Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject: Remarkable Court Ruling
Hi all,
I have been away for a while, partly because I became a dad in May 2004 and our daughter kept us busy, partly because of my workload. Anyway, I am back now see below some recent pics of Sarah.
Anyway, a friend just called me from Bangkok (i am currently in Europe) and told me that his case that he fought for nearly 2 years now is finally over.
He was fighting for his 4 year old daughter. Obviously, her mother is Thai. Today the "Central Juvenile and Family Court" in Bangkok came up with a verdict, granting him sole custody for their daughter. In the ruling the court stated that the mothers imoral lifestyle (yaba, alcohol, prostitution) is a direct and serious threat to the saftey and wellbeing of the girl. The Public Welfare Department already suggested before to give the girl to her father.
I have not heard of another case where a farang father got sole custody for a child with a thai woman - i find that very remarkable indeed and it is a sign that it is worth trying to fight in such a situation
sole custody? and he is allowed to stay in Thailand?? or he must take the kid and disappear??
he has permanent residency since 1998 - i guess he will stay - but he is undecided yet because winning in court does not protect him from some crazy relatives
the mother has no rights whatsoever until she can prove to teh court that she is clean and has a stable life including a job. one reason behind that decision might have been that the woman tried to kill herself while the kid was watching - it is a sad story actually but i am glad for my friend as he he is a nice and decent pal who just picked the wrong woman. their daughter is extremely smart and cute and she plays with our daughter a lot. sad story with hopefully a happy ending for the father and the daughter. excuse me if i have no sympathy for the mother but i know her personally and if i would have been a judge i would have sent her to lad yao for 25 years.
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