# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十三節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 13) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13. 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: 第十三節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 13) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-13` - Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-06-13 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 13 June 2028 — the amending law allows up to five years from promulgation. 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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. --- ## 第十三節　遺産の分割に関する審判事件 — Section 13 Adjudication Cases Regarding the Division of Estates heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-2/sec-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13 ### 第百九十一条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-191 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-191 **第一項** 遺産の分割に関する審判事件は、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-191/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-191/par-1 Adjudication cases regarding the division of an estate are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where the inheritance process has commenced. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Adjudication cases regarding the division of an estate is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where inheritance process has commenced." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 前項の規定にかかわらず、遺産の分割の審判事件（別表第二の十二の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。以下同じ。）が係属している場合における寄与分を定める処分の審判事件（同表の十四の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条において同じ。）は、当該遺産の分割の審判事件が係属している裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-191/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-191/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, where an adjudication case for the division of an estate (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (12); the same applies hereinafter) is pending before a court, an adjudication case for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (14); the same applies in the following Article) is subject to the jurisdiction of the court before which the adjudication case for the division of an estate is pending. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, where an adjudication case for the division of an estate (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (12); the same applies hereinafter) is pending before a court, an adjudication case for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2, row (14): the same applies in the following Article) is subject to the jurisdiction of the court before which the adjudication case for the division of an estate is pending." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第百九十二条（手続の併合等） — (Consolidation of Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-192 **第一項** 遺産の分割の審判事件及び寄与分を定める処分の審判事件が係属するときは、これらの審判の手続及び審判は、併合してしなければならない。数人からの寄与分を定める処分の審判事件が係属するときも、同様とする。 art-192/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-192/par-1 When an adjudication case for the division of an estate and an adjudication case for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution are pending before a court, the proceedings and rulings of these adjudication cases must be conducted and made in a consolidated manner. The same applies when adjudication cases filed by two or more heirs for a disposition to determine their respective amounts of contribution are pending before a court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十三条（寄与分を定める処分の審判の申立ての期間の指定） — (Designation of Periods for Filing a Petition for the Adjudication of a Disposition to Determine an Heir's Amount of Contribution) caption: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "(Designation of Periods for a Filing Petition for the Adjudication of a Disposition to Determine an Heir's Amount of Contribution)" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb art-193 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判の手続において、一月を下らない範囲内で、当事者が寄与分を定める処分の審判の申立てをすべき期間を定めることができる。 art-193/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193/par-1 In proceedings for adjudication of the division of an estate, the family court may designate a period of not less than one month during which a party should file a petition for a ruling of a disposition to determine the party's amount of contribution. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、寄与分を定める処分の審判の申立てが前項の期間を経過した後にされたときは、当該申立てを却下することができる。 art-193/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193/par-2 If a petition for a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution is filed after the expiration of the period set forth in the preceding paragraph, the family court may dismiss the petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、第一項の期間を定めなかった場合においても、当事者が時機に後れて寄与分を定める処分の申立てをしたことにつき、申立人の責めに帰すべき事由があり、かつ、申立てに係る寄与分を定める処分の審判の手続を併合することにより、遺産の分割の審判の手続が著しく遅滞することとなるときは、その申立てを却下することができる。 art-193/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193/par-3 Even when the family court has not designated the period set forth in paragraph (1), if a party files a petition for a disposition to determine the party's amount of contribution late due to grounds attributable thereto, and a substantial delay is likely to occur in the proceedings for adjudication of the division of an estate by consolidating these proceedings with the proceedings for adjudication of a disposition to determine the amount of contribution based on the petition, the family court may dismiss the petition. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十四条（遺産の換価を命ずる裁判） — (Judicial Decisions to Order the Conversion of an Estate into Cash) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-194 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判をするため必要があると認めるときは、相続人に対し、遺産の全部又は一部を競売して換価することを命ずることができる。 art-194/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-1 When a family court finds it to be necessary in order to make a ruling of the division of an estate, it may order an heir to put the whole or part of the estate up for auction and thereby convert it into cash. