A person who has attained 15 years of age at the time of the request prescribed in Article 817-2 may not be adopted. The same applies to a person who has attained 18 years of age before the special adoption is formed.
The provisions of the first sentence of the preceding paragraph do not apply if the person to be adopted has been continuously in the custody of the person to become the adoptive parent since before reaching 15 years of age and there are unavoidable reasons why the request prescribed in Article 817-2 was not made by the time the person reached 15 years of age.
If the person to be adopted has attained 15 years of age, the consent of that person is required for entering into a special adoption.
養子となる者が十五歳に達している場合においては、特別養子縁組の成立には、その者の同意がなければならない。