Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
An adjudication case regarding the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (111); the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the principal set forth in Article 2, item (ii) of the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "principal" in this Section).
Changes by (Act No. 45 of 2026)
Adjudication cases prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (111) through (121)), except for an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (if the court in charge of an appeal has appointed the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to the jurisdiction of that family court.
任意後見契約法に規定する審判事件(別表第一の百十一の項から百二十一の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。)は、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件を除き、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判をした家庭裁判所(抗告裁判所が当該任意後見監督人を選任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、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任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。
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)
principal
「本人」
In the section on voluntary guardianship cases, the principal (本人) as Article 2, item (ii) of the Act on the Voluntary Guardianship Contract defines it: the person who entrusts their affairs to another under a voluntary guardianship contract (任意後見契約).
Short name set inArticle 217, paragraph (1)· applies only in this section