# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百六条 (Article 806) - 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: 第八百六条 (Article 806)（後見人と被後見人との間の無許可縁組の取消し） — address `art-806` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806 - 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. --- ### 第八百六条（後見人と被後見人との間の無許可縁組の取消し） — (Annulment of an Adoption between a Guardian and Ward Occurring Without the Permission of the Family Court) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-806 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806 **第一項** 第七百九十四条の規定に違反した縁組は、養子又はその実方の親族から、その取消しを家庭裁判所に請求することができる。ただし、管理の計算が終わった後、養子が追認をし、又は六箇月を経過したときは、この限りでない。 art-806/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-1 An adopted child or a natural relative of thereof may request the family court to annul an adoption that violates the provisions of Article 794;provided, however, that this does not apply if, after a full account is rendered of the management of the child's property, the adopted child ratifies the adoption or six months are allowed to pass. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項ただし書の追認は、養子が、成年に達し、又は行為能力を回復した後にしなければ、その効力を生じない。 art-806/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-2 A ratification as referred to in the proviso to the preceding paragraph does not take effect unless the adopted child ratifies the adoption after attaining the age of majority or recovering the legal capacity to act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 養子が、成年に達せず、又は行為能力を回復しない間に、管理の計算が終わった場合には、第一項ただし書の期間は、養子が、成年に達し、又は行為能力を回復した時から起算する。 art-806/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-3 If a full account is rendered of the management of the adopted child's property but the child has not attained the age of majority or recovered the legal capacity to act, the period referred to in the proviso to paragraph (1) is calculated beginning from the time that the adopted child attains the age of majority or recovers the legal capacity to act. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-806/par-1: 第七百九十四条 → 民法 第七百九十四条 (Article 794), art-794 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-794 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-794 - art-806/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百六条第一項 (Article 806, paragraph (1)), art-806/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-1 - art-806/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第八百六条第一項 (Article 806, paragraph (1)), art-806/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百三条第一項（縁組の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-803/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-803/par-1 - 民法 第八百六条第二項（後見人と被後見人との間の無許可縁組の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-2 - 民法 第八百六条第三項（後見人と被後見人との間の無許可縁組の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806/par-3 --- ## 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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11