Thread: Abandoning Thai kids

"Please enlighten me (as I'm quite thick), how is a thai (who, if I had to bet, I'd wager possesses marginal engrish skills, IF that) gonna contact a solicitor in England, explain what's what and then initiate a child support law suit against said father where the solicitor gets paid at the end? "

Haven't you heard of interpreters ?

Originally Posted by toddaniels

Okay, BobR; While that's anecdotally good information.

Unless I'm mistaken NEITHER the US Embassy nor the UK Embassy here will touch stuff like that, even with a long stick. They just don't get involved with it.

Please enlighten me (as I'm quite thick), how is a thai (who, if I had to bet, I'd wager possesses marginal engrish skills, IF that) gonna contact a solicitor in England, explain what's what and then initiate a child support law suit against said father where the solicitor gets paid at the end?

There's a better chance I'm gonna start shittin' gold bars tomorrow!

Just to humor you, I'll check the commode in the morning...

Sheesh, some of the stuff you people post is just mind-wobbling or at least it makes my mind wobble.

From a UK perspective the said woman would first have to get her ass to the UK then she'd have every lefty organisation going batting for her (nothing wrong with that if the story is as the op tells it), but she's fucked trying anything in Thailand via the UK embassy.

How could anyone abandon 2 little kids? maybe this woman is impossible to live with for some reason?

Originally Posted by GoldieNonce

"Please enlighten me (as I'm quite thick), how is a thai (who, if I had to bet, I'd wager possesses marginal engrish skills, IF that) gonna contact a solicitor in England, explain what's what and then initiate a child support law suit against said father where the solicitor gets paid at the end? "

Haven't you heard of interpreters ?

She's a professional lady who speaks fluent English, I'm sure she'll muddle through somehow.

Originally Posted by toddaniels

Okay, BobR; While that's anecdotally good information.

Unless I'm mistaken NEITHER the US Embassy nor the UK Embassy here will touch stuff like that, even with a long stick. They just don't get involved with it.

Please enlighten me (as I'm quite thick), how is a thai (who, if I had to bet, I'd wager possesses marginal engrish skills, IF that) gonna contact a solicitor in England, explain what's what and then initiate a child support law suit against said father where the solicitor gets paid at the end?

There's a better chance I'm gonna start shittin' gold bars tomorrow!

Just to humor you, I'll check the commode in the morning...

Sheesh, some of the stuff you people post is just mind-wobbling or at least it makes my mind wobble.

That's right you just assume it can't be done and don't even try. What law school did you go to? Child support is enforced internationally and has been for years. It's just a matter of getting an award in a Court that has jurisdiction over the non-custodial father or his source of income or assets.

Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hague_...ly_Maintenance

Originally Posted by DrB0b

Originally Posted by toddaniels

Simply being listed as the father on the thai birth certificate is enough for a foreigner to get passports and nationality for children (although we don't know if he did this or not). Doing that still doesn't make him the "legally recognized" father with the rights and/or responsibilities here in thailand. That hasta be done in family court..

Yup. Been through that. Wrote up every step in real time on Teakdoor.com. Described the process as it happened while it was happening and translated every step from Thai to English while it was happening to me. This being TD most called me a liar, some told me I was insane, and a few pm'd me with threats to rape my children. I deleted what I was stupid enough to think was a useful thread. If you'll take my advice Todd you won't tell these fuckups anything, they're not capable of understanding it.

I too went through this procedure and posted about it somewhere on Teakdoor. Before commencing the process I read DrB0b's thread. It was helpful.
Being named on the birth certificate counts for nothing. I was lucky in that my partnerr and I were in agreement with what I was seeking and my only aim was to protect my children should anything happen to their mother.
The process was quite painless and not too costly- yes it is possible to do it yourself.

The matter is now in the hands of solicitors who have a track record of bringing errant farang fathers to court, as the children are fully legitimized they expect no problems getting a favourable result in the UK courts

Originally Posted by Stinky

The matter is now in the hands of solicitors who have a track record of bringing errant farang fathers to court, as the children are fully legitimized they expect no problems getting a favourable result in the UK courts

Glad to hear it, good luck to her, and as I wrote before, I'm not surprised the UK Courts will help her.

Originally Posted by Dragonfly94

How could anyone abandon 2 little kids?

Imagine Todd Daniel twinzzz