# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百六条の二 (Article 806-2) - 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: 第八百六条の二 (Article 806-2)（配偶者の同意のない縁組等の取消し） — address `art-806-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-2 - 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. 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. --- ### 第八百六条の二（配偶者の同意のない縁組等の取消し） — (Annulment of an Adoption Effected Without Spousal Consent) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-806-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-2 **第一項** 第七百九十六条の規定に違反した縁組は、縁組の同意をしていない者から、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、その者が、縁組を知った後六箇月を経過し、又は追認をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-806-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-2/par-1 The person not consenting to an adoption that violates the provisions of Article 796 may request the family court to annul the adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply if, after learning of the adoption, the person allows six months to pass or ratifies the adoption. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 詐欺又は強迫によって第七百九十六条の同意をした者は、その縁組の取消しを家庭裁判所に請求することができる。ただし、その者が、詐欺を発見し、若しくは強迫を免れた後六箇月を経過し、又は追認をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-806-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-2/par-2 A person giving the consent referred to in Article 796 due to fraud or duress may request the family court to annul the adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply if, after discovering the fraud or escaping from the duress, the person allows six months to pass or ratifies the adoption. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-806-2/par-1: 第七百九十六条 → 民法 第七百九十六条 (Article 796), art-796 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-796 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-796 - art-806-2/par-2: 第七百九十六条 → 民法 第七百九十六条 (Article 796), art-796 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-796 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-796 ## 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 第八百六条の三第二項（子の監護をすべき者の同意のない縁組等の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-3/par-2 - 民法 附則第三条第一項（縁組の取消しに関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/suppl-3621-101/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-3621-101/art-3/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11