# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第六十条 (Article 60)

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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: 第六十条 (Article 60)（裁判所技官による診断等） — address `art-60`
- 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-60
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60
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### 第六十条（裁判所技官による診断等） — (Diagnosis by Technical Officials of Court)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60</sup>

      **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、医師である裁判所技官に事件の関係人の心身の状況について診断をさせることができる。
      <sup>art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60/par-1</sup>
      A family court may, when it finds it to be necessary, have a technical official of the court, who is a physician, diagnose the physical and mental condition of a person concerned with a case.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  第五十八条第二項から第四項までの規定は前項の診断について、前条第一項から第三項までの規定は裁判所技官の期日への立会い及び意見の陳述について準用する。
      <sup>art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60/par-2</sup>
      The provisions of Article 58, paragraphs (2) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to the diagnosis set forth in the preceding paragraph, and the provisions of paragraphs (1) through (3) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the attendance on a date for proceedings and statement of opinions by a technical official of the court.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-60/par-2: 第五十八条第二項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十八条第二項 (Article 58, paragraph (2)), 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
- art-60/par-2: 第五十八条第二項から第四項まで → 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
- art-60/par-2: 第五十八条第二項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十八条第四項 (Article 58, paragraph (4)), 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
- art-60/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十条第一項 (Article 60, paragraph (1)), art-60/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-60/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-60/par-1
- art-60/par-2: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十九条第一項 (Article 59, paragraph (1)), art-59/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-59/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-59/par-1
- art-60/par-2: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十九条第二項 (Article 59, paragraph (2)), art-59/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-59/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-59/par-2
- art-60/par-2: 前条第一項から第三項まで → 家事事件手続法 第五十九条第三項 (Article 59, paragraph (3)), art-59/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-59/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-59/par-3

## Cited by

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

- 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 第二百六十条第一項第六号（調停委員会等の権限） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-260/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-260/par-1/item-6

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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
- 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