# 民法 / Civil Code — 第千二十九条 (Article 1029)
- 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: 第千二十九条 (Article 1029)（審判による配偶者居住権の取得） — address `art-1029`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第千二十九条（審判による配偶者居住権の取得） — Acquisition of Spouse's Right of Residence by Adjudication
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art-1029 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029
**第一項** 遺産の分割の請求を受けた家庭裁判所は、次に掲げる場合に限り、配偶者が配偶者居住権を取得する旨を定めることができる。
art-1029/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029/par-1
The family court that has received a request for division of the estate may determine that the spouse is to acquire the spouse's right of residence only in the following cases:
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**一** 共同相続人間に配偶者が配偶者居住権を取得することについて合意が成立しているとき。
art-1029/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029/par-1/item-1
if an agreement has been reached among the coheirs that the spouse is to acquire the spouse's right of residence;
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**二** 配偶者が家庭裁判所に対して配偶者居住権の取得を希望する旨を申し出た場合において、居住建物の所有者の受ける不利益の程度を考慮してもなお配偶者の生活を維持するために特に必要があると認めるとき（前号に掲げる場合を除く。）。
art-1029/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029/par-1/item-2
if the spouse has informed the family court of a wish to acquire the spouse's right of residence and the court finds that, even taking into account the degree of detriment to be suffered by the owner of the building of residence, it is particularly necessary in order to maintain the spouse's livelihood (excluding the case set forth in the preceding item).
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## Cites
- art-1029/par-1/item-2: 前号 → 民法 第千二十九条第一項第一号 (Article 1029, paragraph (1), item (i)), art-1029/par-1/item-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029/par-1/item-1
## Cited by
3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.
- 民法 第千二十九条第一項第二号（審判による配偶者居住権の取得） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-1029/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-1029/par-1/item-2
- 民法 附則第十条第一項（配偶者の居住の権利に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-1
- 民法 附則第十条第二項（配偶者の居住の権利に関する経過措置） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-4301-72/art-10/par-2
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## 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-20261011T170941-008, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11