Article 1536: Presumption of legitimacy
Texte légal (original thaï)
เด็กเกิดแต่หญิงขณะเป็นคู่สมรสกับชาย หรือภายในสามร้อยสิบวันนับแต่วันที่การสมรสสิ้นสุดลง ให้สันนิษฐานไว้ก่อนว่าเป็นบุตรชอบด้วยกฎหมายของชายผู้เป็นคู่สมรส หรือเคยเป็นคู่สมรส แล้วแต่กรณี
ให้นำความในวรรคหนึ่งมาใช้บังคับแก่บุตรที่เกิดจากหญิงก่อนที่ได้มีคำพิพากษาถึงที่สุดของศาลแสดงว่าการสมรสเป็นโมฆะ หรือภายในระยะเวลาสามร้อยสิบวันนับแต่วันนั้น
Texte intégral tiré de la Gazette royale / Bureau du Conseil d'État
traduction anglaise
A child born of a woman while she is the spouse of a man, or within three hundred and ten days from the day the marriage came to an end, is presumed to be the legitimate child of the man who is, or was, her spouse, as the case may be.
Paragraph one applies to a child born of a woman before the judgment of the court declaring the marriage void became final, or within three hundred and ten days from that day.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Annotation de l'entreprise
Section 1536 creates a strong legal presumption, the husband is the father unless he successfully challenges it under §1539 (denial of paternity action) within one year of knowing the basis. The presumption matters because (a) only legitimate children inherit automatically as Class 1 heirs (§1629); (b) the father has automatic parental power (§1556); (c) the mother cannot unilaterally change the child's name or take the child abroad without consent. For unmarried Thai women, see §1546 (child belongs to mother only) and §1547 (legitimation by father).
Cited in 12 Supreme Court decisions (1958 to 2015)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 10442/2558 (2015)
- Decision 116/2547 (2004)
- Decision 1490/2537 (1994)
- Decision 1775/2523 (1980)
- Decision 1249/2516 (1973)
- Decision 1079/2512 (1969)
- Decision 669/2506 (1963)
- Decision 3670/2529 (1986)
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