Page:The Civil code of Japan (IA cu31924069576704).pdf/235

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

— 215 —

  1. If one party is illtreated or grossly insulted by an ascendant of the other party;
  2. If an ascendant of one party is illtreated or grossly insulted by the other party;
  3. If it has been uncertain for three years or more whether the other party was alive or dead;
  4. In the case of the adoption of a mukoyōshi, if the adoption is dissolved or in the case of the marriage of an adopted son with a daughter of the house, if the adoption is dissolved or cancelled.

814.

In the cases mentioned under Nos. 1–4 of the preceding article a husband or wife who has consented to the act of the other party cannot bring an action for divorce.

The same applies in the cases mentioned under Nos. 1–7 of the preceding article, if one party has condoned the act of the other or of the other’s ascendant.

815.

A husband or a wife who is sentenced to punishment as specified in Art. 813, No. 4 cannot bring an action for divorce on the ground that the same is the case with the other party.

816.

An action for divorce cannot be brought for one of the causes mentioned in Art. 813, Nos. 1–8 after the lapse of one year from the time when the party entitled to sue had knowledge of the facts forming the cause for divorce. The same applies, if since the happening of such facts ten years have elapsed.

This article is issued from Wikisource. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.