Section 1565
Statutory text (Thai original)
การร้องขอค่าอุปการะเลี้ยงดูบุตรหรือขอให้บุตรได้รับการอุปการะเลี้ยงดูโดยประการอื่น นอกจากอัยการจะยกคดีขึ้นว่ากล่าวตามมาตรา ๑๕๖๒ แล้ว บิดาหรือมารดาจะนำคดีขึ้นว่ากล่าวก็ได้
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
As regards the applications for maintenance of the children or for any other form of maintenances to be given to children, it may be taken up by the father or the mother except the case to be taken up by the Public Prosecutor according to 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.
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)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
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Civil and Commercial Code, s. 1565 (Thailand) -
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ป.พ.พ. มาตรา 1565 -
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