# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十九節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 19) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19. 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: 第十九節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 19) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-19` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第十九節　任意後見契約法に規定する審判事件 — Section 19 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-19 ### 第二百十七条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217 **第一項** 任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の百十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次項及び次条において同じ。）は、任意後見契約法第二条第二号の本人（以下この節において単に「本人」という。）の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-1 An adjudication case regarding the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (111); the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the principal set forth in Article 2, item (ii) of the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "principal" in this Section). Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 任意後見契約法に規定する審判事件（別表第一の百十一の項から百二十一の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件を除き、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判をした家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が当該任意後見監督人を選任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）の管轄に属する。ただし、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件が家庭裁判所に係属しているときは、その家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。 art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-2 Adjudication cases prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (111) through (121)), except for an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (if the court in charge of an appeal has appointed the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to the jurisdiction of that family court. Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Adjudication cases prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (111) through (121)), except for an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (if the court in charge of an appeal has appointed the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to that family court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb ### 第二百十八条（手続行為能力） — (Capacity to Participate in Proceedings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-218 **第一項** 第百十八条の規定は、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件における本人について準用する。 art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-218/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-218/par-1 The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to the principal in an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百十九条（精神の状況に関する意見の聴取） — (Hearings of Opinions Concerning Mental State) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-219 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-219 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-219 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、本人の精神の状況につき医師その他適当な者の意見を聴かなければ、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判をすることができない。 art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-219/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-219/par-1 A family court may not make a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective unless it hears the opinion of a physician or any other appropriate person concerning the mental state of the principal. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十条（陳述及び意見の聴取） — (Hearings of Statements and Opinions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220 **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（第一号及び第四号にあっては、申立人を除く。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、本人については、本人の心身の障害により本人の陳述を聴くことができないときは、この限りでない。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/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 items (i) and (iv), excluding the petitioner); provided, however, that this does not apply to the principal if it is impossible to hear the principal's statements due to mental or physical disability: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "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 items (i) and (iv), excluding the petitioner); provided, however, that this does not apply to the principal if it is impossible to hear the principal's opinion due to mental or physical disability:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判並びに任意後見監督人が欠けた場合及び任意後見監督人を更に選任する場合における任意後見監督人の選任の審判　本人 art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, and a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian in the event of a vacancy of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian or the appointment of an additional supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the principal; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 任意後見監督人の解任の審判　任意後見監督人 art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-2 a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 任意後見人の解任の審判　任意後見人 art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-3 a ruling of the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the voluntarily appointed guardian; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 任意後見契約の解除についての許可の審判　本人及び任意後見人 art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-4 a ruling of permission for the cancellation of a voluntary guardianship contract:the principal and the voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項第一号に掲げる審判をする場合には、任意後見監督人となるべき者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-2 When making the ruling set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the family court must hear the opinion of a person who is to be a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判をする場合には、任意後見契約の効力が生ずることについて、任意後見受任者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-3 When making a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, the family court must hear the opinion of a person entrusted with voluntary guardianship with regard to making a voluntary guardianship contract effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十一条（申立ての取下げの制限） — (Restrictions on the Withdrawal of Petitions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-221 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-221 **第一項** 任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任及び任意後見監督人が欠けた場合における任意後見監督人の選任の申立ては、審判がされる前であっても、家庭裁判所の許可を得なければ、取り下げることができない。 art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-221/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-221/par-1 A petition for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective and for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian in the event of the vacancy of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian may not be withdrawn without permission from the family court, even before a ruling is made. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十二条（審判の告知） — (Notice of Rulings) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-222 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222 **第一項** 次の各号に掲げる審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、当該各号に定める者に告知しなければならない。 art-222/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222/par-1 Notice of the rulings set forth in the following items must be given to the persons specified respectively in these items, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判　本人及び任意後見受任者 art-222/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222/par-1/item-1 a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective:the principal and a person entrusted with voluntary guardianship; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 後見開始の審判等の取消しの審判　後見開始の審判の取消しの審判にあっては成年後見人及び成年後見監督人、保佐開始の審判の取消しの審判にあっては保佐人及び保佐監督人並びに補助開始の審判の取消しの審判にあっては補助人及び補助監督人 art-222/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222/par-1/item-2 a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of guardianship, etc.:in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of guardianship, a guardian of an adult and a supervisor of a guardian of an adult; in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of curatorship, a curator and a supervisor of a curator; and in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of assistance, an assistant and a supervisor of an assistant; Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of guardianship:in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of guardianship, a guardian of an adult and a supervisor of a guardian of an adult; in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of curatorship, a curator and a supervisor of a curator; and in the case of a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of assistance, an assistant and a supervisor of an assistant;" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **三** 任意後見人の解任の審判　本人及び任意後見監督人 art-222/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222/par-1/item-3 a ruling of the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the principal and a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian; and Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling of the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the principal and a voluntarily appointed guardian; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **四** 任意後見契約の解除についての許可の審判　本人、任意後見人及び任意後見監督人 art-222/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-222/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-222/par-1/item-4 a ruling of permission for the cancellation of a voluntary guardianship contract:the principal, a voluntarily appointed guardian, and a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十三条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223 **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（第四号及び第六号にあっては、申立人を除く。）