# 民法 / Civil Code — 第八百七十九条 (Article 879)

- 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: 第八百七十九条 (Article 879)（扶養の程度又は方法） — address `art-879`
- Text in force since: 2026-06-24
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### 第八百七十九条（扶養の程度又は方法） — (Extent and Form of Support)
<sup>caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System</sup>
<sup>art-879 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-879 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-879</sup>

  **第一項**  扶養の程度又は方法について、当事者間に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、扶養権利者の需要、扶養義務者の資力その他一切の事情を考慮して、家庭裁判所が、これを定める。
  <sup>art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-879/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-879/par-1</sup>
  If no agreement between the parties is reached with respect to the extent and form of support or if discussions toward such an agreement cannot be held, the family court determines this in consideration of the needs of the person entitled to support, the financial capacity of the person under a duty to give support, and all other circumstances.
  <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 第三百八条の二第一項第四号（子の監護費用の先取特権） — https://japanlaw.org/ja/civil-code/art-308-2/par-1/item-4 · https://japanlaw.org/l/129AC0000000089/art-308-2/par-1/item-4

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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