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Article 31Adoption

第三十一条(養子縁組)

Adoption is governed by the national law of an adoptive parent at the time of the adoption. In this case, if obtaining the acceptance or consent from the person to be adopted or a third party, or obtaining permission or any other disposition from a public authority is required for adoption under the national law of the person to be adopted, that requirement is also satisfied.

養子縁組は、縁組の当時における養親となるべき者の本国法による。この場合において、養子となるべき者の本国法によればその者若しくは第三者の承諾若しくは同意又は公的機関の許可その他の処分があることが養子縁組の成立の要件であるときは、その要件をも備えなければならない。

The termination of a family relationship between an adopted child and their natural relatives by blood and dissolution of adoptive relation is governed by the law applicable under the first sentence of the preceding paragraph.

養子とその実方の血族との親族関係の終了及び離縁は、前項前段の規定により適用すべき法による。

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