An adjudication case for a change in the order among persons to serve as custodians and for the appointment of a custodian (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (130); the same applies in paragraph (4)) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the subject prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Medical Care and Treatment for Persons Who Have Caused Serious Cases Under the Condition of Insanity.
When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear the opinions of the persons specified respectively in these items (excluding the petitioner):
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（申立人を除く。）の意見を聴かなければならない。
a ruling of the change in the order among persons to serve as custodians:a person who is to be moved to a higher rank; and
保護者の順位の変更の審判 先順位に変更される者
a ruling of the appointment of a custodian:a person who is to be a custodian.
保護者の選任の審判 保護者となるべき者
A person who has filed a petition for the change in the order among persons to serve as custodians or the appointment of a custodian may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss the petition.
保護者の順位の変更又は保護者の選任の申立てをした者は、その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。
A family court may, at any time, replace a person appointed in an adjudication case for the change in the order among persons to serve as custodians or for the appointment of a custodian, with another.
家庭裁判所は、いつでも、保護者の順位の変更及び保護者の選任の審判事件において選任した保護者を改任することができる。