# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第百九十八条 (Article 198)

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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: 第百九十八条 (Article 198)（即時抗告） — address `art-198`
- 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-198
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### 第百九十八条（即時抗告） — (Immediate Appeals)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198</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-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/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**  遺産の分割の審判及びその申立てを却下する審判　相続人
      <sup>art-198/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-1/item-1</sup>
      a ruling of the division of an estate, and a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling:an heir;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **二**  遺産の分割の禁止の審判　相続人
      <sup>art-198/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-1/item-2</sup>
      a ruling of prohibition of the division of an estate:an heir;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **三**  遺産の分割の禁止の審判を取り消し、又は変更する審判　相続人
      <sup>art-198/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-1/item-3</sup>
      a ruling to revoke or modify a ruling of prohibition of the division of an estate:an heir;
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **四**  寄与分を定める処分の審判　相続人
      <sup>art-198/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-1/item-4</sup>
      a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution:an heir; and
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's contribution portion:an heir; and" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

      **五**  寄与分を定める処分の申立てを却下する審判　申立人
      <sup>art-198/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-1/item-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-1/item-5</sup>
      a ruling to dismiss a petition for a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution:the petitioner.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  第百九十二条前段の規定により審判が併合してされたときは、寄与分を定める処分の審判又はその申立てを却下する審判に対しては、独立して即時抗告をすることができない。
    <sup>art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-2</sup>
    When rulings are made in a consolidated manner pursuant to the provisions of first sentence of Article 192, an immediate appeal may not be filed independently against a ruling of a disposition to determine an heir's amount of contribution or a ruling to dismiss a petition for the ruling.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  第百九十二条後段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-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-198/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-198/par-3</sup>
    When rulings are made in a consolidated manner pursuant to the provisions of second sentence of Article 192, an immediate appeal filed by one of the petitioners is effective in relation to all the petitioners.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-198/par-2: 第百九十二条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-192
- art-198/par-3: 第百九十二条 → 家事事件手続法 第百九十二条 (Article 192), art-192 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-192 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-192

## Cited by

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

- 家事事件手続法 附則第五条第三項（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-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/suppl-4231-52/art-5/par-3

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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 198, paragraph (1), item (iv) — 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
