# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百十三条 (Article 813)

- 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: 第八百十三条 (Article 813)（離縁の届出の受理） — address `art-813`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百十三条（離縁の届出の受理） — (Acceptance of Application to Register the Dissolution of an Adoptive Relationship)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-813 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813</sup>

      **第一項**  離縁の届出は、その離縁が前条において準用する第七百三十九条第二項の規定並びに第八百十一条及び第八百十一条の二の規定その他の法令の規定に違反しないことを認めた後でなければ、受理することができない。
      <sup>art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/par-1</sup>
      It is not permissible to accept an application to register the dissolution of an adoptive relationship until the dissolution thereof has been found not to violate any of the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 739 as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the preceding Article, Article 811, Article 811-2, or the provisions of any other law or regulation.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

      **第二項**  離縁の届出が前項の規定に違反して受理されたときであっても、離縁は、そのためにその効力を妨げられない。
      <sup>art-813/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/par-2</sup>
      Even if an application to register the dissolution of an adoptive relation is accepted in violation of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, this does not impair the validity of the dissolution.
      <sup>Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>

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## Cites
- art-813/par-1: 前条 → 民法 第八百十二条 (Article 812), art-812 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-812 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-812
- art-813/par-1: 第七百三十九条第二項 → 民法 第七百三十九条第二項 (Article 739, paragraph (2)), art-739/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-739/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-739/par-2
- art-813/par-1: 第八百十一条 → 民法 第八百十一条 (Article 811), art-811 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811
- art-813/par-1: 第八百十一条の二 → 民法 第八百十一条の二 (Article 811-2), art-811-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-811-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-811-2
- art-813/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百十三条第一項 (Article 813, paragraph (1)), art-813/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/par-1

## Cited by

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

- 民法 第八百十三条第二項（離縁の届出の受理） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-813/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-813/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 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
