{"id":298,"date":"2023-06-06T15:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T08:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/child-abduction-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T05:50:14","slug":"child-abduction-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/child-abduction-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Enl\u00e8vements d'enfants en Tha\u00eflande"},"content":{"rendered":"

Child abduction in Thailand is a serious problem. It happens when a parent takes a child out of the country. This usually occurs to avoid a custody fight. Thailand acceded to the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction on 14 August 2002, and the Convention entered into force for Thailand on 1 November 2002. A parent whose child has been wrongfully taken to or kept in Thailand can apply through the Thai Central Authority for the child’s return, and does not need the other parent’s permission to do so. That authority is the Office of the Attorney General, International Affairs Department<\/strong>, designated under the Act on Central Authority for International Civil Cooperation on the Breach of Rights of Custody of Children B.E. 2555. It is not the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, which is widely but wrongly named for this role and in fact runs the Prachabodee mediation centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check first that the Convention actually applies between Thailand and your country.<\/strong> Thailand acceded to the Convention instead of signing it at the outset, so it operates only between Thailand and a state that has formally accepted<\/em> that accession. Most guides skip this, and it decides whether you have a Hague route at all. The United States withheld its acceptance for years, on the ground that Thailand had not passed implementing legislation, and accepted only in January 2016; the Convention has been in force between the United States and Thailand since 1 April 2016<\/strong>. Check your own country against the HCCH status table for the 1980 Convention<\/a> before you rely on it. An abduction can have severe legal and emotional consequences for everyone involved. International law offers certain provisions that can be utilized in such cases. If your child has been taken from another country to Thailand or vice versa, the situation can be more common than you might anticipate. Remember that an unmarried father in Thailand does not have parental powers (Child Custody in Thailand). He must register at the amphur or get a court order to gain these rights.<\/p>\n\n

Abduction cases turn on who legally holds parental power, which is explained in our overview of droit de la famille en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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