Section 1586
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้ปกครองตามมาตรา ๑๕๘๕ นั้น ให้ตั้งโดยคำสั่งศาลเมื่อมีการร้องขอของญาติของผู้เยาว์ อัยการ หรือผู้ซึ่งบิดาหรือมารดาที่ตายทีหลังได้ระบุชื่อไว้ในพินัยกรรมให้เป็นผู้ปกครอง ภายใต้บังคับมาตรา ๑๕๙๐ การตั้งผู้ปกครองนั้นถ้ามีข้อกำหนดพินัยกรรมก็ให้ศาลตั้งตามข้อกำหนดพินัยกรรม เว้นแต่พินัยกรรมนั้นไม่มีผลบังคับหรือบุคคลที่ระบุชื่อไว้ในพินัยกรรมนั้นเป็นบุคคลที่ต้องห้ามมิให้เป็นผู้ปกครองตามมาตรา ๑๕๘๗
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
The guardian under Section 1585 shall be appointed by the order of the Court on application of a relative of the minor, the Public Prosecutor or of the person whose name has been specified in the will by the last surviving parent. Subject to Section 1590, the Court shall, in case there is a testamentary disposition on the appointment of a guardian, appoint the guardian accordingly unless the will is not effective or the person specified in the will is prohibited to be guardian under Section 1587.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1586 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 15 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2005)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 4734/2548 (2005)
- Decision 7636/2546 (2003)
- Decision 2460/2539 (1996)
- Decision 241/2522 (1979)
- Decision 507/2519 (1976)
- Decision 371/2510 (1967)
- Decision 587/2492 (1949)
- Decision 956/2509 (1966)
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