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Article 765Acceptance of Application to Register a Divorce

第七百六十五条(離婚の届出の受理)

It is not permissible to accept an application to register a divorce until the divorce has been found not to violate the provisions of Article 739, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article or the provisions of any other law or regulation, and, if there is a child between the husband and wife who has not attained the age of majority, to fall under any of the following items.

離婚の届出は、その離婚が前条において準用する第七百三十九条第二項の規定その他の法令の規定に違反しないこと及び夫婦間に成年に達しない子がある場合には次の各号のいずれかに該当することを認めた後でなければ、受理することができない。

the person with parental authority has been determined;

親権者の定めがされていること。

a petition for a domestic relations ruling or domestic relations conciliation seeking the designation of the person with parental authority has been filed.

親権者の指定を求める家事審判又は家事調停の申立てがされていること。

Even if an application to register a divorce is accepted in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, this does not impair the validity of the divorce.

離婚の届出が前項の規定に違反して受理されたときであっても、離婚は、そのためにその効力を妨げられない。

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