# 民法 / Civil Code — 第九百四条の二 (Article 904-2) - 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: 第九百四条の二 (Article 904-2)（寄与分） — address `art-904-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2 - 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. --- ### 第九百四条の二（寄与分） — (Amount of Contribution to the Estate) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-904-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2 **第一項** 共同相続人中に、被相続人の事業に関する労務の提供又は財産上の給付、被相続人の療養看護その他の方法により被相続人の財産の維持又は増加について特別の寄与をした者があるときは、被相続人が相続開始の時において有した財産の価額から共同相続人の協議で定めたその者の寄与分を控除したものを相続財産とみなし、第九百条から第九百二条までの規定により算定した相続分に寄与分を加えた額をもってその者の相続分とする。 art-904-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-1 If a coheir has made a special contribution to maintaining or increasing the assets of the decedent, by supplying labor or providing financially for the business of the decedent, through a contribution to the medical treatment or care of the decedent, or in any other way, the estate is deemed to comprise the value of the assets held by the decedent at the time the succession opens, less the amount that the coheirs determine by agreement to be the heirs' contribution to the estate; and the share in the estate of a coheir who has made such a contribution is the amount of that heir's contribution plus the heir's share of the estate as calculated pursuant to the provisions of Article 900 through Article 902. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **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、家庭裁判所は、同項に規定する寄与をした者の請求により、寄与の時期、方法及び程度、相続財産の額その他一切の事情を考慮して、寄与分を定める。 art-904-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-2 If an agreement as referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, the family court determines the amount of contribution to the estate at the request of a person making a contribution to the estate as prescribed the preceding paragraph, in consideration of the timing of the contribution, the means and extent of the contribution, the value of the estate, and all other circumstances. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 寄与分は、被相続人が相続開始の時において有した財産の価額から遺贈の価額を控除した残額を超えることができない。 art-904-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-3 The amount of contribution to an estate may not exceed the amount remaining after the value of legacies is deducted from the value of the property held by the decedent at the time the succession opens. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第四項** 第二項の請求は、第九百七条第二項の規定による請求があった場合又は第九百十条に規定する場合にすることができる。 art-904-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-4 The request referred to in paragraph (2) may be filed if a request under the provisions of Article 907, paragraph (2) has been filed, or in the case prescribed in Article 910. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-904-2/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百条 (Article 900), art-900 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-900 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-900 - art-904-2/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百一条 (Article 901), art-901 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-901 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-901 - art-904-2/par-1: 第九百条から第九百二条まで → 民法 第九百二条 (Article 902), art-902 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-902 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-902 - art-904-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第九百四条の二第一項 (Article 904-2, paragraph (1)), art-904-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-1 - art-904-2/par-4: 第二項 → 民法 第九百四条の二第二項 (Article 904-2, paragraph (2)), art-904-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-2 - art-904-2/par-4: 第九百七条第二項 → 民法 第九百七条第二項 (Article 907, paragraph (2)), art-907/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-907/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-907/par-2 - art-904-2/par-4: 第九百十条 → 民法 第九百十条 (Article 910), art-910 — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-910 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-910 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 民法 第九百四条の二第二項（寄与分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-2 - 民法 第九百四条の二第四項（寄与分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-2/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-2/par-4 - 民法 第九百四条の三第一項（期間経過後の遺産の分割における相続分） — https://japanlaw.org/en/civil-code/art-904-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-904-3/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