# 民法 / Civil Code — 第七百二十九条 (Article 729)

- 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: 第七百二十九条 (Article 729)（離縁による親族関係の終了） — address `art-729`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第七百二十九条（離縁による親族関係の終了） — (Termination of Kinship upon Dissolution of Adoptive Relationship)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-729 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-729</sup>

  **第一項**  養子及びその配偶者並びに養子の直系卑属及びその配偶者と養親及びその血族との親族関係は、離縁によって終了する。
  <sup>art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-729/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-729/par-1</sup>
  The kinship of an adopted child and the spouse thereof, as well as the kinship of the adopted child's lineal descendants and their spouses, to the adoptive parent and the blood relatives thereof, is terminated by the dissolution of the adoptive relationship.
  <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

## Cited by

1 provision cites this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第七百三十六条第一項（養親子等の間の婚姻の禁止） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-736/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-736/par-1

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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