# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第五十八条 (Article 58)

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- 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: 第五十八条 (Article 58)（家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査） — address `art-58`
- 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-58
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### 第五十八条（家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査） — (Investigation of Facts by Family Court Investigating Officer)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58</sup>

      **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、家庭裁判所調査官に事実の調査をさせることができる。
      <sup>art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-1</sup>
      A family court may have a family court investigating officer examine facts.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  急迫の事情があるときは、裁判長が、家庭裁判所調査官に事実の調査をさせることができる。
      <sup>art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-2</sup>
      If there are pressing circumstances, the presiding judge may have a family court investigating officer examine facts.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第三項**  家庭裁判所調査官は、事実の調査の結果を書面又は口頭で家庭裁判所に報告するものとする。
      <sup>art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-3</sup>
      A family court investigating officer is to report the results of the examination of facts to the family court in writing or orally.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第四項**  家庭裁判所調査官は、前項の規定による報告に意見を付することができる。
      <sup>art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-4</sup>
      A family court investigating officer may attach their own opinions to the report under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-58/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第五十八条第三項 (Article 58, paragraph (3)), art-58/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-3

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第五十八条第四項（家庭裁判所調査官による事実の調査） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-58/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-58/par-4
- 家事事件手続法 第六十条第二項（裁判所技官による診断等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第八十四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-84/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-84/par-1
- 家事事件手続法 第二百五十八条第一項（家事審判の手続の規定の準用等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-258/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-258/par-1
- 家事事件手続法 第二百六十一条第三項（調停委員会を組織する裁判官による事実の調査及び証拠調べ等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-261/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-261/par-3

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## 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
