# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百四十二条 (Article 942)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": 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: 第九百四十二条 (Article 942)（財産分離の効力） — address `art-942`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第九百四十二条（財産分離の効力） — (Effect of a Separation of Patrimony)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-942 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-942 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-942</sup>

  **第一項**  財産分離の請求をした者及び前条第二項の規定により配当加入の申出をした者は、相続財産について、相続人の債権者に先立って弁済を受ける。
  <sup>art-942/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-942/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-942/par-1</sup>
  A person filing a request for a separation of patrimony and persons petitioning to participate in the distribution pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article are paid out of the estate with priority over the creditors of the heir.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-942/par-1: 前条第二項 → 民法 第九百四十一条第二項 (Article 941, paragraph (2)), art-941/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-941/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-941/par-2

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11