Parties to an adoption may agree to dissolve the adoptive relationship.
縁組の当事者は、その協議で、離縁をすることができる。
If an adopted child is under 15 years of age, the adoptive parent or parents and the person or persons that are to become the legal representatives of the child after the dissolution of the adoptive relationship may agree to dissolve the adoptive relationship.
養子が十五歳未満であるときは、その離縁は、養親と養子の離縁後にその法定代理人となるべき者との協議でこれをする。
In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the parents of the adopted child are divorced, they must reach an agreement in which they decide that both of them or one of them is to be the person with parental authority with respect to the child after the dissolution of the adoptive relationship.
前項の場合において、養子の父母が離婚しているときは、その協議で、その双方又は一方を養子の離縁後にその親権者となるべき者と定めなければならない。
If the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, the family court may issue a ruling to stand in place of that agreement, at the request of the father or mother referred to in that paragraph or at the request of an adoptive parent. In this case, the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (7) apply mutatis mutandis.
If there is no person to become the legal representative as referred to in paragraph (2), at the request of a relative of the adopted child or any other interested party, the family court may appoint a person to become the guardian of the minor after the dissolution of the adopted child's adoptive relationship.
第二項の法定代理人となるべき者がないときは、家庭裁判所は、養子の親族その他の利害関係人の請求によって、養子の離縁後にその未成年後見人となるべき者を選任する。
If one of the parties to an adoption dies and a surviving party seeks to dissolve the adoptive relationship, that party may do so with the permission of the family court.
縁組の当事者の一方が死亡した後に生存当事者が離縁をしようとするときは、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、これをすることができる。