# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百二十四条の二 (Article 824-2)

- 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
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- Provision: 第八百二十四条の二 (Article 824-2)（親権の行使方法等） — address `art-824-2`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百二十四条の二（親権の行使方法等） — Method of Exercising Parental Authority, etc.
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<sup>art-824-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2</sup>

    **第一項**  親権は、父母が共同して行う。ただし、次に掲げるときは、その一方が行う。
    <sup>art-824-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1</sup>
    Parental authority is exercised by the parents jointly; provided, however, that in the following cases, it is exercised by one of them:
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      **一**  その一方のみが親権者であるとき。
      <sup>art-824-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1/item-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1/item-1</sup>
      if only one of them is the person with parental authority;
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      **二**  他の一方が親権を行うことができないとき。
      <sup>art-824-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1/item-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1/item-2</sup>
      if the other is unable to exercise parental authority;
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      **三**  子の利益のため急迫の事情があるとき。
      <sup>art-824-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1/item-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1/item-3</sup>
      if there are pressing circumstances in the interests of the child.
      <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第二項**  父母は、その双方が親権者であるときであっても、前項本文の規定にかかわらず、監護及び教育に関する日常の行為に係る親権の行使を単独ですることができる。
    <sup>art-824-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-2</sup>
    Even if both parents are persons with parental authority, notwithstanding the main clause of the preceding paragraph, each parent may exercise parental authority alone with regard to routine acts concerning care and education.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

    **第三項**  特定の事項に係る親権の行使（第一項ただし書又は前項の規定により父母の一方が単独で行うことができるものを除く。）について、父母間に協議が調わない場合であって、子の利益のため必要があると認めるときは、家庭裁判所は、父又は母の請求により、当該事項に係る親権の行使を父母の一方が単独ですることができる旨を定めることができる。
    <sup>art-824-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-3</sup>
    If the parents fail to reach an agreement on the exercise of parental authority regarding a specific matter (excluding a matter that one parent may handle alone under the proviso to paragraph (1) or the preceding paragraph), and the family court finds it necessary in the interests of the child, the family court may, at the request of the father or the mother, determine that one parent may exercise parental authority regarding that matter alone.
    <sup>machine translation, not official</sup>

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## Cites
- art-824-2/par-2: 前項 → 民法 第八百二十四条の二第一項 (Article 824-2, paragraph (1)), art-824-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1
- art-824-2/par-3: 第一項 → 民法 第八百二十四条の二第一項 (Article 824-2, paragraph (1)), art-824-2/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-1
- art-824-2/par-3: 前項 → 民法 第八百二十四条の二第二項 (Article 824-2, paragraph (2)), art-824-2/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-2

## Cited by

4 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction.

- 民法 第七百九十七条第四項（十五歳未満の者を養子とする縁組） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-797/par-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-797/par-4
- 民法 第八百二十四条の二第二項（親権の行使方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-2
- 民法 第八百二十四条の二第三項（親権の行使方法等） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-824-2/par-3 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-824-2/par-3
- 民法 附則第十八条第一項（周知） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/suppl-5061-33/art-18/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/suppl-5061-33/art-18/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 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-20261011T170941-005, translated 2026-10-12
- This site's parser, version 190 — 民法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-11