Section 9 Adjudication Cases Regarding Guardianship of Minors
第九節 未成年後見に関する審判事件
第百七十六条（管轄）
Adjudication cases regarding guardianship of a minor (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (70) through (83)) are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of a minor ward (in an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship, a person who is to be a minor ward).
未成年後見に関する審判事件（別表第一の七十の項から八十三の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、未成年被後見人（養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件にあっては、未成年被後見人となるべき者）の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
Article 177Capacity to Participate in Proceedings
第百七十七条（手続行為能力）
The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a minor ward in the following adjudication cases (including adjudication cases for a provisional order sought by designating the adjudication cases set forth in items (iii) and (v) as cases on the merits) (in the adjudication case set forth in item (i), the person who is to be a minor ward and adoptive parents):
an adjudication case for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship;
養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の審判事件
an adjudication case for the appointment of a guardian of a minor;
未成年後見人の選任の審判事件
an adjudication case for the dismissal of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (73); the same applies in Article 181);
未成年後見人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の七十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十一条において同じ。）
an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (74));
未成年後見監督人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の七十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
an adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (76); the same applies in Article 181);
未成年後見監督人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の七十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十一条において同じ。）
an adjudication case for the appointment of a special representative for a minor ward (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (79));
未成年被後見人に関する特別代理人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の七十九の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
an adjudication case for the supervision of the affairs of the guardianship of a minor (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (81)); and
未成年後見の事務の監督の審判事件（別表第一の八十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）
an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of property offered to a minor ward by a third party (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (82); the same applies in Article 180).
第三者が未成年被後見人に与えた財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件（別表第一の八十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第百八十条において同じ。）
Article 178Hearing Statements and Opinions
第百七十八条（陳述及び意見の聴取）
When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear statements from the persons specified respectively in these items (in item (i), 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（第一号にあっては、申立人を除く。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。
a ruling of the appointment of a guardian of a minor or a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the minor ward (limited to a minor ward of 15 years of age or older);
未成年後見人又は未成年後見監督人の選任の審判 未成年被後見人（十五歳以上のものに限る。）
a ruling of the dismissal of a guardian of a minor:the guardian of a minor; and
未成年後見人の解任の審判 未成年後見人
a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the supervisor of a guardian of a minor.
未成年後見監督人の解任の審判 未成年後見監督人
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。
the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship or a guardian of a minor:the person who is to be a guardian of a minor; and
養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者又は未成年後見人の選任 未成年後見人となるべき者
the appointment of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the person who is to be a supervisor of a guardian of a minor.
未成年後見監督人の選任 未成年後見監督人となるべき者
第百七十九条（即時抗告）
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 to dismiss a petition for the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship:the petitioner;
養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者の選任の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
a ruling of the dismissal of a guardian of a minor:the guardian of a minor;
未成年後見人の解任の審判 未成年後見人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a guardian of a minor:the petitioner, a supervisor of the guardian of a minor, as well as the minor ward and the minor's relative;
未成年後見人の解任の申立てを却下する審判 申立人、未成年後見監督人並びに未成年被後見人及びその親族
a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the supervisor of a guardian of a minor; and
未成年後見監督人の解任の審判 未成年後見監督人
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the petitioner, as well as the minor ward and the minor's relative.
未成年後見監督人の解任の申立てを却下する審判 申立人並びに未成年被後見人及びその親族
第百八十条（成年後見に関する審判事件の規定の準用）
Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
The provisions of Article 121 apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal of a petition for the appointment of a guardian of a minor; the provisions of Article 124 apply mutatis mutandis to the supervision of the affairs of the guardianship of a minor; and the provisions of Article 125 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of property offered to a minor ward by a third party. In this case, the phrase "guardian of an adult under the provisions of Article 843, paragraph (2)" in Article 121, item (ii) is deemed to be replaced with "guardian of a minor under the provisions of Article 840, paragraph (1)" and the phrase "guardian of an adult under the provisions of Article 843, paragraph (3)" in Article 121, item (iii) is deemed to be replaced with "guardian of a minor under the provisions of Article 840, paragraph (2)".
第百八十一条（未成年後見人の解任の審判事件等を本案とする保全処分）
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 guardian of a minor or a supervisor of a guardian of a minor 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、未成年後見人の解任の審判事件又は未成年後見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)
adjudication case for the dismissal of a guardian of a minormachine translation
「未成年後見人の解任の審判事件」
A case in which the family court decides whether to dismiss a guardian of a minor (未成年後見人), the matter in row 73 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 177, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies only in this provision and in Article 181
adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minormachine translation
「未成年後見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 guardian of a minor (未成年後見監督人), the matter in row 76 of Appended Table 1 (別表第一).
Defined inArticle 177, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies only in this provision and in Article 181