# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百七十八条 (Article 178) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178. 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: 第百七十八条 (Article 178)（陳述及び意見の聴取） — address `art-178` - 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-178 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第百七十八条（陳述及び意見の聴取） — (Hearing Statements and Opinions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、次の各号に掲げる審判をする場合には、当該各号に定める者（第一号にあっては、申立人を除く。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。 art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1 When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear statements from the persons specified respectively in these items (in item (i), excluding the petitioner): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 未成年後見人又は未成年後見監督人の選任の審判　未成年被後見人（十五歳以上のものに限る。） art-178/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1/item-1 a ruling of the appointment of a guardian of a minor or a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the minor ward (limited to a minor ward of 15 years of age or older); Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 未成年後見人の解任の審判　未成年後見人 art-178/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1/item-2 a ruling of the dismissal of a guardian of a minor:the guardian of a minor; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 未成年後見監督人の解任の審判　未成年後見監督人 art-178/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1/item-3 a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the supervisor of a guardian of a minor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、次の各号に掲げる審判をする場合には、当該各号に定める者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-178/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-2 When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear the opinions of the persons specified respectively in these items: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 養子の離縁後に未成年後見人となるべき者又は未成年後見人の選任　未成年後見人となるべき者 art-178/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-2/item-1 the appointment of a person who is to be a guardian of a minor after the dissolution of an adoptive relationship or a guardian of a minor:the person who is to be a guardian of a minor; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 未成年後見監督人の選任　未成年後見監督人となるべき者 art-178/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-2/item-2 the appointment of a supervisor of a guardian of a minor:the person who is to be a supervisor of a guardian of a minor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-178/par-1: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十八条第一項第一号 (Article 178, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-178/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第百七十八条第一項（陳述及び意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-178/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-178/par-1 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05