Section 1517 — Consent, connivance and trivial breaches
Statutory text (Thai original)
เหตุฟ้องหย่าตามมาตรา ๑๕๑๖ (๑) และ (๒) ถ้าคู่สมรสฝ่ายใดฝ่ายหนึ่งแล้วแต่กรณี ได้ยินยอมหรือรู้เห็นเป็นใจในการกระทำที่เป็นเหตุหย่านั้น ฝ่ายที่ยินยอมหรือรู้เห็นเป็นใจนั้นจะยกเป็นเหตุฟ้องหย่าไม่ได้
เหตุฟ้องหย่าตามมาตรา ๑๕๑๖ (๑๐) ถ้าเกิดเพราะการกระทำของอีกฝ่ายหนึ่ง อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งนั้นจะยกเป็นเหตุฟ้องหย่าไม่ได้
ในกรณีฟ้องหย่าโดยอาศัยเหตุแห่งการผิดทัณฑ์บนตามมาตรา ๑๕๑๖ (๘) นั้น ถ้าศาลเห็นว่า ความประพฤติของคู่สมรสอันเป็นเหตุให้ทำทัณฑ์บนเป็นเหตุเล็กน้อยหรือไม่สำคัญเกี่ยวแก่การอยู่ร่วมกันฉันคู่สมรสโดยปกติสุข ศาลจะไม่พิพากษาให้หย่าก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
As to the grounds for divorce under Section 1516 (1) and (2), where the spouse concerned has consented to or connived at the act constituting that ground, the spouse who consented or connived cannot rely on it as a ground for divorce.
As to the ground for divorce under Section 1516 (10), where it arises from the act of the other spouse, that other spouse cannot rely on it as a ground for divorce.
Where a divorce action is brought on the ground of breach of a bond of good behaviour under Section 1516 (8), if the court is of opinion that the behaviour of the spouse which gave rise to the bond was trivial, or unimportant to living together as spouses in normal happiness, the court may refuse to grant the divorce.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 1517 is part of Book 5 (Family) of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. This entry is awaiting firm-authored commentary; the statutory text above is verbatim from the Office of the Council of State (OCS Krisdika) Thai source, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 8 Supreme Court decisions (1947 to 2006)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 3596/2546 (2003)
- Decision 3527/2535 (1992)
- Decision 943/2490 (1947)
- Decision 7449/2544 (2001)
- Decision 1055/2492 (1949)
- Decision 3190/2549 (2006)
- Decision 3288/2527 (1984)
- Decision 1266/2519 (1976)
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