Search

Search provisions, jump to a law or an article

This text is not in force yetIt by 23 December 2028, on a day set by — at the latest in 2 years

Read the text in force →

Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act

家事事件手続法(かじじけんてつづきほう)

Section 18 Adjudication Cases Regarding Heir's Legally Reserved Share

The law as Act Partially Amending the Civil Code, etc. (Act No. 45 of 2026) leaves it, with the words it changes marked.

The main text is read a page at a time: a chapter to a page, and a long chapter in runs of articles. The whole main text, and the supplementary provisions and appended tables this amendment changes. Those it leaves untouched are on the page for the text in force.

How the changes are shown

Underlined: words the amendment adds. A bar: where it removes words.Underlined: words the amendment adds. Struck through: the words it removes.Underlined: words the amendment adds. Struck through: the words it removes.

Section 18 Adjudication Cases Regarding Heir's Legally Reserved Share第十八節 遺留分に関する審判事件

Article 216第二百十六条

Article 216, paragraph (1)

The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the places specified respectively in these items:

次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。

Article 216, paragraph (1), item (i)

an adjudication case for the appointment of an appraiser upon the determination of the value of property for the calculation of an heir's legally reserved share (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (109)):the place where an inheritance process has commenced; and

遺留分を算定するための財産の価額を定める場合における鑑定人の選任の審判事件(別表第一の百九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。) 相続が開始した地

Article 216, paragraph (1), item (ii)

an adjudication case for permission for an heir's renunciation of the heir's legally reserved share:the place of domicile of a decedent.

遺留分の放棄についての許可の審判事件 被相続人の住所地

Article 216, paragraph (2)

A person who has filed a petition for permission for an heir's renunciation of the heir's legally reserved share may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the petition.

遺留分の放棄についての許可の申立てをした者は、申立てを却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。

© 2026 japanlaw.orgA copy for reading and reference — not an official source, and not legal advice. Only the Japanese text published by the government has legal effect.Run by Genjido LLC (源氏道合同会社) · contact@genjido.comContactSourcesTermsPrivacy