Section 2 Adjudication Cases Regarding Curatorship
第二節 保佐に関する審判事件
第百二十八条（管轄）
Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
An adjudication case for the commencement of curatorship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (17); the same applies hereinafter) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a person who is to be a person under curatorship.
保佐開始の審判事件（別表第一の十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）は、被保佐人となるべき者の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
Adjudication cases regarding curatorship (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (17) through (35)), except for an adjudication case for the commencement of curatorship, are subject to the jurisdiction of a family court that has made a ruling of the commencement of curatorship (if the court in charge of an appeal has made a judicial decision of commencement of curatorship, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the commencement of curatorship is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to the jurisdiction of that family court.
保佐に関する審判事件（別表第一の十七の項から三十五の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、保佐開始の審判事件を除き、保佐開始の審判をした家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が保佐開始の裁判をした場合にあっては、その第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所）の管轄に属する。ただし、保佐開始の審判事件が家庭裁判所に係属しているときは、その家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
Article 129Capacity to Participate in Proceedings
第百二十九条（手続行為能力）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who is to be a person under curatorship and to a person under curatorship in the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (i), (vii), and (ix) as cases on the merits):
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the determination of acts which require the consent of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (18));
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判事件（別表第一の十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for permission in lieu of the consent of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (19));
保佐人の同意に代わる許可の審判事件（別表第一の十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling of the commencement of curatorship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (20));
保佐開始の審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の二十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (21));
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の二十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the appointment of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (22));
保佐人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の二十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the dismissal of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (24); the same applies in Article 135);
保佐人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の二十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百三十五条において同じ。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (26));
保佐監督人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の二十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (28); the same applies in Article 135);
保佐監督人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の二十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百三十五条において同じ。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for vesting the authority of representation in a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (32));
保佐人に対する代理権の付与の審判事件（別表第一の三十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the revocation of a ruling to vest the authority of representation in a curator (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (33)); and
保佐人に対する代理権の付与の審判の取消しの審判事件（別表第一の三十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
an adjudication case for the supervision of the affairs of curatorship (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (34)).
保佐の事務の監督の審判事件（別表第一の三十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
Article 130Hearing Statements and Opinions
第百三十条（陳述及び意見の聴取）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the commencement of curatorship:the person who is to be a person under curatorship;
保佐開始の審判 被保佐人となるべき者
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of a curator:the person who is or is to be a person under curatorship;
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判 被保佐人となるべき者又は被保佐人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of permission in lieu of the consent of a curator:the curator;
保佐人の同意に代わる許可の審判 保佐人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of curatorship (limited to the case under the provisions of Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code):the person under curatorship and the curator;
保佐開始の審判の取消しの審判（民法第十四条第一項の規定による場合に限る。） 被保佐人及び保佐人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the appointment of a curator or a supervisor of a curator:the person who is or is to be a person under curatorship;
保佐人又は保佐監督人の選任の審判 被保佐人となるべき者又は被保佐人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a curator:the supervisor of a curator.
保佐監督人の解任の審判 保佐監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
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:
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意見を聴かなければならない。
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the appointment of a curator:the person who is to be a curator; and
保佐人の選任の審判 保佐人となるべき者
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a curator:the person who is to be a supervisor of a curator.
