advocate wrote:Quoted from Steve G: One thing has just occured to me; seeing as many people with Thai partners support children from their previous relationship, does this child have to be your own or can you get shared custody of your partners child this way?
I would expect that custody of any child would require the consent of the birth father, who is likely named on the birth certificate. Just finding him might be near impossible. Even if you did find him, if he has principles I doubt he would give up legal custody. Some might do it for cash.
When my wife was applying for her and my stepdaughter's visas to come and live in the UK, she was able to obtain a document from the Thai authorities stating that she was the sole parent (called bor gor hok) which was accepted by the embassy .
I'm going to attempt to adopt my stepdaughter here, a long and painful process I'm sure. I'm hoping that the bor gor hok will mean that we don't have to contact him.
If anyone's had experience of this? It'd be great to find out now rather than in a year's time!
I adopted my own natural born son here in Thailand. I needed consent from his mother, who I am still with. I am now his sole custodial parent, and she no longer has any custodial rights.
Seeing as how her consent was required, I would expect that consent from a father would also be required, esp if the child is not your natural child.
I would expect that adoption proceedings w/o consent could be undertaken on the grounds of abandonment, but then the father could choose to appear in court and oppose the application.
JimmyGreaves wrote:
Very odd that you say it's that document Buksi. I got that document at the Ampur hoping it was that. I had to have my passport verified at the British Embassy and also translated (Trip to Bangkok and then Ministry of Foreign affairs @ Laksi), At the Amphur as my daughter was under 7 the officer quized her who was I and who her mother was, all good. When I presented it to immigration they said it was not good enough and needed the law document underlined point 6.3!
The law office in HH also said the document 6.3 had to be applied for at the court in Prachuab.
Bloody driving me crazy arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I simply translated the name of the document highlighted in Thai in clause 6.3 of your attachment (ใบรับรองบุตร), and confirmed that it is the same document I have just had done with relative ease at the amphur office (yes, I also needed the notorised passport translation).
It does not surprise me in the least that Hua Hin immigration are asking for more than this or something else.
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advocate wrote:
I adopted my own natural born son here in Thailand. I needed consent from his mother, who I am still with. I am now his sole custodial parent, and she no longer has any custodial rights.
Seeing as how her consent was required, I would expect that consent from a father would also be required, esp if the child is not your natural child.
I would expect that adoption proceedings w/o consent could be undertaken on the grounds of abandonment, but then the father could choose to appear in court and oppose the application.
This paperwork legitimizes, establishes a legal precedent that you are recognized as the father of child, and would likely be required if birth was prior to your marriage to the mother. I could see this document arising in the case of an adoption as well.
I meant to tag this onto the other posting and it ended up here as a nerw thread.
I was so horny when I woke up this morning the crack of dawn looked good!
