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Family law in Thailand Part XVI: Adopting a child in Thailand - your domicile
By James Finch and Nilobon Tangprasit

* Published: 20/12/2009 at 12:00 AM
* Newspaper section: Spectrum

In Thailand, there is no such thing as "private" adoption. In other words, you can't find a child yourself, reach agreement with the parent or parents and somehow adopt the child on a contractual basis. All adoption in Thailand, even in the case of those adopting children of relatives, must be through the proper government agencies, or one of the private agencies approved by the Thai government. The procedure for all this depends first on where you are domiciled.

Lawyers use the term "domicile" a lot. It means residence with intent to remain indefinitely, but is determined objectively from facts as they exist at present. For example, let's say you live and work in the UK and spend 90% of your time there. You pay taxes as a resident of the UK but also own a condo in Bangkok. The chances are the UK would be considered as your domicile - even if you plan to retire to Thailand someday-because most of your active contacts are with the UK. Also, though you are considered as having residences in both the UK and Thailand, you can only have one domicile.

If you're domiciled outside of Thailand you must first make contact with either:

- The government agency in your country that handles adoption by its nationals overseas, if there is one, or;

- a private child adoption agency, licensed in your country, that handles adoptions for those wishing to adopt children from other countries.

We will refer below to either of the above agencies as the "foreign agency".

The foreign agency must have been registered and approved with the Thai Department of Social Development and Welfare (DSDW). You can check whether a foreign agency is registered and approved by contacting the director of the Child Adoption Centre, DSDW, on Ratchawithi Road in Bangkok. The telephone number of the Child Adoption Centre is 02-354-7509 or 02-644-7515. The fax number is 02-354-7511.

If the foreign agency is registered and approved by the DSDW, it may file adoption applications directly with the proper authorities in Thailand, as we will discuss in a later article.

For those foreigners domiciled in Thailand who have alien or permanent habitat identification cards, an application to adopt a Thai child must be filed directly with the Child Adoption Centre, mentioned above, if they live in Bangkok. If they live outside of Bangkok, these applications must be with the Provincial Social Development and Welfare Offices.

Other foreigners domiciled in Thailand must also file directly with the Child Adoption Centre or Provincial Social Development and Welfare Offices as discussed above if:

- their head of household has a work permit and;

- they have been in Thailand at least six months prior to the date of the application.

Foreigners without work permits or those with work permits who have lived in Thailand for less than six months may not apply for adoption at all. They may do so, however, when they have lived in Thailand for more than six months with a work permit. Likewise, they may not apply from their home countries using a foreign agency unless they return to their home countries permanently.

Next time we'll discuss the first step in the adoption process.

James Finch of Chavalit Finch and
Partners ()
and Nilobon Tangprasit of Siam City Law Offices Ltd
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Haløøøøøøøøøj Buster,
Ikke egne erfaringer, men igennem det børnehjem i Sung Noen (25km fra Korat) som jeg i flere år har støtter, ved jeg at det er næsten umuligt. Lovgivning er strammet desangående. Det er en hele del kritterier som skal opfyldes:
- Dansk-Dansk (farang-farang) ægtepar/par = 0.(*)
- Dansk-Thai ægtepar : måske, dog skal.
--- manl være bosat i Thailand.
--- I lighed med Danske regler: øvre aldergrænse.

Stramingen stammer fra Thai-Rak-Thai tiden, Thaierne skal nok sørge for deres egne. Thailand ønsker ikke at havne i den samme kategori lande hvor adoption er blevet en industri, hvor børnene blev en handelsvare.

Jeg har set mange forespørgsler til børnehjemmet, hvor sikker mange af disse skæbner ville få det bedre, materialt set og især efter deres 18års fødselsdag, (for her skal de stå på egne ben), som er blevet venligst men bestemt afvist.
I lighed med børnene i Doi Law(Hugo's), så er der fx.en lille tvilling pige som lider af en hjerte fejl, og som er blevet opereret flere gange, hvor et par ønskede at adoptere både hende og søsteren, og bekoste de yderligere nødvendige operationer, men har fået afslag.
(*)Mit svar drejer sig om adoption fra børnehjemme. Der gælder andre regler for bl.a. adoption for familiemedlemmer.
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