保佐監督人の選任の審判 保佐監督人となるべき者
第百三十一条（審判の告知）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
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。
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the commencement of curatorship:the person who is appointed as a curator pursuant to the provisions of Article 876-2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code, and the voluntarily appointed guardian and the supervisor of the voluntarily appointed guardian under a voluntary guardianship contract that is to terminate pursuant to Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act;
保佐開始の審判 民法第八百七十六条の二第一項の規定により保佐人に選任される者並びに任意後見契約法第十条第三項の規定により終了する任意後見契約に係る任意後見人及び任意後見監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of a curator:the curator and the supervisor of the curator (if this ruling is made simultaneously upon making a ruling of the appointment of a curator or a supervisor of a curator, the person who is to be a curator or the person who is to be a supervisor of a curator);
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判 保佐人及び保佐監督人（当該審判が保佐人又は保佐監督人の選任の審判と同時にされる場合にあっては、保佐人となるべき者又は保佐監督人となるべき者）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of permission in lieu of the consent of a curator:the curator and the supervisor of the curator;
保佐人の同意に代わる許可の審判 保佐人及び保佐監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of curatorship:the curator and the supervisor of the curator;
保佐開始の審判の取消しの審判 保佐人及び保佐監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to revoke a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of a curator:the curator and the supervisor of the curator;
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判の取消しの審判 保佐人及び保佐監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to vest the authority of representation in a curator:the person under curatorship and the supervisor of a curator (if this ruling is made simultaneously upon making a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a curator, the person who is to be a supervisor of a curator); and
保佐人に対する代理権の付与の審判 被保佐人及び保佐監督人（当該審判が保佐監督人の選任の審判と同時にされる場合にあっては、保佐監督人となるべき者）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to revoke a ruling to vest the authority of representation in a curator:the person under curatorship and the supervisor of a curator.
保佐人に対する代理権の付与の審判の取消しの審判 被保佐人及び保佐監督人
第百三十二条（即時抗告）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the commencement of curatorship:the persons prescribed in the main clause of Article 11 of the Civil Code and those prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (2) of the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act;
保佐開始の審判 民法第十一条本文及び任意後見契約法第十条第二項に規定する者
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the commencement of curatorship:the petitioner;
保佐開始の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to dismiss a petition for revocation of a ruling of the commencement of curatorship:the persons prescribed in Article 14, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code;
保佐開始の審判の取消しの申立てを却下する審判 民法第十四条第一項に規定する者
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to determine acts which require the consent of a curator:the person under curatorship;
保佐人の同意を得なければならない行為の定めの審判 被保佐人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission in lieu of the consent of a curator:the petitioner;
保佐人の同意に代わる許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a curator:the petitioner, the supervisor of the curator, as well as the person under curatorship and their relative;
保佐人の解任の申立てを却下する審判 申立人、保佐監督人並びに被保佐人及びその親族
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a curator:the supervisor of a curator; and
保佐監督人の解任の審判 保佐監督人
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a supervisor of a curator:the petitioner, as well as the person under curatorship and the person's relative.
保佐監督人の解任の申立てを却下する審判 申立人並びに被保佐人及びその親族
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The period for filing an immediate appeal against a ruling of the commencement of curatorship to be filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a person who is to be a person under curatorship runs from the latest day, out of the day on which the person who is to be a person under curatorship received notice of a ruling and the day on which the person who is appointed as a curator pursuant to the provisions of Article 876-2, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code received notice of a ruling.
審判の告知を受ける者でない者及び被保佐人となるべき者による保佐開始の審判に対する即時抗告の期間は、被保佐人となるべき者が審判の告知を受けた日及び民法第八百七十六条の二第一項の規定により保佐人に選任される者が審判の告知を受けた日のうち最も遅い日から進行する。
第百三十三条（成年後見に関する審判事件の規定の準用）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 119 apply mutatis mutandis to the expert examination and hearing of opinions concerning the mental state of a person who is or is to be a person under curatorship; the provisions of Article 121 apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal of a petition for the commencement of curatorship and the withdrawal of a petition for the appointment of a curator; and the provisions of Article 124 apply mutatis mutandis to the supervision of the affairs of curatorship.
Article 134Provisional Order during a Case on the Merits to Adjudicate Commencement of Curatorship
第百三十四条（保佐開始の審判事件を本案とする保全処分）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 126, paragraph (1) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the commencement of curatorship as a case on the merits.