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判をするため必要があり、かつ、相当と認めるときは、相続人の意見を聴き、相続人に対し、遺産の全部又は一部について任意に売却して換価することを命ずることができる。ただし、共同相続人中に競売によるべき旨の意思を表示した者があるときは、この限りでない。 art-194/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-2 When a family court finds it to be necessary and appropriate in order to make a ruling of the division of an estate, it may hear the opinion of an heir and order the heir to sell the whole or part of the estate by a private contract and thereby convert it into cash; provided, however, that this does not apply if any of the coheirs manifests the intention that the sale should be conducted by auction. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前二項の規定による裁判（以下この条において「換価を命ずる裁判」という。）が確定した後に、その換価を命ずる裁判の理由の消滅その他の事情の変更があるときは、家庭裁判所は、相続人の申立てにより又は職権で、これを取り消すことができる。 art-194/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-3 When a judicial decision made under the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs (hereinafter referred to as a "judicial decision to order a conversion into cash" in this Article) has become final and binding, and the grounds for making the judicial decision to order a conversion into cash have ceased to exist or otherwise the circumstances have changed thereafter, the family court may revoke the judicial decision upon the petition of an heir or by its own authority. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 換価を命ずる裁判は、第八十一条第一項において準用する第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、遺産の分割の審判事件の当事者に告知しなければならない。 art-194/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-4 Notice of a judicial decision to order a conversion into cash must be given to the parties to an adjudication case for the division of an estate, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 81, paragraph (1). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第五項** 相続人は、換価を命ずる裁判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-194/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-5 An heir may file an immediate appeal against a judicial decision to order a conversion into cash. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 家庭裁判所は、換価を命ずる裁判をする場合において、第二百条第一項の財産の管理者が選任されていないときは、これを選任しなければならない。 art-194/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-6 When a family court makes a judicial decision to order a conversion into cash, and if the administrator of property as set forth in Article 200, paragraph (1) has not been appointed, it must appoint the administrator. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第七項** 家庭裁判所は、換価を命ずる裁判により換価を命じられた相続人に対し、遺産の中から、相当な報酬を与えることができる。 art-194/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-7 A family court may grant reasonable remuneration from the estate, to an heir who is ordered to conduct a conversion into cash by a judicial decision to order a conversion into cash. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第八項** 第百二十五条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、第六項の規定により選任した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「成年被後見人の財産」とあるのは、「遺産」と読み替えるものとする。 art-194/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-8 The provisions of Article 125, 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 appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (6). In this case, the term "property of an adult under guardianship" in Article 125, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "estate". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十五条（債務を負担させる方法による遺産の分割） — (Division of Estates by Imposing Obligations) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-195 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-195 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判をする場合において、特別の事情があると認めるときは、遺産の分割の方法として、共同相続人の一人又は数人に他の共同相続人に対する債務を負担させて、現物の分割に代えることができる。 art-195/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-195/par-1 When a family court makes a ruling of the division of an estate, and when it finds that there are special circumstances, it may, as a means of dividing the estate, have one or more of the coheirs assume obligation to the other coheirs, in lieu of dividing the estate in kind. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a family court makes a ruling of the division of an estate, and when it finds that there are special circumstances, it may, as a means of dividing the estate, have one or more of the coheirs assume obligation to the other coheirs, in lieu of dividing the estate." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第百九十六条（給付命令） — (Orders of Performance) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-196 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-196 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判において、当事者に対し、金銭の支払、物の引渡し、登記義務の履行その他の給付を命ずることができる。 art-196/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-196/par-1 In a ruling of the division of an estate, the family court may order a party to pay money, deliver an object, perform an obligation to register, or perform any other act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十七条（遺産の分割の禁止の審判の取消し及び変更） — (Revocation and Modification of Rulings of the Prohibition of the Division of Estates) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-197 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-197 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、事情の変更があるときは、相続人の申立てにより、いつでも、遺産の分割の禁止の審判を取り消し、又は変更する審判をすることができる。この申立てに係る審判事件は、別表第二に掲げる事項についての審判事件とみなす。 art-197/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-197/par-1 A family court may, upon the petition of an heir, revoke a ruling of prohibition of the division of an estate or make a ruling to modify the ruling at any time if the circumstances have changed. An adjudication case based on this petition is deemed to be an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 2. