Section 1565
Who may apply for a child's maintenance Draft heading, not yet reviewed by the firm
Title 2: Parent and Child Chapter 2: Rights and Duties of Parents and Children
Text of the section
Statutory text (Thai original)
การร้องขอค่าอุปการะเลี้ยงดูบุตรหรือขอให้บุตรได้รับการอุปการะเลี้ยงดูโดยประการอื่น นอกจากอัยการจะยกคดีขึ้นว่ากล่าวตามมาตรา ๑๕๖๒ แล้ว บิดาหรือมารดาจะนำคดีขึ้นว่ากล่าวก็ได้
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English translation
An application for maintenance of a child, or for the child to be maintained in some other way, may be brought by the father or the mother, in addition to the public prosecutor taking up the case under Section 1562.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1565 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 6 Supreme Court decisions (1967 to 2012)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 2697/2548 (2005)
- Decision 7308/2537 (1994)
- Decision 2187/2534 (1991)
- Decision 3237/2533 (1990)
- Decision 1372/2510 (1967)
- Decision 15066/2555 (2012)
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Plain citation
Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1565 (Thailand) -
Academic citation
Civil and Commercial Code (Thailand), s. 1565. ThaiLawOnline, https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1565/ (accessed 28 October 2026). -
Thai citation
ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1565 -
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<blockquote cite="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1565/"><p>An application for maintenance of a child, or for the child to be maintained in some other way, may be brought by the father or the mother, in addition to the public prosecutor taking up the case under Section 1562.</p><footer>Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1565 (Thailand): <a href="https://www.thailawonline.com/thai-civil-code/section-1565/">ThaiLawOnline</a></footer></blockquote>
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