# 民法 / Civil Code — 第十条 (Article 10)

- Law: 民法 (Civil Code), 明治二十九年法律第八十九号
- English title "Civil Code": Ministry of Justice translation
- Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say.
- Provision: 第十条 (Article 10)（後見開始の審判の取消し） — address `art-10`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
- URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-10
- Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-10
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### 第十条（後見開始の審判の取消し） — (Setting Aside of Decisions for Commencement of Guardianship)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-10</sup>

    **第一項**  第七条に規定する原因が消滅したときは、家庭裁判所は、本人、配偶者、四親等内の親族、後見人（未成年後見人及び成年後見人をいう。以下同じ。）、後見監督人（未成年後見監督人及び成年後見監督人をいう。以下同じ。）又は検察官の請求により、後見開始の審判を取り消さなければならない。
    <sup>art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-10/par-1</sup>
    If the grounds prescribed in Article 7 cease to exist, the family court must set aside the decision for the commencement of guardianship at the request of the person in question, that person's spouse, that person's relative within the fourth degree of kinship, the guardian (meaning a minor's guardian or an adult guardian; the same applies below), the guardian's supervisor (meaning the supervisor of a minor's guardian or the adult guardian's supervisor; the same applies below), or a public prosecutor.
    <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-10/par-1: 第七条 → 民法 第七条 (Article 7), art-7 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-7

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## Sources

- e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 民法 — the text in force from 2026-06-24 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/129AC0000000089/20260624_508AC0000000045), retrieved 2026-10-11
- Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Civil Code — Ministry of Justice translation (part 1 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4848/tb), retrieved 2026-10-11
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11