# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百六十一条 (Article 861) - 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: 第八百六十一条 (Article 861)（支出金額の予定及び後見の事務の費用） — address `art-861` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-861 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-861 - 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. --- ### 第八百六十一条（支出金額の予定及び後見の事務の費用） — (Estimation of Expenditures, Expenses of Guardianship Administration) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-861 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-861 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-861 **第一項** 後見人は、その就職の初めにおいて、被後見人の生活、教育又は療養看護及び財産の管理のために毎年支出すべき金額を予定しなければならない。 art-861/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-861/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-861/par-1 Upon beginning in the role of guardian, the guardian must estimate the amount of money that will be required in annual expenditures for the daily life, education, medical treatment and care, and management of the ward's property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 後見人が後見の事務を行うために必要な費用は、被後見人の財産の中から支弁する。 art-861/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-861/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-861/par-2 A guardian pays the expenses necessary for administering the guardianship out of the ward's property. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ## Cited by 6 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 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 第八百六十七条第二項（未成年被後見人に代わる親権の行使） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-867/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-867/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 第八百七十六条の五第二項（保佐の事務及び保佐人の任務の終了等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-5/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 - 民法 第八百七十六条の十第一項（補助の事務及び補助人の任務の終了等） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-876-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-876-10/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