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Parental authority must be exercised in the interests of a child who has not attained the age of majority.
親権は、成年に達しない子について、その子の利益のために行使しなければならない。
While the parents are married to each other, both of them are the persons with parental authority.
父母の婚姻中はその双方を親権者とする。
If the child is an adopted child, the following persons are the persons with parental authority:
子が養子であるときは、次に掲げる者を親権者とする。
the adoptive parent (if there are two or more adoptions of the child, limited to the person who became the adoptive parent through the most recent adoption);
養親（当該子を養子とする縁組が二以上あるときは、直近の縁組により養親となった者に限る。）
a parent of the child who is the spouse of the adoptive parent set forth in the preceding item.
子の父母であって、前号に掲げる養親の配偶者であるもの
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