# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百十七条の十 (Article 817-10) - 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: 第八百十七条の十 (Article 817-10)（特別養子縁組の離縁） — address `art-817-10` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10 - 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. --- ### 第八百十七条の十（特別養子縁組の離縁） — (Dissolution of a Special Adoption) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-817-10 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10 **第一項** 次の各号のいずれにも該当する場合において、養子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときは、家庭裁判所は、養子、実父母又は検察官の請求により、特別養子縁組の当事者を離縁させることができる。 art-817-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-1 At the request of the adopted child, the natural parents thereof, or the public prosecutor, the family court may dissolve the adoptive relationship among the parties to a special adoption in a case that falls under both of the following items, if the court finds there to be a particular need to do so in the interests of the adopted child: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **一** 養親による虐待、悪意の遺棄その他養子の利益を著しく害する事由があること。 art-817-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-1/item-1 there has been abuse or willful abandonment by the adoptive parents, or the adoptive parents have otherwise been the cause of grave harm to the interests of the adopted child; Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **二** 実父母が相当の監護をすることができること。 art-817-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-1/item-2 the natural parents are capable of providing reasonable care for the child. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 離縁は、前項の規定による場合のほか、これをすることができない。 art-817-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-2 The dissolution of a special adoption may not be effected other than in a case under the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-817-10/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十第一項 (Article 817-10, paragraph (1)), art-817-10/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百十七条の十第二項（特別養子縁組の離縁） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-10/par-2 --- ## 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