# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十八節の二 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 18-2) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 家事事件手続法 (Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act), 平成二十三年法律第五十二号 - English title "Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第十八節の二 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 18-2) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2027-06-23 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 23 June 2027 — the amending law allows up to one year from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-06-12 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20270623_508AC0000000045) - URL (this text's page, at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2 - The same address in the text in force (its wording there may differ): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2 - Every provision below carries its address and its place on this text's page on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. 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The Ministry's English is given only where this text's Japanese is a wording the Ministry translated — the same as the text in force, or for a text not yet in force, a wording it translated ahead; every other paragraph's English is machine translation. --- ## 第十八節の二　特別の寄与に関する審判事件 — Section 18-2 Adjudication Cases Regarding Special Contribution heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2 ### 第二百十六条の二（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-2 **第一項** 特別の寄与に関する処分の審判事件は、相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-216-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-2/par-1 An adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where the inheritance process has commenced. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百十六条の三（給付命令） — (Order of Payment) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-3 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、特別の寄与に関する処分の審判において、当事者に対し、金銭の支払を命ずることができる。 art-216-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-3/par-1 In a ruling of a disposition regarding a special contribution, the family court may order a party to pay money. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百十六条の四（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeal) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-4 **第一項** 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。 art-216-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-4/par-1 An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 特別の寄与に関する処分の審判　申立人及び相手方 art-216-4/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-4/par-1/item-1 a ruling of a disposition regarding a special contribution:the petitioner and the respondent; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 特別の寄与に関する処分の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-216-4/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-4/par-1/item-2 a ruling to dismiss a petition for a disposition regarding a special contribution:the petitioner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百十六条の五（特別の寄与に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Order Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case Regarding Special Contribution as a Case on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-216-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-5 **第一項** 家庭裁判所（第百五条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所）は、特別の寄与に関する処分についての審判又は調停の申立てがあった場合において、強制執行を保全し、又は申立人の急迫の危険を防止するため必要があるときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てにより、特別の寄与に関する処分の審判を本案とする仮差押え、仮処分その他の必要な保全処分を命ずることができる。 art-216-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-18-2#art-216-5/par-1 If a petition for adjudication or mediation for a disposition regarding a special contribution is filed, and it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to the petitioner, the family court (or a high court in the case referred to in Article 105, paragraph (2)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed that petition, issue a necessary provisional order, such as an order of provisional seizure or provisional disposition, by designating the adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution as a case on the merits. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "If a petition for adjudication or conciliation for a disposition regarding a special contribution is filed, and it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to the petitioner, the family court (or a high court in the case referred to in Article 105, paragraph (2)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed that petition, issue a necessary provisional order, such as an order of provisional seizure or provisional disposition, by designating the adjudication case for a disposition regarding a special contribution as a case on the merits." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-216-5/par-1: 第百五条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-103#art-105/par-2 --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text as 令和八年法律第四十五号 leaves it, from a date not yet fixed (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20270623_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 216-5, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05