①A 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.

②If 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.

③The public notice under the provisions of the preceding paragraph is issued by publication in the Official Gazette.

A person filing a request for a separation of patrimony and persons petitioning to participate in the distribution pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article are paid out of the estate with priority over the creditors of the heir.

①If a request has been filed for a separation of patrimony, the family court may order any necessary measures for the administration of the estate.

②The provisions of Article 27 through Article 29 apply mutatis mutandis if the family court appoints an administrator to the estate pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

①Even after an heir unconditionally accepts the succession, the heir must administer the estate with the same care that the heir would exercise over the heir's own property if a request for a separation of patrimony is filed; provided, however, that this does not apply if the family court appoints an administrator to the estate.

②The provisions of Article 645 through Article 647 and Article 650, paragraph (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

A separation of patrimony involving real property may not be asserted against a third party unless the separation is registered.

The provisions of Article 304 apply mutatis mutandis in the case of a separation of patrimony.

①An heir may refuse to make payment or delivery to a creditor of the succession or legatee before the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).

②If a request has been filed for a separation of patrimony, after the expiration of the period referred to in Article 941, paragraph (2), the heir must make payment or delivery to the creditors of the succession and legatees that have requested the separation of patrimony or petitioned to participate in the distribution, out of the assets of the estate, in proportion to the amount of each of their claims; provided, however, that this may not prejudice the rights of any creditor with a right of priority.

③The provisions of Article 930 through Article 934 apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph.

A person requesting a separation of patrimony or a person petitioning to participate in a distribution may exercise rights against the heir's own property only if it was not possible for the person to receive full payment or delivery from out of the estate. Such a person may receive payment or delivery with priority over the creditors of the heir, in such a case.

An heir may use the heir's own property to make payment or delivery to the creditors of the succession and legatees or to provide reasonable security thereto, thereby preventing the filing of a request for the separation of patrimony or causing its effect to be extinguished; provided, however, that this does not apply if a creditor of the heir files an objection and demonstrates that this would cause harm to that creditor.

①While an heir may yet assert a qualified acceptance, or while the estate has not yet been mixed with the heir's own property, a creditor of the heir may file a request with the family court for a separation of patrimony.

②The provisions of Article 304; Article 925; Article 927 through Article 934; Article 943 through Article 945; and Article 948 apply mutatis mutandis to a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that the public notice and notice to file referred to in Article 927 must be issued by the creditor requesting the separation of patrimony.