Thread: Divorce Thai vs. Thai

The Missus signed the marriage papers in Chiangrai as she was about to give birth to her son eleven years ago and the guy (Thai 55) absconded. She has never received any monies from him during this time (11 years). We're settled and trying to resolve this matter with a divorce so I was wondering if anyone has had experience in a situation like this. Basically, we want his name (the son) to revert back to his mother's through a divorce(passport and our marriage). We've been getting quotes as high as 80k for the procedure and as low as 5k. A bit of background about this "guy":he spent 21 years in England ,had two kids bolted, another child in BKK bolted and then the last with her. She found out later about his past after they were business partners. Any help on this matter would be appreciated. Cheers.

Costs a couple of quid to get divorced

Surely your lady would have an idea of where her ex is from in Thailand!

She needs to do the ground work while you stay out of it.

I think after the time stated it is a simple matter of abandonment. I would get your mrs to talk to the Amphur.

If she divorces based on abandonment then she will need to go to court to do it.

The only way a cheep divorce can be done is if there are 2 people in agreement for an uncontested divorce.

Thanks for the replies. They signed the papers in Chiangrai, but neither of them live there now, and he's a bit hard to track down: he has a well-heeeled moma so it kinda of explains how he can get away with his exploits. 5 years ago she contacted him and asked him to sign, he refused. About a ago he showed up drunk, for whatever reason, and almost got himself pitchforked. She's been on the horn with elatives trting to sort out the best plan of actio, and will contact the amphur. I'm just trying to get things a bit in order before I go back to the states.

Forget it.
Water under the bridge.


Get on with your lives.

I believe the divorce will need to be settled in family court (the amphur is out since he won’t agree to the divorce) but this should be a quick and easy process after 11 years of abandonment. Based on my dealings with lawyers (I’ve no direct experience with divorce here though), I would expect your lawyer’s fee to be 10,000-20,000 baht.