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Article 727Kinship through Adoption

第七百二十七条(縁組による親族関係の発生)

From the time of adoption, the kinship between the adopted child and the adoptive parent (and the blood relatives of the adoptive parent) is the same as that of blood relatives.

養子と養親及びその血族との間においては、養子縁組の日から、血族間におけるのと同一の親族関係を生ずる。

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