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Article 840Appointment of a Guardian for a Minor

第八百四十条(未成年後見人の選任)

If there is no person to become the guardian of a minor pursuant to the provisions of the preceding Article, the family court may appoint a guardian for the minor at the request of the prospective minor ward, the relative thereof, or any other interested party. This also applies if the minor comes to no longer have such a guardian.

前条の規定により未成年後見人となるべき者がないときは、家庭裁判所は、未成年被後見人又はその親族その他の利害関係人の請求によって、未成年後見人を選任する。未成年後見人が欠けたときも、同様とする。

Even if a minor has a guardian, the family court may appoint a further guardian if it finds this to be necessary, at the request of a person provided for in the preceding paragraph, at the request of the guardian of the minor, or sua sponte.

未成年後見人がある場合においても、家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、前項に規定する者若しくは未成年後見人の請求により又は職権で、更に未成年後見人を選任することができる。

In appointing a guardian for a minor, the family court must consider the age, physical and mental condition, circumstances in the daily life, and financial circumstances of the minor ward, the occupation and personal history of the person becoming the guardian, the existence of any vested interest between them (if the person becoming the guardian is a corporation, the type and content of its business and the existence of any vested interest between the minor ward and the corporation or its representative), the opinion of the minor ward, and all other circumstances.

未成年後見人を選任するには、未成年被後見人の年齢、心身の状態並びに生活及び財産の状況、未成年後見人となる者の職業及び経歴並びに未成年被後見人との利害関係の有無(未成年後見人となる者が法人であるときは、その事業の種類及び内容並びにその法人及びその代表者と未成年被後見人との利害関係の有無)、未成年被後見人の意見その他一切の事情を考慮しなければならない。

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