# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四十条 (Article 40) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40. 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: 第四十条 (Article 40)（参与員） — address `art-40` - 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-40 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第四十条（参与員） — (Counselor) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、参与員の意見を聴いて、審判をする。ただし、家庭裁判所が相当と認めるときは、その意見を聴かないで、審判をすることができる。 art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-1 A family court adjudicates a matter while hearing the opinions of a counselor; provided, however, that the family court may, when it finds it to be appropriate, adjudicate a matter without hearing the opinions of a counselor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、参与員を家事審判の手続の期日に立ち会わせることができる。 art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-2 A family court may have a counselor attend a date of proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、相当と認めるときは、当事者の意見を聴いて、最高裁判所規則で定めるところにより、家庭裁判所及び当事者双方が参与員との間で音声の送受信により同時に通話をすることができる方法によって、参与員に家事審判の手続の期日に立ち会わせ、当該期日における行為を行わせることができる。 art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-3 A family court may, when it finds it to be appropriate, after hearing the opinions of the parties, have a counselor attend a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations and perform acts on that date, by means that enables the family court and both parties to communicate simultaneously with the counselor by audio transmissions, as provided for in the Rules of the Supreme Court. machine translation, not official **第四項** 参与員は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、第一項の意見を述べるために、申立人が提出した資料の内容について、申立人から説明を聴くことができる。ただし、別表第二に掲げる事項についての審判事件においては、この限りでない。 art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-4 In order to state opinions as set forth in paragraph (1), a counselor may, with permission from the family court, hear an explanation from the petitioner with regard to the details of the materials submitted by the petitioner; provided, however, that this does not apply to adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 参与員の員数は、各事件について一人以上とする。 art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-5 One or more counselors are assigned to each case. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 参与員は、毎年あらかじめ家庭裁判所の選任した者の中から、事件ごとに家庭裁判所が指定する。 art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-6 A counselor is to be designated by a family court for each case from among persons appointed in advance by the family court every year. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 前項の規定により選任される者の資格、員数その他同項の規定による選任に関し必要な事項は、最高裁判所規則で定める。 art-40/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-7 The qualifications and number of persons to be appointed pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and other necessary matters concerning their appointment pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph are specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 参与員には、最高裁判所規則で定める額の旅費、日当及び宿泊料を支給する。 art-40/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-8 A counselor is paid travel expenses, a daily allowance and accommodation charges at the amount specified by the Rules of the Supreme Court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-40/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十条第一項 (Article 40, paragraph (1)), art-40/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-1 - art-40/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 - art-40/par-7: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十条第六項 (Article 40, paragraph (6)), art-40/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-6 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第四十条第四項（参与員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第四十条第七項（参与員） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-40/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-40/par-7 - 家事事件手続法 第八十四条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-84/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第九十三条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定及び民事訴訟法の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-93/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-93/par-1 --- ## 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-20261105T164326-002, 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