# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第九十七条 (Article 97) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97. 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: 第九十七条 (Article 97)（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — address `art-97` - 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-97 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97 - 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. --- ### 第九十七条（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — (Judicial Decisions Against Which Appeals with Permission May Be Filed) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97 **第一項** 高等裁判所の家事審判事件についての決定（次項の申立てについての決定を除く。）に対しては、第九十四条第一項の規定による場合のほか、その高等裁判所が次項の規定により許可したときに限り、最高裁判所に特に抗告をすることができる。ただし、その決定が家庭裁判所の審判であるとした場合に即時抗告をすることができるものであるときに限る。 art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-1 An appeal may be specially filed with the Supreme Court against an order made by a high court on a case for adjudication of domestic relations (excluding an order on the petition set forth in the following paragraph), only if that high court permits it pursuant to the following paragraph, beyond the case under the provisions of Article 94, paragraph (1); provided, however, that this applies only when an immediate appeal may be filed against the order on the assumption that it is a ruling made by a family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の高等裁判所は、同項の決定について、最高裁判所の判例（これがない場合にあっては、大審院又は上告裁判所若しくは抗告裁判所である高等裁判所の判例）と相反する判断がある場合その他の法令の解釈に関する重要な事項を含むと認められる場合には、申立てにより、抗告を許可しなければならない。 art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 When the order set forth in the preceding paragraph contains a determination that is inconsistent with precedents rendered by the Supreme Court (or precedents rendered by the former Supreme Court or those rendered by high courts as the final appellate court or the court in charge of an appeal filed against a ruling, if there are no precedents rendered by the Supreme Court) or when the order is found to involve other material matters concerning the construction of laws and regulations, the high court set forth in the paragraph must, upon petition, permit an appeal filed against the order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の申立てにおいては、第九十四条第一項に規定する事由を理由とすることはできない。 art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-3 The petition set forth in the preceding paragraph may not state the grounds prescribed in Article 94, paragraph (1) as reasons for appeal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の規定による許可があった場合には、第一項の抗告（以下この条及び次条第一項において「許可抗告」という。）があったものとみなす。 art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-4 Where permission is granted under the provisions of paragraph (2), it is deemed that the appeal set forth in paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as an "appeal with permission" in this Article and paragraph (1) of the following Article) has been filed. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Where permission is granted under the provisions of paragraph (2), it is deemed that the appeal set forth in paragraph (1) (hereinafter referred to as an "appeal with permission" in this Article and the paragraph (1) of the following Article) has been filed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第五項** 許可抗告が係属する抗告裁判所は、第二項の規定による許可の申立書又は同項の申立てに係る理由書に記載された許可抗告の理由についてのみ調査をする。 art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-5 The court in charge of an appeal before which an appeal with permission is pending conducts an examination only with regard to the reasons for the appeal with permission indicated in a petition for permission under the provisions of paragraph (2) or a statement of reasons for a petition under the paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 許可抗告が係属する抗告裁判所は、裁判に影響を及ぼすことが明らかな法令の違反があるときは、原決定を破棄することができる。 art-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-6 The court in charge of an appeal before which an appeal with permission is pending may quash the order in the prior instance if it contains a violation of laws or regulations that apparently affects a judicial decision. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The court in charge of an appeal before which an Appeal with Permission is pending may quash the order in the prior instance if it contains a violation of laws or regulations that apparently affects a judicial decision." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-97/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 - art-97/par-1: 第九十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-94/par-1 - art-97/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-1 - art-97/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 - art-97/par-3: 第九十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十四条第一項 (Article 94, paragraph (1)), art-94/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-94/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-94/par-1 - art-97/par-4: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 - art-97/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第一項 (Article 97, paragraph (1)), art-97/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-1 - art-97/par-4: この条 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条 (Article 97), art-97 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97 - art-97/par-4: 次条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十八条第一項 (Article 98, paragraph (1)), art-98/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-98/par-1 - art-97/par-5: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項 (Article 97, paragraph (2)), art-97/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第十七条第三項第三号（当事者能力及び手続行為能力の原則等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-17/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-17/par-3/item-3 - 家事事件手続法 第二十四条第二項第三号（手続代理人の代理権の範囲） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-24/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-24/par-2/item-3 - 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第一項（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第二項（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-2 - 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第三項（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-3 - 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第四項（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-4 - 家事事件手続法 第九十七条第五項（許可抗告をすることができる裁判等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-97/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-97/par-5 - 家事事件手続法 第九十八条第一項（即時抗告等の規定及び民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-98/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-98/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第九十八条第二項（即時抗告等の規定及び民事訴訟法の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-98/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-98/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 97, paragraph (4) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 97, paragraph (6) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), 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