Family Act Article 143
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.
Where a manager of the property has not been designated to an absent person, the position shall be served by persons in the following:1. the spouse of the absent person;2. the parents of the absent person;3. the child of the absent person who has come of age of majority;4. the grandparents who cohabit with the absent person;5. the head of the house.Where the manager of the property cannot be selected from the persons listed above, the court may, upon motion by the interested parties or a prosecutor, designate a manager of the property.Provisions in the preceding two paragraphs shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to circumstances where the functions of a manager of the property cease on grounds of death, being subject to an order of the commencement of guardianship, assistantship or bankruptcy, or on other grounds.
中文原文 家事事件法第143條
失蹤人未置財產管理人者，其財產管理人依下列順序定之：
一、配偶。
二、父母。
三、成年子女。
四、與失蹤人同居之祖父母。
五、家長。
不能依前項規定定財產管理人時，法院得因利害關係人或檢察官之聲請，選任財產管理人。
財產管理人之權限，因死亡、受監護、輔助或破產之宣告或其他原因消滅者，準用前二項之規定。
一、配偶。
二、父母。
三、成年子女。
四、與失蹤人同居之祖父母。
五、家長。
不能依前項規定定財產管理人時，法院得因利害關係人或檢察官之聲請，選任財產管理人。
財產管理人之權限，因死亡、受監護、輔助或破產之宣告或其他原因消滅者，準用前二項之規定。