# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百十七条の二 (Article 817-2) - 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: 第八百十七条の二 (Article 817-2)（特別養子縁組の成立） — address `art-817-2` - Text in force since: 2026-06-24 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2 - 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. 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They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第八百十七条の二（特別養子縁組の成立） — (Entering into a Special Adoption) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-817-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2 **第一項** 家庭裁判所は、次条から第八百十七条の七までに定める要件があるときは、養親となる者の請求により、実方の血族との親族関係が終了する縁組（以下この款において「特別養子縁組」という。）を成立させることができる。 art-817-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2/par-1 At the request of a person becoming an adoptive parent, the family court may allow an adoption to be entered into which extinguishes the kinship between the child and the natural relatives thereof (referred to hereinafter in this subsection as a "special adoption") if the requirements prescribed in the following Article through Article 817-7 are met. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項に規定する請求をするには、第七百九十四条又は第七百九十八条の許可を得ることを要しない。 art-817-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2/par-2 The permission referred to in Article 794 and Article 798 is not required in order for a person to make the request referred to in the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-817-2/par-1: 次条から第八百十七条の七まで → 民法 第八百十七条の三 (Article 817-3), art-817-3 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-3 - art-817-2/par-1: 次条から第八百十七条の七まで → 民法 第八百十七条の四 (Article 817-4), art-817-4 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-4 - art-817-2/par-1: 次条から第八百十七条の七まで → 民法 第八百十七条の五 (Article 817-5), art-817-5 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-5 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-5 - art-817-2/par-1: 次条から第八百十七条の七まで → 民法 第八百十七条の六 (Article 817-6), art-817-6 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-6 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-6 - art-817-2/par-1: 次条から第八百十七条の七まで → 民法 第八百十七条の七 (Article 817-7), art-817-7 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-7 - art-817-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百十七条の二第一項 (Article 817-2, paragraph (1)), art-817-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2/par-1 - art-817-2/par-2: 第七百九十四条 → 民法 第七百九十四条 (Article 794), art-794 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-794 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-794 - art-817-2/par-2: 第七百九十八条 → 民法 第七百九十八条 (Article 798), art-798 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-798 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-798 ## Cited by 9 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 出入国管理及び難民認定法 第二十二条の四第一項第七号（在留資格の取消し） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/immigration-control-act/art-22-4/par-1/item-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/326CO0000000319/art-22-4/par-1/item-7 - 国民年金法 第八十八条の三第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/national-pension-act/art-88-3/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/334AC0000000141/art-88-3/par-2 - 民法 第八百十七条の二第二項（特別養子縁組の成立） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-2/par-2 - 民法 第八百十七条の五第一項（養子となる者の年齢） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-5/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-5/par-1 - 民法 第八百十七条の五第二項（養子となる者の年齢） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-5/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-5/par-2 - 民法 第八百十七条の八第二項（監護の状況） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-817-8/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-817-8/par-2 - 相続税法 第十五条第三項第一号（遺産に係る基礎控除） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/inheritance-tax-act/art-15/par-3/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/325AC0000000073/art-15/par-3/item-1 - 育児休業、介護休業等育児又は家族介護を行う労働者の福祉に関する法律 第二条第一項第一号（定義） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/childcare-and-family-care-leave-act/art-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/403AC0000000076/art-2/par-1/item-1 - 雇用保険法 第六十一条の七第一項（育児休業給付金） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/employment-insurance-act/art-61-7/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/349AC0000000116/art-61-7/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 - This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11