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Every English guide to child support<\/a> in Thailand<\/strong> tells you the same thing: there is no formula, it depends. That is true and useless. Thai courts do reach a number, they reach it the same way every time, and the reasoning sits in one section of the Civil and Commercial Code<\/a> that almost no competing page quotes. This guide gives you the test the judge applies, a real case with the figure at every instance, the rule that lets a child claim for years already gone, and what happens when the paying parent leaves the country. Our full guide: divorce in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short answer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Thailand has no statutory child support formula. No percentage of income, no state calculator, no published table. Section 1598\/38 of the Civil and Commercial Code gives the court three factors and nothing else:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. the ability<\/strong> of the person who must pay;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. the condition in life<\/strong> of the child receiving it;<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. the circumstances of the case<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Those three words decide every maintenance case in Thailand. In the leading Supreme Court<\/a> decision on a foreign father, the mother asked for 50,000 baht a month, the father said he could manage 1,000, and the Supreme Court fixed 10,000. Below you can follow how the courts got there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Table of Contents<\/h2>