# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百四十三条 (Article 843) - 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: 第八百四十三条 (Article 843)（成年後見人の選任） — address `art-843` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843 - 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. --- ### 第八百四十三条（成年後見人の選任） — (Appointment of a Guardian for an Adult) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-843 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、後見開始の審判をするときは、職権で、成年後見人を選任する。 art-843/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-1 The family court appoints a guardian for an adult sua sponte if it reaches the decision to establish a guardianship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 成年後見人が欠けたときは、家庭裁判所は、成年被後見人若しくはその親族その他の利害関係人の請求により又は職権で、成年後見人を選任する。 art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-2 If an adult ward comes to no longer have a guardian, the family court appoints a guardian at the request of the adult ward, the relative or other interested party thereof, or sua sponte. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 成年後見人が選任されている場合においても、家庭裁判所は、必要があると認めるときは、前項に規定する者若しくは成年後見人の請求により又は職権で、更に成年後見人を選任することができる。 art-843/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-3 Even if an adult has been appointed a guardian, the family court may appoint a further guardian for the adult if it finds this to be necessary, at the request of a person provided for in the preceding paragraph, at the request of the guardian of the adult, or sua sponte. machine translation, not official **第四項** 成年後見人を選任するには、成年被後見人の心身の状態並びに生活及び財産の状況、成年後見人となる者の職業及び経歴並びに成年被後見人との利害関係の有無（成年後見人となる者が法人であるときは、その事業の種類及び内容並びにその法人及びその代表者と成年被後見人との利害関係の有無）、成年被後見人の意見その他一切の事情を考慮しなければならない。 art-843/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-4 In appointing a guardian for an adult, the family court must consider the physical and mental condition, circumstances in the daily life, and financial circumstances of the adult ward, the occupation and personal history of the person becoming the guardian, the existence of any vested interest between them (if the person becoming the guardian is a corporation, the type and content of its business and the existence of any vested interest between the adult ward and the corporation or its representative), the opinion of the adult ward, and all other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-843/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第八百四十三条第二項 (Article 843, paragraph (2)), art-843/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-2 ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第八百四十三条第三項（成年後見人の選任） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-843/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-843/par-3 - 民法 第八百五十二条第一項（委任及び後見人の規定の準用） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-852/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-852/par-1 - 民法 第八百七十六条の二第二項（保佐人及び臨時保佐人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-2/par-2 - 民法 第八百七十六条の三第二項（保佐監督人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-3/par-2 - 民法 第八百七十六条の七第二項（補助人及び臨時補助人の選任等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-7/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-7/par-2 - 民法 第八百七十六条の八第二項（補助監督人） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-8/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-005, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11