# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百二十二条 (Article 122)

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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: 第百二十二条 (Article 122)（審判の告知等） — address `art-122`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122
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### 第百二十二条（審判の告知等） — (Notices of Rulings)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122</sup>

    **第一項**  次の各号に掲げる審判は、当該各号に定める者に通知しなければならない。この場合においては、成年被後見人となるべき者及び成年被後見人については、第七十四条第一項の規定は、適用しない。
    <sup>art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-1</sup>
    Notice of the rulings set forth in the following items must be given to the person specified in the respective items. In this case, the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1) do not apply to the person who is or is to be an adult under guardianship:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notice of the rulings set forth in the following items must be given to the person specified in the respective items. In this case, the provisions of Article 74, paragraph (1) do not apply to the person who is and is to be an adult under guardianship:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **一**  後見開始の審判　成年被後見人となるべき者
      <sup>art-122/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-1/item-1</sup>
      a ruling of commencement of guardianship:the person who is to be an adult under guardianship; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  成年被後見人に宛てた郵便物等の配達の嘱託の審判　成年被後見人
      <sup>art-122/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-1/item-2</sup>
      a ruling of the commission of delivery of a postal item, etc. addressed to an adult under guardianship:the adult under guardianship.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling of the commission of delivery of a postal item addressed to an adult under guardianship:the adult under guardianship." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第二項**  成年被後見人に宛てた郵便物等の配達の嘱託及びその嘱託の取消し又は変更の審判は、信書の送達の事業を行う者に告知することを要しない。この場合においては、その審判が効力を生じた時に、信書の送達の事業を行う者に通知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-2</sup>
    Notice of a ruling of the commission of delivery of a postal item, etc. addressed to an adult under guardianship and a ruling of the rescission or change of that commission is not required to be given to the person engaged in the correspondence delivery service. In this case, notice of these rulings must be given to the person engaged in the correspondence delivery service when the relevant ruling becomes effective.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Notice of a ruling of the commission of delivery of a postal item addressed to an adult under guardianship and a ruling of the rescission or change of that commission is not required to be given to the person engaged in the correspondence delivery. In this case, notice of these rulings must be given to the person engaged in the correspondence delivery when the relevant ruling becomes effective." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

    **第三項**  次の各号に掲げる審判は、第七十四条第一項に規定する者のほか、当該各号に定める者に告知しなければならない。
    <sup>art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-3</sup>
    Notice of the rulings set forth in the following items must be given to the persons specified respectively in these items, beyond the persons prescribed in Article 74, paragraph (1):
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **一**  後見開始の審判　民法第八百四十三条第一項の規定により成年後見人に選任される者並びに任意後見契約に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百五十号。以下「任意後見契約法」という。）第十条第三項の規定により終了する任意後見契約に係る任意後見人及び任意後見監督人
      <sup>art-122/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-3/item-1</sup>
      a ruling of the commencement of guardianship:the person who is appointed as a guardian of an adult pursuant to the provisions of Article 843, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code, and the voluntarily appointed guardian and the supervisor of the voluntarily appointed guardian under a voluntary guardianship contract that is to terminate pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Voluntary Guardianship Contract (Act No. 150 of 1999; hereinafter referred to as the "Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act");
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  後見開始の審判の取消しの審判　成年後見人及び成年後見監督人
      <sup>art-122/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-3/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-3/item-2</sup>
      a ruling to revoke a ruling of the commencement of guardianship:a guardian of an adult and a supervisor of a guardian of an adult; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  成年被後見人に宛てた郵便物等の配達の嘱託の取消し又は変更の審判　成年後見人
      <sup>art-122/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-122/par-3/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-122/par-3/item-3</sup>
      a ruling of the rescission or change of the commission of delivery of a postal item, etc. addressed to an adult under guardianship:a guardian of an adult.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-122/par-1: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1
- art-122/par-3: 第七十四条第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第七十四条第一項 (Article 74, paragraph (1)), art-74/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-74/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-74/par-1
- art-122/par-3/item-1: 民法第八百四十三条第一項 → 民法 第八百四十三条第一項 (Article 843, paragraph (1)), art-843/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-843/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-1
- art-122/par-3/item-1: 任意後見契約に関する法律（平成十一年法律第百五十号。以下「任意後見契約法」という。）第十条第三項 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000150, 第十条第三項 (Article 10, paragraph (3)), art-10/par-3 — not held in this collection

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## Sources

- claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of paragraphs, written 2026-11-05
- 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 (家事事件手続法), Article 122, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 122, paragraph (1), item (ii) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act (家事事件手続法), Article 122, paragraph (2) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), 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
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
