# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十九条 (Article 29) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29. 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: 第二十九条 (Article 29)（手続費用の負担の裁判等） — address `art-29` - 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-29 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29 - 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. --- ### 第二十九条（手続費用の負担の裁判等） — (Judicial Decision on the Burden of Procedural Costs) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29 **第一項** 裁判所は、事件を完結する裁判において、職権で、その審級における審判費用（調停手続を経ている場合にあっては、調停費用を含む。）の全部について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。ただし、事情により、事件の一部又は中間の争いに関する裁判において、その費用についての負担の裁判をすることができる。 art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29/par-1 When the court makes a judicial decision to conclude a case, it must, by its own authority, make a judicial decision on the burden of all adjudication costs incurred in the instance thereof (if the case has gone through mediation proceedings, including mediation costs); provided, however, that depending on the circumstances, when the court makes a judicial decision on part of a case or on an interlocutory dispute, it may make a judicial decision on the burden of costs thereof. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When the court makes a judicial decision to conclude a case, it must, by its own authority, make a judicial decision on the burden of all costs incurred in the instance thereof (if the case has gone through conciliation proceedings, including conciliation costs); provided, however, that depending on the circumstances, when the court makes a judicial decision on part of a case or on an interlocutory dispute, it may make a judicial decision on the burden of costs thereof." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 上級の裁判所が本案の裁判を変更する場合には、手続の総費用（調停手続を経ている場合にあっては、調停費用を含む。）について、その負担の裁判をしなければならない。事件の差戻し又は移送を受けた裁判所がその事件を完結する裁判をする場合も、同様とする。 art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29/par-2 Where an upper instance court modifies a judicial decision on merits, it must make a judicial decision on the burden of the total costs of the proceedings (if the case has gone through mediation proceedings, including mediation costs). The same applies when the court that has accepted a case remanded or transferred thereto makes a judicial decision to conclude the case. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where an upper instance court modifies a judicial decision on merits, it must make a judicial decision on the burden of the total costs of the proceedings (if the case has gone through conciliation proceedings, including conciliation costs). The same applies when the court that has accepted a case remanded or transferred thereto makes a judicial decision to conclude the case." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 調停が成立した場合において、調停費用（審判手続を経ている場合にあっては、審判費用を含む。）の負担について特別の定めをしなかったときは、その費用は、各自が負担する。 art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29/par-3 When mediation is successful, and if the burden of mediation costs (if the case has gone through adjudication proceedings, including adjudication costs) is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When conciliation is successful, and if the burden of conciliation costs (if the case has gone through adjudication proceedings, including adjudication costs) is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 第二百四十四条の規定により調停を行うことができる事件についての訴訟が係属する裁判所が第二百五十七条第二項又は第二百七十四条第一項の規定により事件を調停に付した場合において、調停が成立し、その訴訟についての訴訟費用の負担について特別の定めをしなかったときは、その費用は、各自が負担する。 art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-29/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-29/par-4 When a litigation case is pending before a court with regard to a case for which mediation may be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and the court has referred the case to mediation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and if mediation is successful and the burden of court costs incurred for the litigation case is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a litigation case is pending before a court with regard to a case for which conciliation may be conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 244, and the court has referred the case to conciliation pursuant to the provisions of Article 257, paragraph (2) or Article 274, paragraph (1), and if conciliation is successful and the burden of court costs incurred for the litigation case is not specially specified, each person bears their own costs." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-29/par-4: 第二百四十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十四条 (Article 244), art-244 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-244 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-244 - art-29/par-4: 第二百五十七条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百五十七条第二項 (Article 257, paragraph (2)), art-257/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-257/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-257/par-2 - art-29/par-4: 第二百七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七十四条第一項 (Article 274, paragraph (1)), art-274/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-274/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-274/par-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三十一条第一項（手続費用に関する民事訴訟法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-31/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-31/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 附則第四条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-4/par-2 --- ## 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 29, 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 29, 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 29, 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 29, 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