For the Divorce method in Thailand, we have the channel for Uncontested Divorce by Family Court as well.
You may read this article from start to the end to understand and implement this method for your case.
“This article is written by me Mr.Jirasak Taosi who experienced as lawyer for the foreigner since 2003 without using AI generated the content”
Divorce in Thailand in bird eye view
Let zoom out the process for divorce in Thailand.
Generally, we have Contested Divorce and Uncontested Divorce.
For the Contested Divorce means you or your spouse filling and challenging the divorce and other consequences request to a Juvenile and Family Court (hereinafter, we will use only wording “Family Court”).
And for the Uncontested Divorce means both parties agreed or maybe about to agreed for divorce.
Then at the end of Uncontested Divorce, both parties mutual sign the Divorce Agreement at District Office (Ampure) or Settlement Agreement at Family Court without court examination/cross-examination procedure.
For this article, we will talk about Uncontested Divorce by Family Court in Thailand only.
Why you need the Uncontested Divorce by Family Court.
Here is the reason that we recommend our client to use Uncontested Divorce by Family Court for dissolution their marriage.
- Both parties is a foreigners and the children is also the foreigner and registered marriage outside Thailand. But there are domiciled in Thailand.
Yes, as no one is Thai and the marriage has not registered in Thailand. It means in Thai government database never has family status record.
So, even both parties agreed to divorce, they cannot go to the district office for register divorce. Because it none of their record in the system.
They need to filling Uncontested Divorce to Family Court and processing for divorce and other consequences request.
- One Party is a Thai and domiciled in Thailand and other party is a foreigner who living outside Thailand and doesn’t want to come to Thailand for divorce process.
As the mutual divorced by registration at District Office required both parties appear in person and the District Office is not accepted Power of Attorney for registration divorced. If one party not come, it cannot register at District Office.
The solution is the foreigner wish to not come can authorized us via Power of Attorney with certified by Notary Public.
Then we can representing to prepare and Filling Petition to the Family Court and proceeding for divorce.
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