Section 1552
Father taking over parental power from a guardian Draft heading, not yet reviewed by the firm
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Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่เด็กไม่มีมารดาหรือมีมารดาแต่มารดาถูกถอนอำนาจปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดและศาลได้ตั้งผู้อื่นเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดไว้ก่อนมีการจดทะเบียนรับเด็กเป็นบุตร บิดาซึ่งจดทะเบียนรับเด็กเป็นบุตรชอบด้วยกฎหมายแล้วจะร้องขอต่อศาลให้มีคำสั่งถอนความเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดของผู้ปกครองและให้บิดาเป็นผู้ใช้อำนาจปกครองก็ได้ ถ้าศาลเห็นว่าบิดาอาจใช้อำนาจปกครองเพื่อความผาสุกและประโยชน์ของเด็กได้ดียิ่งกว่าผู้ปกครอง ศาลจะมีคำสั่งถอนความเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดของผู้ปกครองและให้บิดาเป็นผู้ใช้อำนาจปกครองก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Where the child has no mother, or the mother has been deprived of parental power in part or in whole, and the Court appointed another person as guardian in part or in whole before the registration of legitimation, the father who has registered the child as his legitimate child may apply to the Court for an order removing the guardian in part or in whole and making the father the person exercising parental power. If the Court considers that the father could exercise parental power for the happiness and interest of the child better than the guardian, it may order the guardian's removal in part or in whole and make the father the person exercising parental power.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1552 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 citation record
Cited in 4 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2016)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 5661/2559 (2016)
- Decision 1215/2492 (1949)
- Decision 1464/2515 (1972)
- Decision 1395/2511 (1968)
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