If the previous year's income of the spouse of a father or mother, or the previous year's income of a person under a duty of support prescribed in Article 877, paragraph (1) of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896) who shares a livelihood with that father or mother, is the amount specified by Cabinet Order or more, according to the presence and number of that person's dependents and similar persons, the allowance for that father or mother is not paid from November of that year to October of the following year.
父又は母に対する手当は、その父若しくは母の配偶者の前年の所得又はその父若しくは母の民法（明治二十九年法律第八十九号）第八百七十七条第一項に定める扶養義務者でその父若しくは母と生計を同じくするものの前年の所得が、その者の扶養親族等の有無及び数に応じて、政令で定める額以上であるときは、その年の十一月から翌年の十月までは、支給しない。
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spousemachine translation
「配偶者」
A spouse, including a partner in an unregistered marriage: a person who has not registered the marriage (婚姻の届出) but whose relationship is in fact the same as a marriage.
Defined inArticle 3, paragraph (3)· applies throughout the law
allowancemachine translation
「手当」
Short for the Child Rearing Allowance (児童扶養手当), which the prefectural governor, etc. (都道府県知事等) pays to the mother who has custody (監護) of, or the father who has custody of and shares a livelihood with, a child whose parents have divorced or whose other parent has died, has a disability of the degree a Cabinet Order (政令) sets, is missing or is in a similar situation, or to another person raising the child (養育者).
Short name set inArticle 4, paragraph (1)
dependents and similar personsmachine translation
「扶養親族等」
The spouse in the same household (同一生計配偶者) and the dependents (扶養親族) of a person, as defined in the Income Tax Act, whose number, with that of other children the person supports, sets the income limit above which the allowance is withheld in whole or in part.
Short name set inArticle 9, paragraph (1)