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Civil
Code (Japan)
[English Translation of the Content and Articles 731, 733, 776, 793 and 900]
Part Four Family
Chapter One General Provisions
Chapter Two Matrimony
Section 1 Formation of Marriage
Subsection 1 Requisites for Marriage
Article
731
A man shall be 18 or older and a woman shall be 16 or older for marriage.
Article
733
(1) No woman shall be entitled to marry again until 6 months after the date of termination or cancellation of the previous marriage.
(2) If a woman was pregnant at the date of termination or cancellation of her previous marriage, the provisions of the previous paragraph shall not apply after the date of parturition.
Subsection 2 Marriage Invalidity and Cancellation
Section 2 Effect of Marriage
Section 3 Matrimonial Property System
Subsection 1 General Provisions
Subsection 2 Statutory Property System
Section 4 Divorce
Subsection 1 Divorce by Agreement
Subsection 2 Judicial Divorce
Chapter Three Parent and Child
Section 1 Child by Birth
Article
776
If a husband accepts a child as his legitimate child after the birth, he shall lose his right to deny such legitimacy.
Section 2 Adoption
Subsection 1 Requisites for Adoption
Article
793
No one may adopt any of his/her ancestors or older persons.
Subsection 2 Adoption Invalidity and Cancellation
Subsection 3 Effect of Adoption
Subsection 4 Termination of Adoptive Relationship
Subsection 5 Special Adoption
Chapter Four Parental Power
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 2 Effect of Parental Power
Section 3 Loss of Parental Power
Chapter Five Guardianship
Section 1 Commencement of Guardianship
Section 2 Organ of Guardianship
Subsection 1 Guardian
Subsection 2 Supervisor of Guardian
Section 3 Guardianship Affairs
Section 4 Termination of Guardianship
Chapter Five-Two Curatorship and Assistance
Chapter Six Support by Family
Part Five Inheritance
Chapter One General Provisions
Chapter Two Inheritor
Chapter Three Effect of Inheritance
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 2 Shares in Succession
Article
900
If there are a number of inheritors of the same rank, their shares in succession shall be as follows:
1. If the inheritors are the children and the spouse, the children and the spouse shall have a half portion each.
2. If the inheritors are the spouse and the direct ancestors, the spouse shall have two thirds and the direct ancestors shall have one third of the succession.
3. If the inheritors are the spouse and the brothers and/or sisters, the spouse shall have three quarters and the brothers and/or sisters shall have one quarter of the succession.
4. If there are a number of children, direct ancestors or brothers and/or sisters, their share in succession shall be equally divided among them. However, the share of an illegitimate child shall be a half of that of a legitimate child, while the share of a brother or sister having only one parent in common shall be a half of that of a brother or sister having both parents in common.
Section 3 Partition of Estate
Chapter Four Acceptance and Renunciation of Succession
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 2 Acceptance
Subsection 1 Absolute Acceptance
Subsection 2 Qualified Acceptance
Section 3 Renunciation
Chapter Five Separation of Property
Chapter Six Non existence of Inheritor
Chapter Seven Testament
Section 1 General Provisions
Section 2 Formalities of Testament
Subsection 1 Common Form
Subsection 2 Special Form
Section 3 Effect of Testament
Section 4 Execution of Will
Section 5 Revocation of Will
Chapter Eight Legally Secured Portion of Inheritor
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