Article 1566: Parental power after divorce
Texte légal (original thaï)
บุตรซึ่งยังไม่บรรลุนิติภาวะต้องอยู่ใต้อำนาจปกครองของบิดามารดา อำนาจปกครองอยู่กับบิดาหรือมารดาในกรณีดังต่อไปนี้ (๑) มารดาหรือบิดาตาย (๒) ไม่แน่นอนว่ามารดาหรือบิดามีชีวิตอยู่หรือตาย (๓) มารดาหรือบิดาถูกศาลสั่งให้เป็นคนไร้ความสามารถหรือเสมือนไร้ความสามารถ (๔) มารดาหรือบิดาต้องเข้ารักษาตัวในโรงพยาบาลเพราะจิตฟั่นเฟือน (๕) ศาลสั่งให้อำนาจปกครองอยู่กับบิดาหรือมารดา (๖) บิดาและมารดาตกลงกันตามที่มีกฎหมายบัญญัติไว้ให้ตกลงกันได้
Texte intégral tiré de la Gazette royale / Bureau du Conseil d'État
traduction anglaise
A child is subject to parental power as long as he is not sui juris. The parental power is exercised by the father or the mother in any of the following cases; 1. the mother or the father is dead; 2. It is uncertain whether the mother or t he father is living or dead; 3. the mother or the father has been adjudged incompetent or quasi-incompetent; 4. the mother or the father is placed in a hospital by reason of mental infirmity; 5. the parental power has been granted to the mother or the father by an order of the court; 6. the mother or the father have come to such agreement as provided by the law that it can be made.
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Annotation de l'entreprise
Section 1566 is what every contested-custody case in Thailand turns on. The court's overriding criterion is the child's welfare, financial means matter, but stability, emotional bond with each parent, and the child's own preference (especially after age 12) are weighed equally. The court can award sole custody to one parent (most common in high-conflict cases), joint legal custody with one parent having physical custody (increasingly common), or true shared physical custody (rare). Foreign parents face an uphill battle for primary custody if the child has lived primarily with the Thai parent, but joint legal custody (preserving visitation, schooling decisions, travel rights) is achievable.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
- 3902/2568 (2025) ★ Au décès du père, l'autorité parentale est automatiquement transférée exclusivement à la mère survivante.
- 2971/2544 (2001) L'autorité parentale conjointe est la norme après un divorce.
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Cited in 40 Supreme Court decisions (1981 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Décision 3902/2568 (2025) Au décès du père, l'autorité parentale est automatiquement transférée exclusivement à la mère survivante.
- Decision 494/2565 (2022)
- Decision 3927/2562 (2019)
- Decision 4057/2561 (2018)
- Decision 2199/2561 (2018)
- Decision 8056/2559 (2016)
- Decision 9117/2557 (2014)
- Decision 2668/2556 (2013)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
Most often cited alongside
- Article 1520 10
- Article 1582 6
- Article 1585 4
- Thai Penal Code s. 91 3
- Thai Penal Code s. 277 3
- Thai Penal Code s. 90 3
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1566 (Thailand) -
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Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 1566. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/fr/thai-civil-code/section-1566/ (accessed 8 août 2026). -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1566 -
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