Abstract: The current practice of low rate of non-litigation resolution cannot satisfy the specific demands of domestic lawsuit cases. This paper suggests that domestic disputes should be resolved in non-litigious ways, based on the nature of family law, the success of foreign experiences and the need to avoid the overflow of litigation cases within the judicial system. A new procedure with Chinese characteristics is supposed to be introduced, which is dedicated to the non-litigation resolution of domestic cases to so as bring the initiative of the arbitrator/judge into full play,and to push forward the building of non-litigation procedure nation-wide. For this purpose,it is necessary to establish a new concept on and principles of non-litigation resolution of domestic cases, to construct the system of non-litigation resolution procedures.

Key words: domestic dispute, non-litigation, judicial judgment, litigation, people's mediation