# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第七十一条 (Article 71) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-71. 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: 第七十一条 (Article 71)（審理の終結） — address `art-71` - 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-71 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-71 - 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. --- ### 第七十一条（審理の終結） — (Conclusion of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-71 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-71 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、別表第二に掲げる事項についての家事審判の手続においては、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、相当の猶予期間を置いて、審理を終結する日を定めなければならない。ただし、当事者双方が立ち会うことができる家事審判の手続の期日においては、直ちに審理を終結する旨を宣言することができる。 art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-71/par-1 In proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations regarding any of the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, the family court must specify a date for concluding the proceedings, while leaving a reasonable grace period until the date, except when the petition is unlawful or the petition is clearly groundless; provided, however, that on a date for proceedings for adjudication of domestic relations on which both parties can attend, the family court may declare the conclusion of the proceedings immediately. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-71/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 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第五十条第一項（申立ての変更） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-50/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第七十二条第一項（審判日） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-72/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第九十三条第二項（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-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-93/par-2 - 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 --- ## 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