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Article 766-2Determination of Contact between a Child and Relatives Other Than the Parents by Ruling

第七百六十六条の二(審判による父母以外の親族と子との交流の定め)

In the cases referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, if the family court finds it particularly necessary for the interests of the child, it may determine that contact between the child and relatives other than the parents is to take place, as an issue that needs to be determined in connection with child custody prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article.

家庭裁判所は、前条第二項又は第三項の場合において、子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときは、同条第一項に規定する子の監護について必要な事項として父母以外の親族と子との交流を実施する旨を定めることができる。

A request for a ruling under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article regarding the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph may be made by the following persons (in the case of the person listed in item (ii), only where there is no other appropriate method for making a determination on contact between that person and the child):

前項の定めについての前条第二項又は第三項の規定による審判の請求は、次に掲げる者(第二号に掲げる者にあっては、その者と子との交流についての定めをするため他に適当な方法がないときに限る。)がすることができる。

the parents;

父母

relatives of the child other than the parents (in the case of persons other than the child's lineal ascendants and siblings, limited to those who have previously had custody of the child)

父母以外の子の親族(子の直系尊属及び兄弟姉妹以外の者にあっては、過去に当該子を監護していた者に限る。)

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