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
When a petition for the commencement of curatorship is filed, and when it is particularly necessary for the preservation of the property of a person who is to be a person under curatorship, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, order that the person who is to be a person under curatorship be subject to the curatorship of the administrator of property to be appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 126, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding paragraph (hereinafter simply referred to as an "administrator of property" in this Article) in performing acts in relation to property (limited to the acts prescribed in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; the same applies in paragraph (5)), until a ruling on the petition for the commencement of curatorship becomes effective.
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
Notice of a ruling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph (hereinafter referred to as a "ruling to order curatorship" in the following paragraph and paragraph (5)) must be given to an administrator of property, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1).
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The period for filing an immediate appeal against a ruling to order curatorship to be filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a person who is to be a person under curatorship runs from the latest day, out of the day on which the person who is to be a person under curatorship receives notice of a ruling and the day on which the administrator of property receives notice of a ruling under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
When a ruling to order curatorship is made, the person who is to be a person under curatorship and the administrator of property may rescind acts performed in relation to property by the person who is to be a person under curatorship without obtaining consent from the administrator of property. In this case, the provisions of the Civil Code concerning the rescission of acts performed by a person with limited capacity to act apply mutatis mutandis.
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 125, paragraphs (1) through (6), as well as the provisions of Articles 27 through 29 of the Civil Code (excluding Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Code) apply mutatis mutandis to an administrator of property. In this case, the term "an adult under guardianship" in Article 125, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "a person who is to be a person under curatorship."
第百二十五条第一項から第六項までの規定及び民法第二十七条から第二十九条まで（同法第二十七条第二項を除く。）の規定は、財産の管理者について準用する。この場合において、第百二十五条第三項中「成年被後見人」とあるのは、「被保佐人となるべき者」と読み替えるものとする。
第百三十五条（保佐人の解任の審判事件等を本案とする保全処分）
Removed by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 127, paragraphs (1) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the dismissal of a curator or an adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a curator as a case on the merits.
第百二十七条第一項から第四項までの規定は、保佐人の解任の審判事件又は保佐監督人の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分について準用する。
provisional ordermachine translation
「保全処分」
A provisional order the family court hearing a domestic relations case makes by ruling (審判) before it decides the case — a provisional seizure (仮差押え), a provisional disposition (仮処分), the appointment of an administrator of property or another necessary measure under Article 105, paragraph (1) — or the judicial decision a high court makes in its place when the case is before that court.
Defined inArticle 106, paragraph (1)
Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act
「任意後見契約法」
Short name for the Act on the Voluntary Guardianship Contract (Act No. 150 of 1999).
Short name set inArticle 122, paragraph (3), item (i)
adjudication case for the commencement of curatorshipmachine translation
「保佐開始の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to commence curatorship (保佐開始) for a person, the matter in row 17 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一); it belongs to the family court for the domicile of the person who would come under curatorship.
Defined inArticle 128, paragraph (1)
adjudication case for the dismissal of a curatormachine translation
「保佐人の解任の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to dismiss a curator (保佐人), the matter in row 24 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 129, paragraph (1), item (vii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 135
adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a curatormachine translation
「保佐監督人の解任の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to dismiss a supervisor of a curator (保佐監督人), the matter in row 28 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 129, paragraph (1), item (ix)· applies only in this provision and in Article 135
administrator of property
「財産の管理者」
In Article 134, the provisional administrator of property the family court appoints, under Article 126, paragraph (1) as Article 134, paragraph (1) applies it, while a petition for commencement of curatorship (保佐開始) is being decided.
Short name set inArticle 134, paragraph (2)· applies only in this article
ruling to order curatorship
「保佐命令の審判」
A ruling (審判) ordering that, until the ruling on a petition for commencement of curatorship (保佐開始) takes effect, the person who would come under curatorship act on the acts concerning property listed in Article 13, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code only with the curatorship of the provisional administrator of property (財産の管理者), made where this is especially needed to preserve that person's property.
Short name set inArticle 134, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 134, paragraphs (4) and (5)