However, even after the lifting of a ban, for Matsugo yoshi to be given approval, the procedure of "Hanmoto Mitodoke", in which the family head was confirmed as alive and his will for adoption was certified by a bakufu official, had to be carried out, which made it not always as straightforward as it could have been.
とはいえ、末期養子の認可のためには、幕府から派遣された役人が直接当主の生存と養子縁組の意思を確かめる判元見届（はんもとみとどけ）という手続きが必要であり、無制限に認められたわけではなかった。