# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百七十二条 (Article 172)
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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: 第百七十二条 (Article 172)（即時抗告） — address `art-172`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172
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### 第百七十二条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals)
caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172
**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（第一号から第三号まで及び第五号にあっては、申立人を除く。）は、即時抗告をすることができる。
art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/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 (in items (i) through (iii) and (v), excluding the petitioner):
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 親権喪失の審判 親権を喪失する者及びその親族
art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-1
a ruling of the loss of parental authority:the person who loses parental authority and said person's relative;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**二** 親権停止の審判 親権を停止される者及びその親族
art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-2
a ruling of the suspension of parental authority:the person who is subject to the suspension of parental authority and the person's relative;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**三** 管理権喪失の審判 管理権を喪失する者及びその親族
art-172/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-3
a ruling of the loss of right to manage assets:the person who loses the right to manage assets and the person's relative;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**四** 親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の申立てを却下する審判 申立人、子及びその親族、未成年後見人並びに未成年後見監督人
art-172/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-4
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets:the petitioner, the child and the child's relative, a guardian of the minor, and a supervisor of a guardian of the minor;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**五** 親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判の取消しの審判 子及びその親族、子に対し親権を行う者、未成年後見人並びに未成年後見監督人
art-172/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-5
a ruling to revoke a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets:the child and the child's relative, the person who exercises parental authority over the child, a guardian of the minor, and a supervisor of a guardian of the minor;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**六** 親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判の取消しの申立てを却下する審判 申立人並びに親権を喪失し、若しくは停止され、又は管理権を喪失した者及びその親族
art-172/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-6
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the revocation of a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets:the petitioner, as well as the person who has lost parental authority, is subject to the suspension of parental authority, or has lost the right to manage assets and the person's relative;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**七** 親権又は管理権を回復するについての許可の申立てを却下する審判 申立人
art-172/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-7
a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the resumption of parental authority or right to manage assets:the petitioner;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**八** 養子の離縁後に親権者となるべき者の指定の審判 養子の父母及び養子の監護者
art-172/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-8 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-8
a ruling of the designation of a person who is to have parental authority over an adopted child after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship:the parents of the adopted child and the person who has custody of the adopted child;
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**九** 養子の離縁後に親権者となるべき者の指定の申立てを却下する審判 申立人、養子の父母及び養子の監護者
art-172/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-9 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-9
a ruling to dismiss a petition for the designation of a person who is to have parental authority over an adopted child after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship:the petitioner, the parents of the adopted child, and the person who has custody of the adopted child; and
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**十** 親権者の指定又は変更の審判及びその申立てを却下する審判 子の父母及び子の監護者
art-172/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-10
a ruling of the designation or change of a person who has parental authority, and a ruling to dismiss the petition for the ruling:the parents of the child and the person who has custody of the child.
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**十一** 親権行使者の指定の審判及びその申立てを却下する審判 子の父母
art-172/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-11 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-11
a ruling of the designation of a person exercising parental authority alone and a ruling to dismiss the petition for the ruling:the parents of the child.
machine translation, not official
**第二項** 次の各号に掲げる即時抗告の期間は、当該各号に定める日から進行する。
art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-2
The period for filing the immediate appeals set forth in the following items runs from the dates specified respectively in these items:
Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System
**一** 審判の告知を受ける者でない者及び子による親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判に対する即時抗告 親権を喪失し、若しくは停止され、又は管理権を喪失する者が審判の告知を受けた日
art-172/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-2/item-1
an immediate appeal filed against a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets, filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a child: the day on which the person who loses parental authority, is subject to the suspension of parental authority, or loses the right to manage assets has received notice of a ruling; or
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an immediate appeal filed against a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority, or loss of right to manage assets, filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a child: the day on which the person who loses parental authority, is subject to the suspension of parental authority, or loses the right to manage assets has received notice of a ruling: or" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
**二** 審判の告知を受ける者でない者及び子による親権喪失、親権停止又は管理権喪失の審判の取消しの審判に対する即時抗告 親権を喪失し、若しくは停止され、又は管理権を喪失した者が審判の告知を受けた日
art-172/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-2/item-2
an immediate appeal against a ruling to revoke a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority or loss of the right to manage assets, filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a child:the day on which the person who has lost parental authority, is subject to the suspension of parental authority, or has lost the right to manage assets has received notice of a ruling.
Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an immediate appeal against a ruling to revoke a ruling of the loss of parental authority, suspension of parental authority or loss of the right of administration of property, filed by a person other than a person who receives notice of a ruling and by a child:the day on which the person who loses parental authority, is subject to the suspension of parental authority, or loses the right to manage assets has received notice of a ruling." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb
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## Cites
- art-172/par-1: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第一号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-172/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-1
- art-172/par-1: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第二号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-172/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-2
- art-172/par-1: 第一号から第三号まで → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第三号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-172/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-3
- art-172/par-1: 第五号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第五号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (v)), art-172/par-1/item-5 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1/item-5
## Cited by
2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-172/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-172/par-1
- 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-242/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-242/par-3
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## 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 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 172, paragraph (2), item (i) — 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 172, paragraph (2), item (ii) — 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
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T164326-004, 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