Article 240Status of Creditors of Succession, Legatees, and Heir's Creditors
第二百四十条（相続債権者、受遺者及び相続人の債権者の地位）
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against an heir, even when division of property is made or an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against the estate, a creditor of the succession and a legatee may participate in the bankruptcy proceedings with regard to the entire amount of their claims.
相続人について破産手続開始の決定があった場合には、相続債権者及び受遺者は、財産分離があったとき、又は相続財産について破産手続開始の決定があったときでも、その債権の全額について破産手続に参加することができる。
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against an heir and an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against the estate, with regard to the heir's bankruptcy estate, claims held by the heir's creditors have precedence over the claims held by a creditor of the succession and a legatee.
相続人について破産手続開始の決定があり、かつ、相続財産について破産手続開始の決定があったときは、相続人の債権者の債権は、相続人の破産財団については、相続債権者及び受遺者の債権に優先する。
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against an heir based on a petition to commence bankruptcy proceedings filed within the period prescribed in Article 225, claims held by the heir's creditors against the heir's own property have precedence over claims held by a creditor of the succession and a legatee, and claims held by a creditor of the succession and a legatee against the estate have precedence over claims held by the heir's creditors.
第二百二十五条に規定する期間内にされた破産手続開始の申立てにより相続人について破産手続開始の決定があったときは、相続人の固有財産については相続人の債権者の債権が相続債権者及び受遺者の債権に優先し、相続財産については相続債権者及び受遺者の債権が相続人の債権者の債権に優先する。
If an order commencing bankruptcy proceedings is issued against an heir and the heir has made qualified acceptance, a creditor of the succession and a legatee may not exercise their rights over the heir's own property as bankruptcy creditors. The same applies when unconditional acceptance of inheritance has the effect of qualified acceptance pursuant to the provisions of Article 238, paragraph (1).
相続人について破産手続開始の決定があり、かつ、当該相続人が限定承認をしたときは、相続債権者及び受遺者は、相続人の固有財産について、破産債権者としてその権利を行使することができない。第二百三十八条第一項の規定により限定承認の効力を有するときも、同様とする。
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