# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第六十七条 (Article 67) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67. 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: 第六十七条 (Article 67)（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — address `art-67` - 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-67 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67 - 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. --- ### 第六十七条（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — (Sending of Copy of Written Petition for Adjudication of Domestic Relations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67 **第一項** 別表第二に掲げる事項についての家事審判の申立てがあった場合には、家庭裁判所は、申立てが不適法であるとき又は申立てに理由がないことが明らかなときを除き、家事審判の申立書の写しを相手方に送付しなければならない。ただし、家事審判の手続の円滑な進行を妨げるおそれがあると認められるときは、家事審判の申立てがあったことを通知することをもって、家事審判の申立書の写しの送付に代えることができる。 art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-1 When a petition for adjudication of domestic relations regarding any of the matters set forth in Appended Table 2 is filed, the family court must send a copy of a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations to the respondent, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that if it is found that there is a risk of interfering with smooth progress in the proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations, the family court may give notice to the respondent of the fact that a petition for adjudication of domestic relations is filed, in lieu of sending a copy of a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第四十九条第四項から第六項までの規定は、前項の規定による家事審判の申立書の写しの送付又はこれに代わる通知をすることができない場合について準用する。 art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-2 The provisions of Article 49, paragraphs (4) through (6) apply mutatis mutandis when it is impossible to send a copy of a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations or to give notice in lieu of sending the copy under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 裁判長は、第一項の規定による家事審判の申立書の写しの送付又はこれに代わる通知の費用の予納を相当の期間を定めて申立人に命じた場合において、その予納がないときは、命令で、家事審判の申立書を却下しなければならない。 art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-3 When the presiding judge specifies a reasonable period and orders a petitioner to prepay costs for sending a copy of a written petition for adjudication of domestic relations or for giving notice in lieu of sending such copy under the provisions of paragraph (1), but the costs are not prepaid, the presiding judge must, by a direction, dismiss the written petition for adjudication of domestic relations. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 前項の命令に対しては、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-4 An immediate appeal may be filed against the direction set forth in the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-67/par-1: 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-67/par-2: 第四十九条第四項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第四項 (Article 49, paragraph (4)), art-49/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-4 - art-67/par-2: 第四十九条第四項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第五項 (Article 49, paragraph (5)), art-49/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-5 - art-67/par-2: 第四十九条第四項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第六項 (Article 49, paragraph (6)), art-49/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-49/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-49/par-6 - art-67/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-1 - art-67/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第一項 (Article 67, paragraph (1)), art-67/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-1 - art-67/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第三項 (Article 67, paragraph (3)), art-67/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-3 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第二項（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第三項（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第六十七条第四項（家事審判の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-67/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-67/par-4 - 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 - 家事事件手続法 第百八十八条第四項（推定相続人の廃除の審判事件及び推定相続人の廃除の取消しの審判事件） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-188/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-188/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第二百五十六条第二項（家事調停の申立書の写しの送付等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-256/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-256/par-2 --- ## 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