# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百十七条の十三 (Article 817-13) - 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: 第八百十七条の十三 (Article 817-13)（親子の交流等） — address `art-817-13` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百十七条の十三（親子の交流等） — Contact between Parent and Child, etc. caption: machine translation, not official art-817-13 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13 **第一項** 第七百六十六条（第七百四十九条、第七百七十一条及び第七百八十八条において準用する場合を含む。）の場合のほか、子と別居する父又は母その他の親族と当該子との交流について必要な事項は、父母の協議で定める。この場合においては、子の利益を最も優先して考慮しなければならない。 art-817-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-1 In addition to the cases of Article 766 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Articles 749, 771 and 788), matters necessary for contact between a child and the father or mother or other relatives living apart from the child are determined by agreement of the parents. In this case, the interests of the child must be given the highest priority in the consideration. machine translation, not official **第二項** 前項の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、家庭裁判所が、父又は母の請求により、同項の事項を定める。 art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-2 If the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, the family court determines the matters referred to in that paragraph at the request of the father or mother. machine translation, not official **第三項** 家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、父又は母の請求により、前二項の規定による定めを変更することができる。 art-817-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-3 If the family court finds it necessary, it may, at the request of the father or mother, change a determination under the preceding two paragraphs. machine translation, not official **第四項** 前二項の請求を受けた家庭裁判所は、子の利益のため特に必要があると認めるときに限り、父母以外の親族と子との交流を実施する旨を定めることができる。 art-817-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-4 The family court that has received a request under the preceding two paragraphs may determine that contact between a relative other than the parents and the child is to take place, only if it finds it particularly necessary for the interests of the child. machine translation, not official **第五項** 前項の定めについての第二項又は第三項の規定による審判の請求は、父母以外の子の親族（子の直系尊属及び兄弟姉妹以外の者にあっては、過去に当該子を監護していた者に限る。）もすることができる。ただし、当該親族と子との交流についての定めをするため他に適当な方法があるときは、この限りでない。 art-817-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-5 A request for a ruling under paragraph (2) or paragraph (3) regarding the determination referred to in the preceding paragraph may also be made by a relative of the child other than the parents (in the case of persons other than the child's lineal ascendants and siblings, limited to those who have previously had custody of the child); provided, however, that this does not apply if there is another appropriate method for making a determination on contact between that relative and the child. machine translation, not official --- ## Cites - art-817-13/par-1: 第七百六十六条 → 民法 第七百六十六条 (Article 766), art-766 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-766 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-766 - art-817-13/par-1: 第七百四十九条 → 民法 第七百四十九条 (Article 749), art-749 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-749 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-749 - art-817-13/par-1: 第七百七十一条 → 民法 第七百七十一条 (Article 771), art-771 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-771 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-771 - art-817-13/par-1: 第七百八十八条 → 民法 第七百八十八条 (Article 788), art-788 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-788 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-788 - art-817-13/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第一項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (1)), art-817-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-1 - art-817-13/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第一項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (1)), art-817-13/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-1 - art-817-13/par-3: 前二項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第二項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (2)), art-817-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-2 - art-817-13/par-4: 前二項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第二項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (2)), art-817-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-2 - art-817-13/par-4: 前二項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第三項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (3)), art-817-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-3 - art-817-13/par-5: 前項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第四項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (4)), art-817-13/par-4 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-4 - art-817-13/par-5: 第二項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第二項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (2)), art-817-13/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-2 - art-817-13/par-5: 第三項 → 民法 第八百十七条の十三第三項 (Article 817-13, paragraph (3)), art-817-13/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-3 ## Cited by 4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百十七条の十三第二項（親子の交流等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-2 - 民法 第八百十七条の十三第三項（親子の交流等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-3 - 民法 第八百十七条の十三第四項（親子の交流等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-4 - 民法 第八百十七条の十三第五項（親子の交流等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-817-13/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-13/par-5 --- ## 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 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-20261011T170941-004, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11