# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百十五条 (Article 215)

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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: 第二百十五条 (Article 215)（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — address `art-215`
- 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-215
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### 第二百十五条（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — (Provisional Orders Sought by Designating an Adjudication Case for Dismissal of an Executor as a Case on the Merits)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215</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。第三項及び第四項において同じ。）は、遺言執行者の解任の申立てがあった場合において、遺言の内容の実現の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、遺言執行者の解任の申立てについての審判が効力を生ずるまでの間、遺言執行者の職務の執行を停止し、又はその職務代行者を選任することができる。
    <sup>art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-1</sup>
    When a petition for the dismissal of an executor is filed, and when it is necessary in order to realize the substance of the will, the family court (or a high court in the case set forth in Article 105, paragraph (2); the same applies in paragraphs (3) and (4)) may, upon the petition of the person who has filed the petition, suspend the performance of duties by the executor or appoint a person acting as the representative thereof, until a ruling on the petition for the dismissal of an executor becomes effective.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  前項の規定による遺言執行者の職務の執行を停止する審判は、職務の執行を停止される遺言執行者、他の遺言執行者又は同項の規定により選任した職務代行者に告知することによって、その効力を生ずる。
    <sup>art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-2</sup>
    A ruling to suspend the performance of duties by an executor under the provisions of the preceding paragraph becomes effective when notice thereof is given to the executor who is to be suspended from performing duties, another executor, or a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第三項**  家庭裁判所は、いつでも、第一項の規定により選任した職務代行者を改任することができる。
    <sup>art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-3</sup>
    A family court may, at any time, replace a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1), with another.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第四項**  家庭裁判所は、第一項の規定により選任し、又は前項の規定により改任した職務代行者に対し、相続財産の中から、相当な報酬を与えることができる。
    <sup>art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-4</sup>
    A family court may grant a reasonable remuneration to a person acting as a representative appointed pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) or a person acting as a representative appointed as a replacement pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph, out of the estate.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-215/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
- art-215/par-1: 第三項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第三項 (Article 215, paragraph (3)), art-215/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-3
- art-215/par-1: 第四項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第四項 (Article 215, paragraph (4)), art-215/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-4
- art-215/par-2: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-1
- art-215/par-3: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-1
- art-215/par-4: 第一項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第一項 (Article 215, paragraph (1)), art-215/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-1
- art-215/par-4: 前項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第三項 (Article 215, paragraph (3)), art-215/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-3

## Cited by

5 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 家事事件手続法 第百十条第一項第二号（即時抗告） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-110/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-110/par-1/item-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第一項（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-1
- 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第二項（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-2
- 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第三項（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-3
- 家事事件手続法 第二百十五条第四項（遺言執行者の解任の審判事件を本案とする保全処分） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-215/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-215/par-4

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## Sources

- 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 — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb), retrieved 2026-11-05
- claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch domestic-relations-case-procedure-act-20261105T162515-005, translated 2026-11-06
- This site's parser, version 225 — 家事事件手続法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-05
