# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 4)

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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: 第四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 4) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-4`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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## 第四節　不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件 — Section 4 Adjudication Cases for Dispositions Regarding Administration of Property of Absentee
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-2/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/pt-2/ch-2/sec-4</sup>

### 第百四十五条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-145 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-145</sup>

    **第一項**  不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の審判事件は、不在者の従来の住所地又は居所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-145/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-145/par-1</sup>
    An adjudication case for a disposition regarding the administration of the property of an absentee is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the previous place of domicile or residence of the absentee.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 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>

### 第百四十六条の二（供託等） — Deposit, etc.
<sup>caption: machine translation, not official</sup>
<sup>art-146-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146-2</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所が選任した管理人は、不在者の財産の管理、処分その他の事由により金銭が生じたときは、不在者のために、当該金銭を不在者の財産の管理に関する処分を命じた裁判所の所在地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄区域内の供託所に供託することができる。
    <sup>art-146-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146-2/par-1</sup>
    An administrator appointed by a family court may, when money has arisen from the administration or disposition of the absentee's property or for any other reason, deposit that money, for the absentee, at the official depository within the judicial district of the family court which has jurisdiction over the location of the court that has ordered a disposition regarding the administration of the absentee's property.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  家庭裁判所が選任した管理人は、前項の規定による供託をしたときは、法務省令で定めるところにより、その旨その他法務省令で定める事項を公告しなければならない。
    <sup>art-146-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146-2/par-2</sup>
    When an administrator appointed by a family court has made a deposit under the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the administrator must give public notice of that fact and other particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order, as provided by Ministry of Justice Order.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第百四十七条（処分の取消し） — (Revocation of a Disposition)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-147 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-147</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、不在者が財産を管理することができるようになったとき、管理すべき財産がなくなったとき（家庭裁判所が選任した管理人が管理すべき財産の全部が供託されたときを含む。）その他財産の管理を継続することが相当でなくなったときは、不在者、管理人若しくは利害関係人の申立てにより又は職権で、民法第二十五条第一項の規定による管理人の選任その他の不在者の財産の管理に関する処分の取消しの審判をしなければならない。
    <sup>art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-147/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-147/par-1</sup>
    When an absentee has become able to administer their own property, the property under administration no longer exists (including when the whole of the property to be administered by an administrator appointed by a family court has been deposited) or it has otherwise become inappropriate to continue to place the absentee's property under administration, the family court must make a ruling to revoke the appointment of an administrator under the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code or any other disposition regarding the administration of the property of the absentee, upon the petition of the absentee, the administrator, or any interested party or by its own authority.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</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
- art-146-2/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第百四十六条の二第一項 (Article 146-2, paragraph (1)), art-146-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-146-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-146-2/par-1
- art-147/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

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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