# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百六十六条の二 (Article 766-2) - 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: 第七百六十六条の二 (Article 766-2)（審判による父母以外の親族と子との交流の定め） — address `art-766-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百六十六条の二（審判による父母以外の親族と子との交流の定め） — Determination of Contact between a Child and Relatives Other Than the Parents by Ruling caption: machine translation, not official art-766-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、前条第二項又は第三項の場合において、子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときは、同条第一項に規定する子の監護について必要な事項として父母以外の親族と子との交流を実施する旨を定めることができる。 art-766-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-1 In the cases referred to in paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article, if the family court finds it particularly necessary for the interests of the child, it may determine that contact between the child and relatives other than the parents is to take place, as an issue that needs to be determined in connection with child custody prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の定めについての前条第二項又は第三項の規定による審判の請求は、次に掲げる者（第二号に掲げる者にあっては、その者と子との交流についての定めをするため他に適当な方法がないときに限る。）がすることができる。 art-766-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-2 A request for a ruling under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) of the preceding Article regarding the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph may be made by the following persons (in the case of the person listed in item (ii), only where there is no other appropriate method for making a determination on contact between that person and the child): machine translation, not official **一** 父母 art-766-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-2/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-2/item-1 the parents; machine translation, not official **二** 父母以外の子の親族（子の直系尊属及び兄弟姉妹以外の者にあっては、過去に当該子を監護していた者に限る。） art-766-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-2/item-2 relatives of the child other than the parents (in the case of persons other than the child's lineal ascendants and siblings, limited to those who have previously had custody of the child) machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-766-2/par-1: 前条第二項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第二項 (Article 766, paragraph (2)), art-766/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-2 - art-766-2/par-1: 第三項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第三項 (Article 766, paragraph (3)), art-766/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-3 - art-766-2/par-1: 同条第一項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第一項 (Article 766, paragraph (1)), art-766/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-1 - art-766-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第七百六十六条の二第一項 (Article 766-2, paragraph (1)), art-766-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-1 - art-766-2/par-2: 前条第二項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第二項 (Article 766, paragraph (2)), art-766/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-2 - art-766-2/par-2: 第三項 → 民法 第七百六十六条第三項 (Article 766, paragraph (3)), art-766/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766/par-3 - art-766-2/par-2: 第二号 → 民法 第七百六十六条の二第二項第二号 (Article 766-2, paragraph (2), item (ii)), art-766-2/par-2/item-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-2/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-2/item-2 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第七百四十九条第一項（離婚の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-749/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-749/par-1 - 民法 第七百六十六条の二第二項（審判による父母以外の親族と子との交流の定め） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766-2/par-2 - 民法 第七百七十一条第一項（協議上の離婚の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-771/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-771/par-1 - 民法 第七百八十八条第一項（認知後の子の監護に関する事項の定め等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-788/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-788/par-1 --- ## 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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-001, translated 2026-10-12 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-002, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11