# 家事事件手続法 / Domestic Relations Case Procedure Act — 第二百二十条 (Article 220) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - 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: 第二百二十条 (Article 220)（陳述及び意見の聴取） — address `art-220` - 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-220 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第二百二十条（陳述及び意見の聴取） — (Hearings of Statements and Opinions) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、次の各号に掲げる審判をする場合には、当該各号に定める者（第一号及び第四号にあっては、申立人を除く。）の陳述を聴かなければならない。ただし、本人については、本人の心身の障害により本人の陳述を聴くことができないときは、この限りでない。 art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1 When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear statements from the persons specified respectively in these items (in items (i) and (iv), excluding the petitioner); provided, however, that this does not apply to the principal if it is impossible to hear the principal's statements due to mental or physical disability: Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "When making the rulings set forth in the following items, the family court must hear statements from the persons specified respectively in these items (in items (i) and (iv), excluding the petitioner); provided, however, that this does not apply to the principal if it is impossible to hear the principal's opinion due to mental or physical disability:" — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4512/tb **一** 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並びに任意後見監督人が欠けた場合及び任意後見監督人を更に選任する場合における任意後見監督人の選任の審判　本人 art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, and a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian in the event of a vacancy of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian or the appointment of an additional supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the principal; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 任意後見監督人の解任の審判　任意後見監督人 art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-2 a ruling of the dismissal of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **三** 任意後見人の解任の審判　任意後見人 art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-3 a ruling of the dismissal of a voluntarily appointed guardian:the voluntarily appointed guardian; and Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **四** 任意後見契約の解除についての許可の審判　本人及び任意後見人 art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-4 a ruling of permission for the cancellation of a voluntary guardianship contract:the principal and the voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 家庭裁判所は、前項第一号に掲げる審判をする場合には、任意後見監督人となるべき者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-2 When making the ruling set forth in item (i) of the preceding paragraph, the family court must hear the opinion of a person who is to be a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、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をする場合には、任意後見契約の効力が生ずることについて、任意後見受任者の意見を聴かなければならない。 art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-3 When making a ruling of the appointment of a supervisor of a voluntarily appointed guardian for making a voluntary guardianship contract effective, the family court must hear the opinion of a person entrusted with voluntary guardianship with regard to making a voluntary guardianship contract effective. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-220/par-1: 第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 - art-220/par-1: 第四号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第四号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (iv)), art-220/par-1/item-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-4 - art-220/par-2: 前項第一号 → 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項第一号 (Article 220, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-220/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1/item-1 ## Cited by 2 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第一項（陳述及び意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-1 - 家事事件手続法 第二百二十条第二項（陳述及び意見の聴取） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/domestic-relations-case-procedure-act/art-220/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/423AC0000000052/art-220/par-2 --- ## 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 220, 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 — 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