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Article 915Period for Acceptance or Renunciation of Succession

第九百十五条(相続の承認又は放棄をすべき期間)

An heir must either accept the succession unconditionally or with qualifications, or renounce it, within three months of the time the heir learns that succession has opened to that heir; provided, however, that this period may be extended by the family court at the request of an interested party or the public prosecutor.

相続人は、自己のために相続の開始があったことを知った時から三箇月以内に、相続について、単純若しくは限定の承認又は放棄をしなければならない。ただし、この期間は、利害関係人又は検察官の請求によって、家庭裁判所において伸長することができる。

An heir may examine the estate before accepting or renouncing the succession.

相続人は、相続の承認又は放棄をする前に、相続財産の調査をすることができる。

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