Article 941Separation of Patrimony at the Request of a Creditor of the Succession or Legatee
第九百四十一条（相続債権者又は受遺者の請求による財産分離）
A creditor of the succession or a legatee may file a request with the family court for the decedent's estate to be separated from the property of an heir, within three months of the time the succession opens. The same applies with respect to the filing of such a request even after that period has elapsed, if the decedent's estate has not been mixed with the heir's personal property.
相続債権者又は受遺者は、相続開始の時から三箇月以内に、相続人の財産の中から相続財産を分離することを家庭裁判所に請求することができる。相続財産が相続人の固有財産と混合しない間は、その期間の満了後も、同様とする。
If the family court orders a separation of patrimony based on a request as referred to in the preceding paragraph, the person filing the request must issue public notice within five days indicating that an order for a separation of patrimony has been issued and that petitions for participation in the distribution must be filed within a specified period. This period, in such a case, may not be of less than two months.
The public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is issued by publication in the Official Gazette.
前項の規定による公告は、官報に掲載してする。