# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百三十七条 (Article 837) - 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: 第八百三十七条 (Article 837)（親権又は管理権の辞任及び回復） — address `art-837` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837 - 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. --- ### 第八百三十七条（親権又は管理権の辞任及び回復） — (Surrender and Resumption of Parental Authority or the Right to Manage the Child's Property) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-837 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837 **第一項** 親権を行う父又は母は、やむを得ない事由があるときは、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、親権又は管理権を辞することができる。 art-837/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837/par-1 If there are compelling circumstances, a father or mother who exercises parental authority may surrender parental authority or the right to manage the child's property, with the permission of the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の事由が消滅したときは、父又は母は、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、親権又は管理権を回復することができる。 art-837/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837/par-2 If the circumstances referred to in the preceding paragraph cease to exist, the father or mother may resume parental authority or the right to manage the child's property, with the permission of the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-837/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百三十七条第一項 (Article 837, paragraph (1)), art-837/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837/par-1 ## Cited by 1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百三十七条第二項（親権又は管理権の辞任及び回復） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-837/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-837/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