# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十五節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 15)

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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
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- Provision: 第十五節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 15) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-15`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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## 第十五節　財産分離に関する審判事件 — Section 15 Adjudication Cases Regarding the Separation of Patrimony
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Section 15 Adjudication Cases Regarding Division of Property" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-2/sec-15 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-15</sup>

### 第二百二条
<sup>art-202 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-202/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-1</sup>
    The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the jurisdiction of the courts specified respectively in these items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  財産分離の審判事件（別表第一の九十六の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次号において同じ。）　相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所
      <sup>art-202/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-1/item-1</sup>
      an adjudication case for the separation of patrimony (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (96); the same applies in the following item):the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where an inheritance process has commenced;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an adjudication case for the division of property (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (96); the same applies in the following item):the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where an inheritance process has commenced;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **二**  財産分離の請求後の相続財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件　財産分離の審判事件が係属している家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所に係属している場合にあってはその裁判所、財産分離の裁判確定後にあっては財産分離の審判事件が係属していた家庭裁判所）
      <sup>art-202/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-1/item-2</sup>
      an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after the request for the separation of patrimony:the family court before which an adjudication case for the separation of patrimony is pending (if an adjudication case for the separation of patrimony is pending before the court in charge of an appeal, the court; after a judicial decision of the separation of patrimony becomes final and binding, the family court before which the adjudication case for the separation of patrimony has been pending); and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after the request for the division of property:the family court before which an adjudication case for the division of property is pending (if an adjudication case for the division of property is pending before the court in charge of an appeal, the court; after a judicial decision of the division of property becomes final and binding, the family court before which the adjudication case for the division of property has been pending); and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **三**  財産分離の場合における鑑定人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の九十八の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　財産分離の審判をした家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が財産分離の裁判をした場合にあっては、その第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所）
      <sup>art-202/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-1/item-3</sup>
      an adjudication case for the appointment of an appraiser upon the separation of patrimony (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (98)):the family court that has made a ruling of the separation of patrimony (if the court in charge of an appeal has made a judicial decision of the separation of patrimony, the family court that is the court of first instance).
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "an adjudication case for the appointment of an appraiser upon the division of property (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (98)):the family court that has made a ruling of the division of property (if the court in charge of an appeal has made a judicial decision of the division of property, the family court that is the court of first instance)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  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。
    <sup>art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-2</sup>
    An immediate appeal may be filed against the rulings set forth in the following items by the persons specified respectively in these items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  財産分離の審判　相続人
      <sup>art-202/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-2/item-1</sup>
      a ruling of the separation of patrimony:an heir;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling of the division of property:an heir;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **二**  民法第九百四十一条第一項の規定による財産分離の申立てを却下する審判　相続債権者及び受遺者
      <sup>art-202/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-2/item-2</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a petition for the separation of patrimony filed under the provisions of Article 941, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code:an inheritance estate creditor and a legatee; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling to dismiss a petition for the division of property filed under the provisions of Article 941, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code:an inheritance estate creditor and a legatee; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **三**  民法第九百五十条第一項の規定による財産分離の申立てを却下する審判　相続人の債権者
      <sup>art-202/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-2/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-2/item-3</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a petition for the separation of patrimony filed under the provisions of Article 950, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code:a creditor of an heir.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling to dismiss a petition for the division of property filed under the provisions of Article 950, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code:a creditor of an heir." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第三項**  第百二十五条の規定は、財産分離の請求後の相続財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件について準用する。この場合において、同条第三項中「成年被後見人の財産」とあるのは、「相続財産」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-202/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-3</sup>
    The provisions of Article 125 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of an estate after a request for the separation of patrimony. In this case, the term "property of an adult under guardianship" in Article 125, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "an estate."
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 125 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of property after a request for the division of property. In this case, the term "property of an adult under guardianship" in Article 125, paragraph (3) is deemed to be replaced with "an estate."" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-202/par-1/item-1: 次号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二条第一項第二号 (Article 202, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-202/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-202/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-202/par-1/item-2
- art-202/par-2/item-2: 民法第九百四十一条第一項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第一項 (Article 941, paragraph (1)), art-941/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-941/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-1
- art-202/par-2/item-3: 民法第九百五十条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十条第一項 (Article 950, paragraph (1)), art-950/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-950/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-950/par-1
- art-202/par-3: 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/art-125 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-125
- art-202/par-3: 同条第三項 → 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/art-125/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-125/par-3

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