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十八条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198 **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-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/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** 遺産の分割の審判及びその申立てを却下する審判　相続人 art-198/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-1/item-1 a ruling of the division of an estate, and a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling:an heir; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 遺産の分割の禁止の審判　相続人 art-198/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-1/item-2 a ruling of prohibition of the division of an estate:an heir; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 遺産の分割の禁止の審判を取り消し、又は変更する審判　相続人 art-198/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-1/item-3 a ruling to revoke or modify a ruling of prohibition of the division of an estate:an heir; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 寄与分を定める処分の審判　相続人 art-198/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-1/item-4 a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution:an heir; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's contribution portion:an heir; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **五** 寄与分を定める処分の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-198/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-1/item-5 a ruling to dismiss a petition for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution:the petitioner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百九十二条前段の規定により審判が併合してされたときは、寄与分を定める処分の審判又はその申立てを却下する審判に対しては、独立して即時抗告をすることができない。 art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-2 When rulings are made in a consolidated manner pursuant to the provisions of first sentence of Article 192, an immediate appeal may not be filed independently against a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution or a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 第百九十二条後段の規定により審判が併合してされたときは、申立人の一人がした即時抗告は、申立人の全員に対してその効力を生ずる。 art-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-198/par-3 When rulings are made in a consolidated manner pursuant to the provisions of second sentence of Article 192, an immediate appeal filed by one of the petitioners is effective in relation to all the petitioners. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第百九十九条（申立ての取下げの制限） — Restrictions on the Withdrawal of Petitions caption: machine translation, not official art-199 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-199 **第一項** 第百五十三条の規定は、遺産の分割の審判の申立ての取下げについて準用する。 art-199/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-199/par-1 The provisions of Article 153 apply mutatis mutandis to the withdrawal of a petition for a ruling of the division of an estate. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第八十二条第二項の規定にかかわらず、遺産の分割の審判の申立ての取下げは、相続開始の時から十年を経過した後にあっては、相手方の同意を得なければ、その効力を生じない。 art-199/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-199/par-2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82, paragraph (2), the withdrawal of a petition for a ruling of the division of an estate does not become effective without the consent of the respondent after 10 years have passed from the commencement of the succession proceeding. machine translation, not official ### 第二百条（遺産の分割の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Orders Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case for Division of Estates as the Case on Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-200 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200 **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。次項及び第三項において同じ。）は、遺産の分割の審判又は調停の申立てがあった場合において、財産の管理のため必要があるときは、申立てにより又は職権で、担保を立てさせないで、遺産の分割の申立てについての審判が効力を生ずるまでの間、財産の管理者を選任し、又は事件の関係人に対し、財産の管理に関する事項を指示することができる。 art-200/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-1 When a petition for adjudication or mediation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when it is necessary for the administration of property, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) may, upon petition or by its own authority, appoint an administrator of property or give instructions to a party concerned with the case with regard to the matters concerning the administration of property, while not requiring the provision of security, until a ruling on the petition for the division of an estate becomes effective. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petition for adjudication or conciliation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when it is necessary for the administration of property, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); the same applies in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) may, upon petition or by its own authority, appoint an administrator of property or give instructions to a party concerned with the case with regard to the matters concerning the administration of property, while not requiring the provision of security, until a ruling on the petition for the division of an estate becomes effective." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割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、又は事件の関係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又は相手方の申立てにより、遺産の分割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-200/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-2 When a petition for adjudication or mediation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of imminent danger to a person concerned with the case, the family court may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition or of the respondent, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition or any other necessary provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the division of an estate 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: "When a petition for adjudication or conciliation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of imminent danger to a person concerned with the case, the family court may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition or of the respondent, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition or any other necessary provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the division of an estate as a case on the merits." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第三項** 前項に規定するもののほか、家庭裁判所は、遺産の分割の審判又は調停の申立てがあった場合において、相続財産に属する債務の弁済、相続人の生活費の支弁その他の事情により遺産に属する預貯金債権（民法第四百六十六条の五第一項に規定する預貯金債権をいう。