Section 1587
Statutory text (Thai original)
บุคคลที่บรรลุนิติภาวะแล้วอาจถูกตั้งเป็นผู้ปกครองได้ เว้นแต่ (๑) ผู้ซึ่งศาลสั่งว่าเป็นคนไร้ความสามารถ หรือเสมือนไร้ความสามารถ (๒) ผู้ซึ่งเป็นบุคคลล้มละลาย (๓) ผู้ซึ่งไม่เหมาะสมที่จะปกครองผู้เยาว์หรือทรัพย์สินของผู้เยาว์ (๔) ผู้ซึ่งมีหรือเคยมีคดีในศาลกับผู้เยาว์ ผู้บุพการีหรือพี่น้องร่วมบิดามารดาหรือร่วมแต่บิดาหรือมารดากับผู้เยาว์ (๕) ผู้ซึ่งบิดาหรือมารดาที่ตายได้ทำหนังสือระบุชื่อห้ามไว้มิให้เป็นผู้ปกครอง
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Any person sui juris may be appointed a guardian, except the following: 1. person adjudged incompetent or quasi incompetent; 2. person who is bankrupt; 3. person who is unfit to take charge of the person or property of the minor; 4. person having or having had a lawsuit against the minor, ascendants or brothers and sisters of full blood or brothers and sisters of half blood of the minor; 5. person having been excluded by name in writing from guardianship by the deceaded parent.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1587 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 1 Supreme Court decisions (1966 to 1966)
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- Decision 956/2509 (1966)
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