# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百十一条 (Article 811) - 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: 第八百十一条 (Article 811)（協議上の離縁等） — address `art-811` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811 - 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. --- ### 第八百十一条（協議上の離縁等） — (Dissolution of Adoptive Relationship by Agreement) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-811 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811 **第一項** 縁組の当事者は、その協議で、離縁をすることができる。 art-811/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-1 Parties to an adoption may agree to dissolve the adoptive relationship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 養子が十五歳未満であるときは、その離縁は、養親と養子の離縁後にその法定代理人となるべき者との協議でこれをする。 art-811/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-2 If an adopted child is under 15 years of age, the adoptive parent or parents and the person or persons that are to become the legal representatives of the child after the dissolution of the adoptive relationship may agree to dissolve the adoptive relationship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第三項** 前項の場合において、養子の父母が離婚しているときは、その協議で、その双方又は一方を養子の離縁後にその親権者となるべき者と定めなければならない。 art-811/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-3 In a case as referred to in the preceding paragraph, if the parents of the adopted child are divorced, they must reach an agreement in which they decide that both of them or one of them is to be the person with parental authority with respect to the child after the dissolution of the adoptive relationship. machine translation, not official **第四項** 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、同項の父若しくは母又は養親の請求によって、協議に代わる審判をすることができる。この場合においては、第八百十九条第七項の規定を準用する。 art-811/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-4 If the agreement referred to in the preceding paragraph is not reached or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, the family court may issue a ruling to stand in place of that agreement, at the request of the father or mother referred to in that paragraph or at the request of an adoptive parent. In this case, the provisions of Article 819, paragraph (7) apply mutatis mutandis. machine translation, not official **第五項** 第二項の法定代理人となるべき者がないときは、家庭裁判所は、養子の親族その他の利害関係人の請求によって、養子の離縁後にその未成年後見人となるべき者を選任する。 art-811/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-5 If there is no person to become the legal representative as referred to in paragraph (2), at the request of a relative of the adopted child or any other interested party, the family court may appoint a person to become the guardian of the minor after the dissolution of the adopted child's adoptive relationship. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第六項** 縁組の当事者の一方が死亡した後に生存当事者が離縁をしようとするときは、家庭裁判所の許可を得て、これをすることができる。 art-811/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-6 If one of the parties to an adoption dies and a surviving party seeks to dissolve the adoptive relationship, that party may do so with the permission of the family court. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-811/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第八百十一条第二項 (Article 811, paragraph (2)), art-811/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-2 - art-811/par-4: 前項 → 民法 第八百十一条第三項 (Article 811, paragraph (3)), art-811/par-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-3 - art-811/par-4: 第八百十九条第七項 → 民法 第八百十九条第七項 (Article 819, paragraph (7)), art-819/par-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-819/par-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-819/par-7 - art-811/par-5: 第二項 → 民法 第八百十一条第二項 (Article 811, paragraph (2)), art-811/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-2 ## Cited by 8 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 戸籍法 第二十七条の二第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-27-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-27-2/par-1 - 戸籍法 第七十一条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-71/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-71/par-1 - 戸籍法 第七十二条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/family-register-act/art-72/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000224/art-72/par-1 - 民法 第八百十一条第三項（協議上の離縁等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-3 - 民法 第八百十一条第四項（協議上の離縁等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-4 - 民法 第八百十一条第五項（協議上の離縁等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811/par-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811/par-5 - 民法 第八百十三条第一項（離縁の届出の受理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/par-1 - 民法 第八百十五条第一項（養子が十五歳未満である場合の離縁の訴えの当事者） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-815/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-815/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 - claude-sonnet-5-5 — Machine translation, batch civil-code-20261011T170941-004, translated 2026-10-12 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11