# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百四十六条 (Article 146)

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- 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: 第百四十六条 (Article 146)（管理人の改任等） — address `art-146`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百四十六条（管理人の改任等） — (Replacement of Administrators)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、いつでも、民法第二十五条第一項の規定により選任し、又は同法第二十六条の規定により改任した管理人を改任することができる。
    <sup>art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-1</sup>
    A family court may, at any time, replace an administrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code or an administrator appointed to be a replacement pursuant to Article 26 of the Code, with another.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  家庭裁判所は、民法第二十五条第一項の規定により選任し、又は同法第二十六条の規定により改任した管理人及び前項の規定により改任した管理人（第四項及び第六項、次条並びに第百四十七条において「家庭裁判所が選任した管理人」という。）に対し、財産の状況の報告及び管理の計算を命ずることができる。同法第二十七条第二項の場合においては、不在者が置いた管理人に対しても、同様とする。
    <sup>art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-2</sup>
    A family court may order an administrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code or an administrator appointed to be a replacement pursuant to the provisions of Article 26 of the Code, and an administrator appointed to be a replacement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as an "administrator appointed by a family court" in paragraphs (4) and (6), the following Article and Article 147) to report on the status of the property and settle the account for administration. In the case set forth in Article 27, paragraph (2) of the Code, the same applies to an administrator appointed by an absentee.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  前項の報告及び計算に要する費用は、不在者の財産の中から支弁する。
    <sup>art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-3</sup>
    Costs required for the report and settlement of the account set forth in the preceding paragraph are paid out of the property of an absentee.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  家庭裁判所は、管理人（家庭裁判所が選任した管理人及び不在者が置いた管理人をいう。次項及び第百四十七条において同じ。）に対し、その提供した担保の増減、変更又は免除を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-146/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-4</sup>
    A family court may issue an order to an administrator (meaning an administrator appointed by a family court and an administrator appointed by an absentee; the same applies in the following paragraph and Article 147) for an increase or decrease in or a change to the security that the administrator has provided, or exemption from providing the security.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第五項**  管理人の不動産又は船舶の上に抵当権の設定を命ずる審判が効力を生じたときは、裁判所書記官は、その設定の登記を嘱託しなければならない。設定した抵当権の変更又は消滅の登記についても、同様とする。
    <sup>art-146/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-5</sup>
    When a ruling to order a mortgage to be established on the real property or vessel owned by an administrator becomes effective, a court clerk must commission the registration of the establishment thereof. The same applies to a registration of a change or the extinction of a mortgage thus established.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第六項**  民法第六百四十四条、第六百四十六条、第六百四十七条及び第六百五十条の規定は、家庭裁判所が選任した管理人について準用する。
    <sup>art-146/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-6</sup>
    The provisions of Articles 644, 646, 647, and 650 of the Civil Code apply mutatis mutandis to an administrator appointed by a family court.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-146/par-1: 民法第二十五条第一項 → 民法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-25/par-1
- art-146/par-1: 同法第二十六条 → 民法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-26
- art-146/par-2: 民法第二十五条第一項 → 民法 第二十五条第一項 (Article 25, paragraph (1)), art-25/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-25/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-25/par-1
- art-146/par-2: 同法第二十六条 → 民法 第二十六条 (Article 26), art-26 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-26 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-26
- art-146/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第一項 (Article 146, paragraph (1)), art-146/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-1
- art-146/par-2: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第四項 (Article 146, paragraph (4)), art-146/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-4
- art-146/par-2: 第六項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第六項 (Article 146, paragraph (6)), art-146/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-6
- art-146/par-2: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条の二 (Article 146-2), art-146-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146-2
- art-146/par-2: 第百四十七条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十七条 (Article 147), art-147 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-147
- art-146/par-2: 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-146/par-3: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第二項 (Article 146, paragraph (2)), art-146/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-2
- art-146/par-4: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第五項 (Article 146, paragraph (5)), art-146/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-5
- art-146/par-4: 第百四十七条 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十七条 (Article 147), art-147 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-147
- art-146/par-6: 民法第六百四十四条 → 民法 第六百四十四条 (Article 644), art-644 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-644 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-644
- art-146/par-6: 第六百四十六条 → 民法 第六百四十六条 (Article 646), art-646 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-646 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-646
- art-146/par-6: 第六百四十七条 → 民法 第六百四十七条 (Article 647), art-647 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-647 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-647
- art-146/par-6: 第六百五十条 → 民法 第六百五十条 (Article 650), art-650 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-650 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-650

## Cited by

3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第二項（管理人の改任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第三項（管理人の改任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-3
- 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条第四項（管理人の改任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146/par-4

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 家事事件手続法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/423AC0000000052/20260624_508AC0000000045), 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-003, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05