# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百八十七条 (Article 187)

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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: 第百八十七条 (Article 187)（扶養に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — address `art-187`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第百八十七条（扶養に関する審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Orders Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case Regarding Support as a Case on the Merits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-187 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-187</sup>

    **第一項**  家庭裁判所（第百五条第二項の場合にあっては、高等裁判所）は、次に掲げる事項についての審判又は調停の申立てがあった場合において、強制執行を保全し、又は事件の関係人の急迫の危険を防止するため必要があるときは、当該申立てをした者の申立てにより、当該事項についての審判を本案とする仮差押え、仮処分その他の必要な保全処分を命ずることができる。
    <sup>art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-187/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-187/par-1</sup>
    When a petition for adjudication or mediation regarding the following matters is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to a person concerned with the case, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition, or any other necessary provisional order by designating the adjudication case on the matter as a case on the merits:
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When a petition for adjudication or conciliation regarding the following matters is filed, and when it is necessary for the preservation of a compulsory execution or the prevention of an imminent danger to a person concerned with the case, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, issue a ruling of provisional seizure, provisional disposition, or any other necessary provisional order by designating the adjudication case on the matter as a case on the merits:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **一**  扶養の順位の決定及びその決定の変更又は取消し
      <sup>art-187/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-187/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-187/par-1/item-1</sup>
      a determination of the order of support, and change or revocation of the determination; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  扶養の程度又は方法についての決定及びその決定の変更又は取消し
      <sup>art-187/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-187/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-187/par-1/item-2</sup>
      a determination of the extent or method of support, and change or revocation of the determination.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a determination of the extent and method of support, and change or revocation of the determination." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-187/par-1: 第百五条第二項 → 家事事件手続法 第百五条第二項 (Article 105, paragraph (2)), art-105/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-105/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-105/par-2

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 附則第五条第二項（民法附則に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/suppl-4231-52/art-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-5/par-2

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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 187, 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 187, 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 — 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
