# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 14)

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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: 第十四節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 14) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-14`
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## 第十四節　相続の承認及び放棄に関する審判事件 — Section 14 Adjudication Cases Regarding Acceptance and Renunciation of Inheritance
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-2/sec-14 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14</sup>

### 第二百一条
<sup>art-201 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201</sup>

    **第一項**  相続の承認及び放棄に関する審判事件（別表第一の九十の項から九十五の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-201/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-1</sup>
    Adjudication cases regarding the acceptance and renunciation of an inheritance (meaning adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (90) through (95)) are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where the inheritance process has commenced.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定にかかわらず、限定承認の場合における鑑定人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の九十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、限定承認の申述を受理した家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が受理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。
    <sup>art-201/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-2</sup>
    Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, an adjudication case for the appointment of an appraiser upon the qualified acceptance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (93)) is subject to the jurisdiction of a family court that has accepted a statement on the qualified acceptance (if the court in charge of appeal has accepted the statement, the family court that is the court of first instance).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が限定承認の申述を受理した場合にあっては、その裁判所）は、相続人が数人ある場合において、限定承認の申述を受理したときは、職権で、民法第九百三十六条第一項の規定により相続財産の清算人を選任しなければならない。
    <sup>art-201/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-3</sup>
    When a family court has accepted a statement on the qualified acceptance (if the court in charge of an appeal has accepted the statement, the court) when there are two or more heirs, it must, by its own authority, appoint a liquidator of the estate pursuant to the provisions of Article 936, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第四項**  第百十八条の規定は、限定承認又は相続の放棄の取消しの申述の受理の審判事件（別表第一の九十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）における限定承認又は相続の放棄の取消しをすることができる者について準用する。
    <sup>art-201/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-4</sup>
    The provisions of Article 118 apply mutatis mutandis to a person who may rescind the qualified acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance in an adjudication case for the acceptance of a statement on the rescission of the qualified acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (91)).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第五項**  限定承認及びその取消し並びに相続の放棄及びその取消しの申述は、次に掲げる事項を記載した申述書を家庭裁判所に提出してしなければならない。
    <sup>art-201/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5</sup>
    A statement on the qualified acceptance and the rescission thereof, and a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance and the rescission thereof must be filed with the family court, by submitting a written statement containing the following matters:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  当事者及び法定代理人
      <sup>art-201/par-5/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5/item-1</sup>
      the party and the legal representative; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  限定承認若しくはその取消し又は相続の放棄若しくはその取消しをする旨
      <sup>art-201/par-5/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5/item-2</sup>
      a statement on the qualified acceptance or the rescission thereof, or a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance or the rescission thereof.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a statement on the qualified acceptance or the rescission thereof, or a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance and the rescission thereof." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第六項**  第四十九条第三項から第六項まで及び第五十条の規定は、前項の申述について準用する。この場合において、第四十九条第四項中「第二項」とあるのは、「第二百一条第五項」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-201/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-6</sup>
    The provisions of Article 49, paragraphs (3) through (6) and Article 50 apply mutatis mutandis to the statement set forth in the preceding paragraph. In this case, the term "paragraph (2)" in Article 49, paragraph (4) is deemed to be replaced with "Article 201, paragraph (5)".
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第七項**  家庭裁判所は、第五項の申述の受理の審判をするときは、申述書にその旨を記載しなければならない。この場合において、当該審判は、申述書にその旨を記載した時に、その効力を生ずる。
    <sup>art-201/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-7</sup>
    When making a ruling of acceptance of the statement set forth in paragraph (5), a family court must include such fact in the written statement. In this case, the ruling becomes effective if the fact is included in the written statement.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第八項**  前項の審判については、第七十六条の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-201/par-8 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-8</sup>
    The provisions of Article 76 do not apply to the ruling set forth in the preceding paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第九項**  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-201/par-9 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-9</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**  相続の承認又は放棄をすべき期間の伸長の申立てを却下する審判　申立人
      <sup>art-201/par-9/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-9/item-1</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a petition for an extension of the period for making an acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance:the petitioner;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  限定承認又は相続の放棄の取消しの申述を却下する審判　限定承認又は相続の放棄の取消しをすることができる者
      <sup>art-201/par-9/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-9/item-2</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a statement on the rescission of the qualified acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance:a person who may rescind the qualified acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  限定承認又は相続の放棄の申述を却下する審判　申述人
      <sup>art-201/par-9/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-9/item-3</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a statement on the qualified acceptance or renunciation of an inheritance:the person who made a statement.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-201/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第一項 (Article 201, paragraph (1)), art-201/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-1
- art-201/par-3: 民法第九百三十六条第一項 → 民法 第九百三十六条第一項 (Article 936, paragraph (1)), art-936/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-936/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-936/par-1
- art-201/par-4: 第百十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百十八条 (Article 118), art-118 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-117#art-118
- art-201/par-6: 第四十九条第三項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第三項 (Article 49, paragraph (3)), art-49/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-49/par-3
- art-201/par-6: 第四十九条第三項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第四項 (Article 49, paragraph (4)), art-49/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-49/par-4
- art-201/par-6: 第四十九条第三項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第五項 (Article 49, paragraph (5)), art-49/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-49/par-5
- art-201/par-6: 第四十九条第三項から第六項まで → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第六項 (Article 49, paragraph (6)), art-49/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-49/par-6
- art-201/par-6: 第五十条 → 家事事件手続法 第五十条 (Article 50), art-50 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-50
- art-201/par-6: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第五項 (Article 201, paragraph (5)), art-201/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5
- art-201/par-6: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第四十九条第二項 (Article 49, paragraph (2)), art-49/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-49#art-49/par-2
- art-201/par-7: 第五項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第五項 (Article 201, paragraph (5)), art-201/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5
- art-201/par-8: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第七項 (Article 201, paragraph (7)), art-201/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-7
- art-201/par-8: 第七十六条 → 家事事件手続法 第七十六条 (Article 76), art-76 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20270623_508AC0000000045/text/pt-2/ch-1/from-art-64#art-76

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