Section 1552
Statutory text (Thai original)
ในกรณีที่เด็กไม่มีมารดาหรือมีมารดาแต่มารดาถูกถอนอำนาจปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดและศาลได้ตั้งผู้อื่นเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดไว้ก่อนมีการจดทะเบียนรับเด็กเป็นบุตร บิดาซึ่งจดทะเบียนรับเด็กเป็นบุตรชอบด้วยกฎหมายแล้วจะร้องขอต่อศาลให้มีคำสั่งถอนความเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดของผู้ปกครองและให้บิดาเป็นผู้ใช้อำนาจปกครองก็ได้ ถ้าศาลเห็นว่าบิดาอาจใช้อำนาจปกครองเพื่อความผาสุกและประโยชน์ของเด็กได้ดียิ่งกว่าผู้ปกครอง ศาลจะมีคำสั่งถอนความเป็นผู้ปกครองบางส่วนหรือทั้งหมดของผู้ปกครองและให้บิดาเป็นผู้ใช้อำนาจปกครองก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
In case the child has no mother or has mother but the latter has been deprived partly or wholly of her parental power and the other person has been appointed by the Court to be guardian partly or wholly before the registration of legitimation. The father who causes the registration of legitimation having been entered may, if he thinks that for the benefit of the child, he should be the person exercising the parental power partly or wholly, apply to the court for an order effecting the deprivation of a part of the whole of guardianship from the guardian opinion of the court, exercise the parental power for bring about more happiness and interest to the child. The court may give an order effecting the deprivation of a part or the whole of guardianship from the guardian and making the father to be the person exercising the 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.
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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