Section 1598/25
Statutory text (Thai original)
ผู้จะรับบุตรบุญธรรมหรือผู้จะเป็นบุตรบุญธรรม ถ้ามีคู่สมรสอยู่ต้องได้รับความยินยอมจากคู่สมรสก่อน ในกรณีที่คู่สมรสไม่อาจให้ความยินยอมได้หรือไปเสียจากภูมิลำเนาหรือถิ่นที่อยู่และหาตัวไม่พบเป็นเวลาไม่น้อยกว่าหนึ่งปี ต้องร้องขอต่อศาลให้มีคำสั่งอนุญาตแทนการให้ความยินยอมของคู่สมรสนั้น
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English translation
A married person who is to adopt or is to be adopted, must obtain consent of his or her spouse. If his or her spouse cannot express the consent or has left the domicile or residence and no news of him has ever been received for not less than one year, the application for the Court’s permission in lieu of the consent by the spouse must be made.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1598/25 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 (1978 to 1994)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 949/2537 (1994)
- Decision 841/2533 (1990)
- Decision 2359/2521 (1978)
- Decision 344/2531 (1988)
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