# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第十六節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 16)

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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
- 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: 第十六節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 16) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-16`
- Text: the text as amended with effect from 2028-06-13 (On a day set by Cabinet Order, no later than 13 June 2028 — the amending law allows up to five years from promulgation. The exact day is not fixed yet.), standing until 2028-12-22 as now scheduled, since the next amendment's day is not fixed — NOT yet in force (revision 20280613_505AC0000000053)
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## 第十六節　相続人の不存在に関する審判事件 — Section 16 Adjudication Cases Regarding Nonexistence of an Heir
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-2/sec-16 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16</sup>

### 第二百三条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-203 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-203</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-203/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-203/par-1</sup>
    The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the jurisdiction of the family courts specified respectively in these items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  相続人の不存在の場合における相続財産の清算に関する処分の審判事件　相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所
      <sup>art-203/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-203/par-1/item-1</sup>
      an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of an estate in the event of the nonexistence of an heir:the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where an inheritance process has commenced;
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  相続人の不存在の場合における鑑定人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の百の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。）　相続人の不存在の場合における相続財産の清算に関する処分の審判事件において相続財産の清算人の選任の審判をした家庭裁判所
      <sup>art-203/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-203/par-1/item-2</sup>
      an adjudication case for the appointment of an appraiser in the event of nonexistence of an heir (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (100)):the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a liquidator of the estate in an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of the estate in the event of nonexistence of an heir; and
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **三**  特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の審判事件（別表第一の百一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次条第二項及び第二百七条において同じ。）　相続が開始した地を管轄する家庭裁判所
      <sup>art-203/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-203/par-1/item-3</sup>
      an adjudication case for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (101); the same applies in paragraph (2) of the following Article and Article 207):the family court which has jurisdiction over the place where an inheritance process has commenced.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二百四条（特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の審判） — (Ruling of Distribution of an Estate to Persons with Special Connections)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-204 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-204</sup>

    **第一項**  特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の申立てについての審判は、民法第九百五十二条第二項の期間の満了後三月を経過した後にしなければならない。
    <sup>art-204/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-204/par-1</sup>
    A ruling on a petition for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection must be made after three months have passed from the date of expiration of the period set forth in Article 952, paragraph (2) of the Civil Code.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  同一の相続財産に関し特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の審判事件が数個同時に係属するときは、これらの審判の手続及び審判は、併合してしなければならない。
    <sup>art-204/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-204/par-2</sup>
    When two or more adjudication cases for the distribution of an estate to persons with special connections are pending simultaneously with regard to the same estate, those proceedings and rulings must be consolidated.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

### 第二百五条（意見の聴取） — (Hearings of Opinions)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-205 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-205</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所は、特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の申立てについての審判をする場合には、民法第九百五十二条第一項の規定により選任し、又は第二百八条において準用する第百二十五条第一項の規定により改任した相続財産の清算人（次条及び第二百七条において単に「相続財産の清算人」という。）の意見を聴かなければならない。
    <sup>art-205/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-205/par-1</sup>
    When making a ruling on a petition for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection, the family court must hear the opinion of a liquidator of the estate appointed pursuant to the provisions of Article 952, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code or appointed as a replacement pursuant to the provisions of Article 125, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 208 (hereinafter simply referred to as a "liquidator of the estate" in the following Article and Article 207).
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二百六条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-206 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206</sup>

    **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は、即時抗告をすることができる。
    <sup>art-206/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206/par-1</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**  特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の審判　申立人及び相続財産の清算人
      <sup>art-206/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206/par-1/item-1</sup>
      a ruling of the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection:the petitioner and a liquidator of the estate; and
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

      **二**  特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の申立てを却下する審判　申立人
      <sup>art-206/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206/par-1/item-2</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a petition for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection:the petitioner.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  第二百四条第二項の規定により審判が併合してされたときは、申立人の一人又は相続財産の清算人がした即時抗告は、申立人の全員に対してその効力を生ずる。
    <sup>art-206/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206/par-2</sup>
    Where rulings are made in a consolidated manner pursuant to the provisions of Article 204, paragraph (2), an immediate appeal filed by one of the petitioners or a liquidator of the estate is effective in relation to all the petitioners.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二百七条（相続財産の換価を命ずる裁判） — (Judicial Decisions to Order the Conversion of an Estate into Cash)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-207 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-207</sup>

