# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百六条の三 (Article 806-3) - 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: 第八百六条の三 (Article 806-3)（子の監護をすべき者の同意のない縁組等の取消し） — address `art-806-3` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-3 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-3 - 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. --- ### 第八百六条の三（子の監護をすべき者の同意のない縁組等の取消し） — (Annulment of an Adoption Effected Without the Consent of the Person Entitled to Custody of the Child) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-806-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-3 **第一項** 第七百九十七条第二項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、その者が追認をしたとき、又は養子が十五歳に達した後六箇月を経過し、若しくは追認をしたときは、この限りでない。 art-806-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-3/par-1 A person not consenting to an adoption that violates the provisions of Article 797, paragraph (2) may request the family court to annul the adoption; provided, however, that this does not apply if the person ratifies the adoption, nor does it apply if, after the adopted child reaches the age of 15, six months are allowed to pass or the child ratifies the adoption. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前条第二項の規定は、詐欺又は強迫によって第七百九十七条第二項の同意をした者について準用する。 art-806-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-806-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-806-3/par-2 The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to consent as referred to in Article 797, paragraph (2) that is given due to fraud or duress. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-806-3/par-1: 第七百九十七条第二項 → 民法 第七百九十七条第二項 (Article 797, paragraph (2)), art-797/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-797/par-2 - art-806-3/par-2: 前条第二項 → 民法 第八百六条の二第二項 (Article 806-2, paragraph (2)), 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 - art-806-3/par-2: 第七百九十七条第二項 → 民法 第七百九十七条第二項 (Article 797, paragraph (2)), art-797/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-797/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-797/par-2 ## Cited by 2 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 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