。）をすることができる。ただし、当該事項に係る身分関係の当事者の一方が死亡した後は、この限りでない。 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 In proceedings for mediation of domestic relations regarding a matter against which an action concerning personal status may be filed (excluding an action for divorce and an action for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship), if both requirements set forth in the following items are satisfied, and when the family court, having examined the necessary facts, finds the agreement set forth in item (i) to be legitimate, it may make a ruling equivalent to the agreement (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling equivalent to an agreement"); provided, however, that this does not apply after the death of either of the parties to the family relationship concerned with the matter: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "In proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations regarding a matter against which an action concerning personal status may be filed (excluding an action for divorce and an action for the dissolution of an adoptive relationship), if both requirements set forth in the following items are satisfied, and when the family court, having examined the necessary facts, finds the agreement set forth in item (i) to be legitimate, it may make a ruling equivalent to the agreement (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling equivalent to an agreement"); provided, however, that this does not apply after the death of either of the parties to the family relationship concerned with the matter:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 当事者間に申立ての趣旨のとおりの審判を受けることについて合意が成立していること。 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 the parties have reached an agreement whereby they will be subject to a ruling to the same effect as the object of the petition; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 当事者の双方が申立てに係る無効若しくは取消しの原因又は身分関係の形成若しくは存否の原因について争わないこと。 art-277/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1/item-2 the parties do not dispute any cause of annulment or rescission or cause of the formation or existence of a family relationship which pertains to the petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項第一号の合意は、第二百五十八条第一項において準用する第五十四条第一項及び第二百七十条第一項に規定する方法によっては、成立させることができない。ただし、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が映像と音声の送受信により相手の状態を相互に認識しながら通話をすることができる方法による場合は、この限りでない。 art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-2 The agreement set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph may not be reached by the method prescribed in Article 54, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 258, paragraph (1), and in Article 270, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this does not apply where it is done by a method by which the family court and both parties are able to converse while mutually recognizing each other's condition through video and audio transmissions. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の家事調停の手続が調停委員会で行われている場合において、合意に相当する審判をするときは、家庭裁判所は、その調停委員会を組織する家事調停委員の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-277/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-3 When proceedings for mediation of domestic relations set forth in paragraph (1) are conducted by a mediation committee, and when the family court makes a ruling equivalent to an agreement, the family court must hear the opinions of the domestic relations mediation commissioners who compose the mediation committee. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When proceedings for conciliation of domestic relations set forth in paragraph (1) are conducted by a conciliation committee, and when the family court makes a ruling equivalent to an agreement, the family court must hear the opinions of the domestic relations conciliation commissioners who compose the conciliation committee." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 第二百七十二条第一項から第三項までの規定は、家庭裁判所が第一項第一号の規定による合意を正当と認めない場合について準用する。 art-277/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-277/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-4 The provisions of Article 272, paragraphs (1) through (3) apply mutatis mutandis when the family court does not find an agreement under the provisions of paragraph (1), item (i) to be legitimate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-277/par-1: 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-277/par-2: 前項第一号 → 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-277/par-2: 第二百五十八条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項 (Article 258, paragraph (1)), art-258/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1 - art-277/par-2: 第五十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十四条第一項 (Article 54, paragraph (1)), art-54/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-54/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-54/par-1 - art-277/par-2: 第二百七十条第一項 → 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 - art-277/par-3: 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-277/par-4: 第二百七十二条第一項から第三項まで → 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-277/par-4: 第二百七十二条第一項から第三項まで → 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-277/par-4: 第二百七十二条第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第三項 (Article 272, paragraph (3)), 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 - art-277/par-4: 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 ## Cited by 16 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 第三十八条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38-2/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十二条第一項第六号（手続行為能力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-252/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-252/par-1/item-6 - 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 第二百六十八条第四項（調停の成立及び効力） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-268/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-268/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十二条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-272/par-1 - 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 第二百七十六条第一項（訴えの取下げの擬制等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-276/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-276/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第一項（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-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-1 - 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 - 家事事件手続法 第二百七十七条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-277/par-3 - 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 第二百七十九条第一項（異議の申立て） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-279/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-279/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百八十四条第一項（調停に代わる審判の対象及び要件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-284/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-284/par-1 - 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 277, 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 277, 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, translated 2026-11-06 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05