Family Act Article 127
This English translation was last updated on 2012-01-11, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-06-21. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
With regard to the following matters concerning succession, the jurisdiction to hear the proceedings exclusively belongs to the court for the place of the domicile or the habitual residence of the person who is entitled to inherit:1. matters concerning submission of an inventory of the inheritance of the decedent to the court;2. matters concerning motion by a creditor for submission of an inventory of the inheritance of the decedent to the court by an heir;3. matters concerning waiver of inheritance;4. matters concerning unacknowledged succession;5. matters concerning preservation of the decedent’s inheritance;6. matters concerning designation or re-designation of an executor of a will;7. other matters concerning succession.With regard to matters concerning preservation of the decedent’s inheritance, the jurisdiction to hear the proceedings may belong to the court for the locus of the inheritance concerned.Provisions in Article 52, Paragraph 4 of this Act shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to matters provided in Paragraph 1 of this Article.Where the court finds matters provided in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article meritorious, the proceedings fees shall be deducted from the inheritance concerned.
中文原文 家事事件法第127條
下列繼承事件，專屬繼承開始時被繼承人住所地法院管轄：
一、關於遺產清冊陳報事件。
二、關於債權人聲請命繼承人提出遺產清冊事件。
三、關於拋棄繼承事件。
四、關於無人承認之繼承事件。
五、關於保存遺產事件。
六、關於指定或另行指定遺囑執行人事件。
七、關於其他繼承事件。
保存遺產事件，亦得由遺產所在地法院管轄。
第五十二條第四項之規定，於第一項事件準用之。
第一項及第二項事件有理由時，程序費用由遺產負擔。
一、關於遺產清冊陳報事件。
二、關於債權人聲請命繼承人提出遺產清冊事件。
三、關於拋棄繼承事件。
四、關於無人承認之繼承事件。
五、關於保存遺產事件。
六、關於指定或另行指定遺囑執行人事件。
七、關於其他繼承事件。
保存遺產事件，亦得由遺產所在地法院管轄。
第五十二條第四項之規定，於第一項事件準用之。
第一項及第二項事件有理由時，程序費用由遺產負擔。