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Section 17 Adjudication Cases Regarding Wills
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Adjudication cases regarding a will (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (102) through (108)) are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where an inheritance process has commenced.
遺言に関する審判事件（別表第一の百二の項から百八の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、相続を開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an adjudication case for the confirmation of a will is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a testator while the testator is alive.
前項の規定にかかわらず、遺言の確認の審判事件は、遺言者の生存中は、遺言者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear statements from the persons specified respectively in these items:
家庭裁判所は、次の各号に掲げる審判をする場合には、当該各号に定める者の陳述を聴かなければならない。
a ruling of the dismissal of an executor:the executor; and
遺言執行者の解任の審判 遺言執行者
a ruling of the invalidation of a will concerning a conditioned legacy:the legatee and the person who would have benefited from the burden.
負担付遺贈に係る遺言の取消しの審判 受遺者及び負担の利益を受けるべき者
When making a ruling of the appointment of an executor, the family court must hear the opinion of a person who is to be an executor.
家庭裁判所は、遺言執行者の選任の審判をする場合には、遺言執行者となるべき者の意見を聴かなければならない。
A court clerk must prepare a record regarding the probate of a will, etc. (meaning a will, etc. prescribed in Article 1004, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; the same applies in the following Article).
裁判所書記官は、遺言書等（民法第千四条第一項に規定する遺言書等をいう。次条において同じ。）の検認について、調書を作成しなければならない。
A petition for the confirmation of a will or probate of a will, etc. may not be withdrawn without permission from the family court, even before a ruling is made.
遺言の確認又は遺言書等の検認の申立ては、審判がされる前であっても、家庭裁判所の許可を得なければ、取り下げることができない。
Notice of the rulings set forth in the following items must be given to the persons specified respectively in these items, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1):
次の各号に掲げる審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、当該各号に定める者に告知しなければならない。
a ruling of the dismissal of an executor:an heir; and
遺言執行者の解任の審判 相続人
a ruling of the invalidation of a will concerning a conditioned legacy:the person who would have benefited from the burden.
負担付遺贈に係る遺言の取消しの審判 負担の利益を受けるべき者
An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
次の各号に掲げる審判に対しては、当該各号に定める者は、即時抗告をすることができる。
a ruling of the confirmation of a will:an interested party;
遺言の確認の審判 利害関係人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the confirmation of a will:the witness who attends the making of a will, a person who has received the transmission under Article 979-2, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Civil Code, and an interested party;
遺言の確認の申立てを却下する審判 遺言に立ち会った証人、民法第九百七十九条の二第一項第二号の規定による送信を受けた者及び利害関係人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the appointment of an executor:an interested party;
遺言執行者の選任の申立てを却下する審判 利害関係人
a ruling of the dismissal of an executor:the executor;
遺言執行者の解任の審判 遺言執行者
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of an executor:an interested party;
遺言執行者の解任の申立てを却下する審判 利害関係人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the resignation of an executor:the petitioner;
遺言執行者の辞任についての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling of the invalidation of a will concerning a conditioned legacy:the legatee and any other interested party (excluding the petitioner); and
負担付遺贈に係る遺言の取消しの審判 受遺者その他の利害関係人（申立人を除く。）
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the invalidation of a will concerning a conditioned legacy:an heir.
負担付遺贈に係る遺言の取消しの申立てを却下する審判 相続人
When a petition for the dismissal of an executor is filed, and when it is necessary in order to realize the substance of the will, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); the same applies in paragraphs (3) and (4)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, suspend the performance of duties by the executor or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof, until a ruling on the petition for the dismissal of an executor becomes effective.
家庭裁判所（第百五条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所。第三項及び第四項において同じ。）は、遺言執行者の解任の申立てがあった場合において、遺言の内容の実現のため必要があるときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てにより、遺言執行者の解任の申立てについての審判が効力を生ずるまでの間、遺言執行者の職務の執行を停止し、又はその職務代行者を選任することができる。
A ruling to suspend the performance of duties by an executor under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective when notice thereof is given to the executor who is to be suspended from performing duties, another executor, or a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph.
前項の規定による遺言執行者の職務の執行を停止する審判は、職務の執行を停止される遺言執行者、他の遺言執行者又は同項の規定により選任した職務代行者に告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。
A family court may, at any time, replace a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with another.
家庭裁判所は、いつでも、第一項の規定により選任した職務代行者を改任することができる。
A family court may grant a reasonable remuneration to a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or a person acting as a representative appointed as a replacement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, out of the estate.
家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により選任し、又は前項の規定により改任した職務代行者に対し、相続財産の中から、相当な報酬を与えることができる。