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Article 817-10Dissolution of a Special Adoption

第八百十七条の十(特別養子縁組の離縁)

At the request of the adopted child, the natural parents thereof, or the public prosecutor, the family court may dissolve the adoptive relationship among the parties to a special adoption in a case that falls under both of the following items, if the court finds there to be a particular need to do so in the interests of the adopted child:

次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合において、養子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときは、家庭裁判所は、養子、実父母又は検察官の請求により、特別養子縁組の当事者を離縁させることができる。

there has been abuse or willful abandonment by the adoptive parents, or the adoptive parents have otherwise been the cause of grave harm to the interests of the adopted child;

養親による虐待、悪意の遺棄その他養子の利益を著しく害する事由があること。

the natural parents are capable of providing reasonable care for the child.

実父母が相当の監護をすることができること。

The dissolution of a special adoption may not be effected other than in a case under the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

離縁は、前項の規定による場合のほか、これをすることができない。

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