# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百六十八条 (Article 768) - 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: 第七百六十八条 (Article 768)（財産分与） — address `art-768` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768 - 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. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第七百六十八条（財産分与） — (Division of Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-768 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768 **第一項** 協議上の離婚をした者の一方は、相手方に対して財産の分与を請求することができる。 art-768/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-1 One party to a divorce by agreement may ask the other party to effectuate a division of property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定による財産の分与について、当事者間に協議が調わないとき、又は協議をすることができないときは、当事者は、家庭裁判所に対して協議に代わる処分を請求することができる。ただし、離婚の時から五年を経過したときは、この限りでない。 art-768/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-2 If no agreement between the parties is reached with respect to the division of property under the preceding paragraph or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, either party may file a request with the family court for a disposition in lieu of such an agreement; provided, however, that this does not apply once five years have passed since the time of divorce. machine translation, not official **第三項** 前項の場合には、家庭裁判所は、離婚後の当事者間の財産上の衡平を図るため、当事者双方がその婚姻中に取得し、又は維持した財産の額及びその取得又は維持についての各当事者の寄与の程度、婚姻の期間、婚姻中の生活水準、婚姻中の協力及び扶助の状況、各当事者の年齢、心身の状況、職業及び収入その他一切の事情を考慮して、分与をさせるべきかどうか並びに分与の額及び方法を定める。この場合において、婚姻中の財産の取得又は維持についての各当事者の寄与の程度は、その程度が異なることが明らかでないときは、相等しいものとする。 art-768/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-3 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, the family court determines whether a division is to be made and the amount and method of the division, taking into consideration the amount of property acquired or maintained by both parties during the marriage and the degree of each party's contribution to its acquisition or maintenance, the duration of the marriage, the standard of living during the marriage, the state of cooperation and assistance during the marriage, the age, physical and mental condition, occupation and income of each party, and all other circumstances, in order to achieve equity in the property of the parties following the divorce. In this case, the degree of each party's contribution to the acquisition or maintenance of property during the marriage is to be equal if it is not clear that the degrees differ. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-768/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第七百六十八条第一項 (Article 768, paragraph (1)), art-768/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-1 - art-768/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第七百六十八条第二項 (Article 768, paragraph (2)), art-768/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-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 第七百六十八条第二項（財産分与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-2 - 民法 第七百六十八条第三項（財産分与） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-768/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-768/par-3 - 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 --- ## 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 2 of 2) (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/4275/tb), 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-20261011T170941-002, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11