# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二十六節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 26)

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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: 第二十六節 (Part 2, Chapter 2, Section 26) — address `pt-2/ch-2/sec-26`
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## 第二十六節　破産法に規定する審判事件 — Section 26 Adjudication Cases Prescribed in the Bankruptcy Act
<sup>heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>pt-2/ch-2/sec-26 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26</sup>

### 第二百四十二条
<sup>art-242 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる審判事件は、当該各号に定める地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-242/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-1</sup>
    The adjudication cases set forth in the following items are subject to the family court which has jurisdiction over the places specified respectively in these items:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  破産手続が開始された場合における夫婦財産契約による財産の管理者の変更等の審判事件（別表第一の百三十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第三項において同じ。）　夫又は妻の住所地
      <sup>art-242/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-1/item-1</sup>
      an adjudication case for the change of an administrator of property under a prenuptial agreement, etc. upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings, etc. (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (131); the same applies in paragraph (3)):the place of domicile of the husband or wife;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  親権を行う者につき破産手続が開始された場合における管理権喪失の審判事件　子の住所地
      <sup>art-242/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-1/item-2</sup>
      an adjudication case for the loss of the right to manage assets upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against a person who exercises parental authority:the place of domicile of the child; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  破産手続における相続の放棄の承認についての申述の受理の審判事件（別表第一の百三十三の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。第三項において同じ。）　相続が開始した地
      <sup>art-242/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-1/item-3</sup>
      an adjudication case for the acceptance of a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance in bankruptcy proceedings (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (133); the same applies in paragraph (3)):the place where the inheritance process has commenced.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  破産管財人は、破産手続における相続の放棄の承認についての申述を却下する審判に対し、即時抗告をすることができる。
    <sup>art-242/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-2</sup>
    A bankruptcy trustee may file an immediate appeal against a ruling to dismiss a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance in bankruptcy proceedings.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  第百五十二条第一項、第百五十四条第二項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）、第百五十五条、第百五十六条第一項（第二号に係る部分に限る。）及び第百五十八条の規定は破産手続が開始された場合における夫婦財産契約による財産の管理者の変更等の審判事件について、第百六十八条（第三号に係る部分に限る。）、第百六十九条第一項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第百七十条（第一号に係る部分に限る。）、第百七十二条第一項（第三号及び第四号に係る部分に限る。）及び第二項（第一号に係る部分に限る。）並びに第百七十四条の規定（管理権喪失に関する部分に限る。）は親権を行う者につき破産手続が開始された場合における管理権喪失の審判事件について、第二百一条第五項から第八項までの規定は破産手続における相続の放棄の承認についての申述の受理の審判事件について準用する。
    <sup>art-242/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-3</sup>
    The provisions of Article 152, paragraph (1), Article 154, paragraph (2) (limited to the part concerning item (ii)), Article 155, Article 156, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerning item (ii)), and Article 158 apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for the change of an administrator of property under a prenuptial agreement, etc. upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings; the provisions of Article 168 (limited to the part concerning item (iii)), Article 169, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerning item (i)), Article 170 (limited to the part concerning item (i)), Article 172, paragraph (1) (limited to the part concerning items (iii) and (iv)) and paragraph (2) (limited to the part concerning item (i)), and the provisions of Article 174 (limited to the part concerning the loss of right to manage assets) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for the loss of right to manage assets upon the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings against a person who exercises parental authority; and the provisions of Article 201, paragraphs (5) through (8) apply mutatis mutandis to an adjudication case for the acceptance of a statement on the renunciation of an inheritance in bankruptcy proceedings.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-242/par-1/item-1: 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-242/par-1/item-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 (Article 242, paragraph (3)), art-242/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-3
- art-242/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-242/par-1/item-3: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百四十二条第三項 (Article 242, paragraph (3)), art-242/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-26#art-242/par-3
- art-242/par-3: 第百五十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十二条第一項 (Article 152, paragraph (1)), art-152/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-152/par-1
- art-242/par-3: 第百五十四条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十四条第二項 (Article 154, paragraph (2)), art-154/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-154/par-2
- art-242/par-3: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十四条第二項第二号 (Article 154, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-154/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-154/par-2/item-2
- art-242/par-3: 第百五十五条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十五条 (Article 155), art-155 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-155
- art-242/par-3: 第百五十六条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十六条第一項 (Article 156, paragraph (1)), art-156/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-156/par-1
- art-242/par-3: 第二号 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十六条第一項第二号 (Article 156, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-156/par-1/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-156/par-1/item-2
- art-242/par-3: 第百五十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百五十八条 (Article 158), art-158 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-6#art-158
- art-242/par-3: 第百六十八条 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条 (Article 168), art-168 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-168
- art-242/par-3: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十八条第一項第三号 (Article 168, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-168/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-168/par-1/item-3
- art-242/par-3: 第百六十九条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十九条第一項 (Article 169, paragraph (1)), art-169/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-169/par-1
- art-242/par-3: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百六十九条第一項第一号 (Article 169, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-169/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-169/par-1/item-1
- art-242/par-3: 第百七十条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十条 (Article 170), art-170 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-170
- art-242/par-3: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十条第一項第一号 (Article 170, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-170/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-170/par-1/item-1
- art-242/par-3: 第百七十二条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項 (Article 172, paragraph (1)), art-172/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-172/par-1
- art-242/par-3: 第三号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第三号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (iii)), art-172/par-1/item-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-172/par-1/item-3
- art-242/par-3: 第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第一項第四号 (Article 172, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-172/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-172/par-1/item-4
- art-242/par-3: 第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第二項 (Article 172, paragraph (2)), art-172/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-172/par-2
- art-242/par-3: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十二条第二項第一号 (Article 172, paragraph (2), item (i)), art-172/par-2/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-172/par-2/item-1
- art-242/par-3: 第百七十四条 → 家事事件手続法 第百七十四条 (Article 174), art-174 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-8#art-174
- art-242/par-3: 第二百一条第五項から第八項まで → 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/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-5
- art-242/par-3: 第二百一条第五項から第八項まで → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第六項 (Article 201, paragraph (6)), art-201/par-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-6
- art-242/par-3: 第二百一条第五項から第八項まで → 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/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-7
- art-242/par-3: 第二百一条第五項から第八項まで → 家事事件手続法 第二百一条第八項 (Article 201, paragraph (8)), art-201/par-8 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/amendments/20280613_505AC0000000053/text/pt-2/ch-2/sec-14#art-201/par-8

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