は、即時抗告をすることができる。 art-223/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/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 (iv) and (vi), excluding the petitioner): Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-223/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-1 a ruling to dismiss a petition of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective:the petitioner; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 任意後見監督人の解任の審判　任意後見監督人 art-223/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-2 a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 任意後見監督人の解任の申立てを却下する審判　申立人並びに本人及びその親族 art-223/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-3 a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the petitioner, and the principal and the principal's relative; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 任意後見人の解任の審判　本人及び任意後見人 art-223/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-4 a ruling of the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the principal and a voluntarily appointed guardian; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **五** 任意後見人の解任の申立てを却下する審判　申立人、任意後見監督人並びに本人及びその親族 art-223/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-5 a ruling to dismiss a petition for the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the petitioner, a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, and the principal and the principal's relative; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **六** 任意後見契約の解除についての許可の審判　本人及び任意後見人 art-223/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-6 a ruling of permission for the cancellation of a voluntary guardianship contract:the principal and a voluntarily appointed guardian; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **七** 任意後見契約の解除についての許可の申立てを却下する審判　申立人 art-223/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-7 a ruling to dismiss a petition for permission for the cancellation of a voluntary guardianship contract:the petitioner. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十四条（任意後見監督人の事務の調査） — (Examination of the Affairs of Supervisors of Voluntarily Appointed Guardians) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-224 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-224 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、家庭裁判所調査官に任意後見監督人の事務を調査させることができる。 art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-224/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-224/par-1 A family court may have a family court investigating officer examine the affairs of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第二百二十五条（任意後見監督人の解任の審判事件等を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Orders Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case for the Dismissal of Supervisor of Voluntarily Appointed Guardians as a Case on the Merits) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-225 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-225 **第一項** 第百二十七条第一項から第四項までの規定は、任意後見監督人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の百十七の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）を本案とする保全処分について準用する。 art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-225/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-225/par-1 The provisions of Article 127, paragraphs (1) through (4) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the dismissal of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (117)) as a case on the merits. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 第百二十七条第一項及び第二項の規定は、任意後見人の解任の審判事件（別表第一の百二十の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）を本案とする保全処分について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項中「停止し、又はその職務代行者を選任する」とあるのは「停止する」と、同条第二項中「同項の規定により選任した職務代行者」とあるのは「任意後見監督人」と読み替えるものとする。 art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-225/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-225/par-2 The provisions of Article 127, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional order sought by designating an adjudication case for the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (120)) as a case on the merits. In this case, the phrase "suspend the performance of duties by the guardian of the adult or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof" in paragraph (1) of the Article is deemed to be replaced with "suspend the performance of duties by the guardian of the adult", and the phrase "a person acting as a representative appointed under the provisions of the paragraph" in paragraph (2) of the Article is deemed to be replaced with "supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian". Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "The provisions of Article 127, paragraphs (1) and (2) apply mutatis mutandis to a provisional orders sought by designating an adjudication case for the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (120)) as a case on the merits. In this case, the phrase "suspend the performance of duties by the guardian of the adult or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof" in paragraph (1) of the Article is deemed to be replaced with "suspend the performance of duties by the guardian of the adult", and the phrase "a person acting as a representative appointed under the provisions of the paragraph" in paragraph (2) of the Article is deemed to be replaced with "supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian"." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb --- ## Cites - art-217/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 - art-217/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-2 - art-217/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十八条 (Article 218), art-218 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-218 - art-217/par-1: 任意後見契約法第二条第二号 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000150, 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection - art-217/par-2: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 - art-218/par-1: 第百十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-118 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-118 - art-220/par-1: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 - art-220/par-1: 第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第四号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-220/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-4 - art-220/par-2: 前項第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 - art-222/par-1: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1 - art-223/par-1: 第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十三条第一項第四号 (Article 223, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-223/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-4 - art-223/par-1: 第六号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十三条第一項第六号 (Article 223, paragraph (1), item (vi)), art-223/par-1/item-6 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-223/par-1/item-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-223/par-1/item-6 - art-225/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-1 - art-225/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第二項 (Article 127, paragraph (2)), art-127/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-2 - art-225/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第三項 (Article 127, paragraph (3)), art-127/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-3 - art-225/par-1: 第百二十七条第一項から第四項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第四項 (Article 127, paragraph (4)), art-127/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-4 - art-225/par-1: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 - art-225/par-2: 第百二十七条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第一項 (Article 127, paragraph (1)), art-127/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-1 - art-225/par-2: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百二十七条第二項 (Article 127, paragraph (2)), art-127/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-127/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-127/par-2 - art-225/par-2: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1 --- ## 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 217, paragraph (2) — 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 220, paragraph (1) — 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 222, paragraph (1), 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 222, paragraph (1), item (iii) — 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 225, paragraph (2) — 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 - This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05