Section 1518: Forgiveness extinguishes the right to sue for divorce
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Statutory text (Thai original)
สิทธิฟ้องหย่าย่อมหมดไปในเมื่อฝ่ายที่มีสิทธิฟ้องหย่าได้กระทำการอันแสดงให้เห็นว่าได้ให้อภัยในการกระทำของอีกฝ่ายหนึ่งซึ่งเป็นเหตุให้เกิดสิทธิฟ้องหย่านั้นแล้ว
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English translation
The right to institute an action for divorce would be terminated if the spouse entitled thereto has committed any act showing his or her forgiveness to the act done by the other that has caused the right to institute the action for divorce.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1518 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.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
- 5259-5260/2561 (2018) ★ Secret Recording Admissible to Prove Adultery and Third Party Cannot Invoke One-Year Limit
- 4104/2564 (2021) Expelling the Wife From the Home Is Serious Hostility; Later Family Trips Are Not Forgiveness
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Supreme Court citation record
Cited in 14 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 2021)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4104/2564 (2021) Expelling the Wife From the Home Is Serious Hostility; Later Family Trips Are Not Forgiveness
- Decision 2561/2561 (2018)
- Decision 5259-5260/2561 (2018) Secret Recording Admissible to Prove Adultery and Third Party Cannot Invoke One-Year Limit
- Decision 2473/2556 (2013)
- Decision 3190/2549 (2006)
- Decision 7229/2537 (1994)
- Decision 2561/2536 (1993)
- Decision 2561-2562/2536 (1993)
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1518/"><p>The right to institute an action for divorce would be terminated if the spouse entitled thereto has committed any act showing his or her forgiveness to the act done by the other that has caused the right to institute the action for divorce.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1518 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1518/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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