# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百二十七条 (Article 727)

- 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: 第七百二十七条 (Article 727)（縁組による親族関係の発生） — address `art-727`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百二十七条（縁組による親族関係の発生） — (Kinship through Adoption)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-727 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-727 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-727</sup>

  **第一項**  養子と養親及びその血族との間においては、養子縁組の日から、血族間におけるのと同一の親族関係を生ずる。
  <sup>art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-727/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-727/par-1</sup>
  From the time of adoption, the kinship between the adopted child and the adoptive parent (and the blood relatives of the adoptive parent) is the same as that of blood relatives.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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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 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