# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第三十八条 (Article 38) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38. 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: 第三十八条 (Article 38) — address `art-38` - 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-38 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38 - 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. --- ### 第三十八条 art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38 **第一項** 家事事件の手続における申立てその他の申述（以下この条及び次条において「申立て等」という。）のうち、当該申立て等に関するこの法律その他の法令の規定により書面等（書面、書類、文書、謄本、抄本、正本、副本、複本その他文字、図形等人の知覚によって認識することができる情報が記載された紙その他の有体物をいう。次項及び第四項において同じ。）をもってするものとされているものであって、最高裁判所の定める裁判所に対してするもの（当該裁判所の裁判長、受命裁判官、受託裁判官又は裁判所書記官に対してするものを含む。）については、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、電子情報処理組織（裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機（入出力装置を含む。以下この項及び第三項において同じ。）と申立て等をする者の使用に係る電子計算機とを電気通信回線で接続した電子情報処理組織をいう。）を用いてすることができる。 art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 With regard to a petition or other statement in the proceedings of a domestic relations case (hereinafter in this Article and the following Article referred to as "petition, etc.") that is provided to be made by means of a paper document, etc. (meaning a written document, document, writing, transcript, extract, authenticated copy, duplicate copy, or copy, or any other tangible object such as paper on which information that can be recognized by human perception, such as characters or diagrams, is recorded; the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (4)) under the provisions of this Act or other laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., and that is made to a court specified by the Supreme Court (including one made to the presiding judge, authorized judge, commissioned judge or court clerk of that court), notwithstanding the provisions of those laws and regulations, it may be made by using the Electronic Data Processing System (meaning an Electronic Data Processing System that connects a computer used by the court (including input/output devices; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (3)) and a computer used by the person filing the petition, etc. via a telecommunications line), as provided by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の規定によりされた申立て等については、当該申立て等を書面等をもってするものとして規定した申立て等に関する法令の規定に規定する書面等をもってされたものとみなして、当該申立て等に関する法令の規定を適用する。 art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-2 A petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph is deemed to have been filed by means of a paper document, etc. prescribed in the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., in which it is provided that the petition, etc. is to be filed by means of a paper document, etc., and the provisions of the laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc. apply. machine translation, not official **第三項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等は、同項の裁判所の使用に係る電子計算機に備えられたファイルへの記録がされた時に、当該裁判所に到達したものとみなす。 art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-3 A petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) is deemed to have arrived at the court as referred to in that paragraph when it is recorded in a file stored on the computer used by that court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 第一項の場合において、当該申立て等に関する他の法令の規定により署名等（署名、記名、押印その他氏名又は名称を書面等に記載することをいう。以下この項において同じ。）をすることとされているものについては、当該申立て等をする者は、当該法令の規定にかかわらず、当該署名等に代えて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、氏名又は名称を明らかにする措置を講じなければならない。 art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-4 Notwithstanding the provisions of other laws and regulations relevant to the petition, etc., in the case referred to in paragraph (1), a person filing a petition, etc. that is to bear a signature, etc. (meaning the relevant person's signature, name, or seal or other inclusion of the relevant person's name or trade name in the paper document, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) pursuant to the provisions of those laws and regulations, in lieu of affixing this signature, etc., is to take measures to clarify the name or trade name of the person filing the petition, etc., as provided for by the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等が第三項に規定するファイルに記録されたときは、第一項の裁判所は、当該ファイルに記録された情報の内容を書面に出力しなければならない。 art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-5 When a petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) has been recorded in the file prescribed in paragraph (3), the court as referred to in paragraph (1) is to output the contents of the data recorded in the file in the form of a paper document. machine translation, not official **第六項** 第一項の規定によりされた申立て等に係るこの法律の他の規定による家事事件の記録の閲覧若しくは謄写又はその正本、謄本若しくは抄本の交付は、前項の書面をもってするものとする。当該申立て等に係る書類の送達又は送付も、同様とする。 art-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-6 The inspection or copying of, or the issuance of an authenticated copy, transcript or extract of, a record of a domestic relations case under other provisions of this Act, which pertains to a petition, etc. filed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), is to be made by means of the document set forth in the preceding paragraph. The same applies to the service or sending of a document pertaining to such petition, etc. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-38/par-1: この条 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条 (Article 38), art-38 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38 - art-38/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条の二 (Article 38-2), art-38-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38-2 - art-38/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第二項 (Article 38, paragraph (2)), art-38/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-2 - art-38/par-1: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第四項 (Article 38, paragraph (4)), art-38/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-4 - art-38/par-1: この項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-3 - art-38/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-4: この項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第四項 (Article 38, paragraph (4)), art-38/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-4 - art-38/par-5: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-5: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第三項 (Article 38, paragraph (3)), art-38/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-3 - art-38/par-6: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 (Article 38, paragraph (1)), art-38/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - art-38/par-6: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第五項 (Article 38, paragraph (5)), art-38/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-5 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第四項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第五項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第三十八条第六項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-38/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-38/par-6 --- ## Sources - 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 — 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-20261105T164326-001, 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