以下この項において同じ。）を当該申立てをした者又は相手方が行使する必要があると認めるときは、その申立てにより、遺産に属する特定の預貯金債権の全部又は一部をその者に仮に取得させることができる。ただし、他の共同相続人の利益を害するときは、この限りでない。 art-200/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-3 Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if a petition for adjudication or mediation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when the family court finds it to be necessary for the person who has filed that petition or the respondent to exercise a claim for deposits or savings (meaning a claim for deposits or savings prescribed in Article 466-5, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) which belongs to an estate due to circumstances such as performance of obligations that belong to an estate or payment of living costs of heirs, the family court may, upon that petition, have the petitioner tentatively acquire the whole or part of a specified claim for deposits or savings that belong to the estate; provided, however, that this does not apply if the interest of any other coheir would be harmed. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Beyond what is provided for in the preceding paragraph, if a petition for adjudication or conciliation regarding the division of an estate is filed, and when the family court finds it to be necessary for the person who has filed that petition or the respondent to exercise a claim for deposits or savings (meaning a claim for deposits or savings prescribed in Article 466-5, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) which belongs to an estate due to circumstances such as performance of obligations that belong to an estate or payment of living costs of heirs, the family court may, upon that petition, have the petitioner tentatively acquire the whole or part of a specified claim for deposits or savings that belong to the estate; provided, however, that this does not apply if the interest of any other coheir would be harmed." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **第四項** 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、第一項の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「成年被後見人の財産」とあるのは、「遺産」と読み替えるものとする。 art-200/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-4 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 the administrator of property set forth in paragraph (1). In this case, the term "property of an adult under guardianship" in Article 125, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "estate". Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-191/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十一条第一項 (Article 191, paragraph (1)), art-191/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-191/par-1 - art-191/par-2: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-192 - art-193/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十三条第一項 (Article 193, paragraph (1)), art-193/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193/par-1 - art-193/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十三条第一項 (Article 193, paragraph (1)), art-193/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-193/par-1 - art-194/par-3: 前二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第一項 (Article 194, paragraph (1)), art-194/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-1 - 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art-194/par-8: 第百二十五条 → 家事事件手続法 第百二十五条 (Article 125), art-125 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123#art-125 - art-194/par-8: 民法第二十七条から第二十九条まで → 民法 第二十七条 (Article 27), art-27 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-27 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-27 - art-194/par-8: 民法第二十七条から第二十九条まで → 民法 第二十八条 (Article 28), art-28 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-28 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-28 - art-194/par-8: 民法第二十七条から第二十九条まで → 民法 第二十九条 (Article 29), art-29 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-29 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-29 - art-194/par-8: 同法第二十七条第二項 → 民法 第二十七条第二項 (Article 27, paragraph (2)), art-27/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-27/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-27/par-2 - art-194/par-8: 第六項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第六項 (Article 194, paragraph (6)), art-194/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-6 - art-194/par-8: 第百二十五条第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第百二十五条第三項 (Article 125, paragraph (3)), art-125/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123#art-125/par-3 - art-197/par-1: 別表第二 → 家事事件手続法 別表第二 (Appended Table 2), appdx-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text - art-198/par-2: 第百九十二条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-192 - art-198/par-3: 第百九十二条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-192 - art-199/par-1: 第百五十三条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十三条 (Article 153), art-153 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-153 - art-199/par-2: 第八十二条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第八十二条第二項 (Article 82, paragraph (2)), art-82/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-76#art-82/par-2 - art-200/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/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-101#art-105/par-2 - art-200/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百条第二項 (Article 200, paragraph (2)), art-200/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-2 - art-200/par-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百条第三項 (Article 200, paragraph (3)), art-200/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-3 - art-200/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百条第二項 (Article 200, paragraph (2)), art-200/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-200/par-2 - art-200/par-3: 民法第四百六十六条の五第一項 → 民法 第四百六十六条の五第一項 (Article 466-5, paragraph (1)), art-466-5/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-466-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-466-5/par-1 - 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