# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百十七条 (Article 217)

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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: 第二百十七条 (Article 217)（管轄） — address `art-217`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第二百十七条（管轄） — (Jurisdiction)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217</sup>

    **第一項**  任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件（別表第一の百十一の項の事項についての審判事件をいう。次項及び次条において同じ。）は、任意後見契約法第二条第二号の本人（以下この節において単に「本人」という。）の住所地を管轄する家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-1</sup>
    An adjudication case regarding the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (meaning an adjudication case regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, row (111); the same applies in the following paragraph and the following Article) is subject to the jurisdiction of the family court which has jurisdiction over the place of domicile of the principal set forth in Article 2, item (ii) of the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (hereinafter simply referred to as the "principal" in this Section).
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

    **第二項**  任意後見契約法に規定する審判事件（別表第一の百十一の項から百二十一の項までの事項についての審判事件をいう。）は、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件を除き、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判をした家庭裁判所（抗告裁判所が当該任意後見監督人を選任した場合にあっては、その第一審裁判所である家庭裁判所）の管轄に属する。ただし、任意後見契約の効力を発生させるための任意後見監督人の選任の審判事件が家庭裁判所に係属しているときは、その家庭裁判所の管轄に属する。
    <sup>art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-2</sup>
    Adjudication cases prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (111) through (121)), except for an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (if the court in charge of an appeal has appointed the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to the jurisdiction of that family court.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Adjudication cases prescribed in the Voluntary Guardianship Contract Act (meaning the adjudication cases regarding the matters set forth in Appended Table 1, rows (111) through (121)), except for an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, are subject to the jurisdiction of the family court that has made a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective (if the court in charge of an appeal has appointed the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian, the family court that is the court of first instance); provided, however, that if an adjudication case for the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective is pending before a family court, these cases are subject to that family court." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb</sup>

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## Cites
- art-217/par-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/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1
- art-217/par-1: 次項 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十七条第二項 (Article 217, paragraph (2)), art-217/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-2
- art-217/par-1: 次条 → 家事事件手続法 第二百十八条 (Article 218), art-218 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-218 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-218
- art-217/par-1: 任意後見契約法第二条第二号 → e-Gov law 411AC0000000150, 第二条第一項第二号 (Article 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)), art-2/par-1/item-2 — not held in this collection
- art-217/par-2: 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/appdx-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/appdx-1

## Cited by

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

- 家事事件手続法 第二百十七条第一項（管轄） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-217/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-217/par-1

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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 217, 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
