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Article 770Judicial Divorce

第七百七十条(裁判上の離婚)

One party to a marriage may independently initiate an action for divorce only in one of the following cases:

夫婦の一方は、次に掲げる場合に限り、離婚の訴えを提起することができる。

if the other spouse commits adultery;

配偶者に不貞な行為があったとき。

if the party has been willfully abandoned by the other spouse;

配偶者から悪意で遺棄されたとき。

if it has been unclear whether the party's spouse is dead or alive for three or more years;

配偶者の生死が三年以上明らかでないとき。

if there are any other material grounds that make it difficult for the marriage to continue.

その他婚姻を継続し難い重大な事由があるとき。

Even if any grounds as set forth in items (i) through (iii) of the preceding paragraph are present, the court may dismiss a divorce filing if, taking into consideration all circumstances, it finds it to be reasonable for the marriage to continue.

裁判所は、前項第一号から第三号までに掲げる事由がある場合であっても、一切の事情を考慮して婚姻の継続を相当と認めるときは、離婚の請求を棄却することができる。

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