    **第一項**  第百九十四条第一項、第二項本文、第三項から第五項まで及び第七項の規定は、特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の審判事件について準用する。この場合において、同条第一項及び第七項中「相続人」とあり、並びに同条第二項中「相続人の意見を聴き、相続人」とあるのは「相続財産の清算人」と、同条第三項中「相続人」とあるのは「特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の申立人若しくは相続財産の清算人」と、同条第四項中「当事者」とあるのは「申立人」と、同条第五項中「相続人」とあるのは「特別縁故者に対する相続財産の分与の申立人及び相続財産の清算人」と読み替えるものとする。
    <sup>art-207/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-207/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Article 194, paragraph (1), the main clause of paragraph (2), paragraphs (3) through (5), and paragraph (7) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection. In this case, the term "heir" in paragraphs (1) and (7) of that Article and the phrase "hear the opinion of an heir and order the heir" in paragraph (2) of that Article are deemed to be replaced with "liquidator of the estate" and "order the liquidator of the estate" respectively; the term "heir" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "petitioner for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection or liquidator of the estate"; the term "the parties" in paragraph (4) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "the petitioner"; and the term "heir" in paragraph (5) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "petitioner for the distribution of an estate to a person with a special connection and liquidator of the estate".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

### 第二百八条（管理者の改任等に関する規定の準用） — (Application Mutatis Mutandis of Provisions Concerning the Replacement of an Administrator)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-208 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-208</sup>

    **第一項**  第百二十五条の規定は、相続人の不存在の場合における相続財産の清算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-208/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-208/par-1</sup>
    The provisions of Article 125 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for a disposition regarding the liquidation of an estate in the event of the nonexistence of an heir. In this case, the phrase "property of an adult under guardianship" in paragraph (3) of that Article is deemed to be replaced with "an estate".
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-203/par-1/item-2: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/appdx-1
- art-203/par-1/item-3: 別表第一 → 家事事件手続法 別表第一 (Appended Table 1), appdx-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/appdx-1
- art-203/par-1/item-3: 次条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四条第二項 (Article 204, paragraph (2)), art-204/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-204/par-2
- art-203/par-1/item-3: 第二百七条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七条 (Article 207), art-207 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-207
- art-204/par-1: 民法第九百五十二条第二項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第二項 (Article 952, paragraph (2)), art-952/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-952/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-2
- art-205/par-1: 民法第九百五十二条第一項 → 民法 第九百五十二条第一項 (Article 952, paragraph (1)), art-952/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-952/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-952/par-1
- art-205/par-1: 第二百八条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百八条 (Article 208), art-208 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-208
- art-205/par-1: 第百二十五条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百二十五条第一項 (Article 125, paragraph (1)), art-125/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123#art-125/par-1
- art-205/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百六条 (Article 206), art-206 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-206
- art-205/par-1: 第二百七条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百七条 (Article 207), art-207 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-207
- art-206/par-2: 第二百四条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四条第二項 (Article 204, paragraph (2)), art-204/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-16#art-204/par-2
- art-207/par-1: 第百九十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第一項 (Article 194, paragraph (1)), art-194/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-1
- art-207/par-1: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第二項 (Article 194, paragraph (2)), art-194/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-2
- art-207/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第三項 (Article 194, paragraph (3)), art-194/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-3
- art-207/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第四項 (Article 194, paragraph (4)), art-194/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-4
- art-207/par-1: 第三項から第五項まで → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第五項 (Article 194, paragraph (5)), art-194/par-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-5
- art-207/par-1: 第七項 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十四条第七項 (Article 194, paragraph (7)), art-194/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-13#art-194/par-7
- art-208/par-1: 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/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123#art-125
- art-208/par-1: 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/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-1/from-art-123#art-125/par-3

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