rod jones

It's highly probable that your ex wife divorced you without your knowledge through the Courts on the basis of desertion under section 1516 of the Civil and Commercial Code
5. one spouse has been adjudged to have disappeared, or as left his or her domicile or residence for more than three years and being uncertain whether he or she is living or dead;
http://www.thailandlawonline.com/article-older-archive/thai-divorce-law-and-legal-grounds
 
However if the OP does indeed intend to remarry, he will need a divorce certificate as proof of being single.
He could swear an affidavit that he is single and never married, but that would be perjury.
 
He has two options:
1. Return to the Amphur where they married and find out if a divorce was registered. If so he can obtain a divorce certificate.
2. Apply for divorce through a local UK Court. You can file yourself for around £400 as someone already suggested.

Or perhaps you just need a good reason to see her lol, With is typically normal that we want to know what happened to our exes :)

Are you sure that she is still alive ?
 

Hello Rod,
I'm in the UK now and did see a brief (Solicitor) about a similar thing last year.
If you've been seperated for more than 2 yrs you can get automatic divorce at our courts, but need both signatures. If you've been seperated for more than 5 yrs then you can go alone to our Courts in UK (for a fee of course) and divorce, which will be ok for you. (you just say on form not seen her for X amount of yrs over 5)
 
But I think for her maybe a different story, I think for her real closure would be both of your signatures at the office you got married in at Thailand. They have strange and weird ways there.
But, after 29 yrs are you really bothered about her?
 
My guess is the new man in her life wants her to go to his Country and she would need to be married to him but can't cos the marriage is still legal to you.....as regards you - you would be ok to re-marry if you wanted if you still in the UK.
Don't go paying a brief, all the forms at your local Courts - I believe the cost is around £400'ish.
 
Let us know how you get on.
Rs

maybe he is getting ready to die? Or at least prepare for that? If no divorce, wouldn't she still be first in line for the pickings?

I think its all clear to marry your next great thai love.

Why do you now need to know?
Are you about to remarry?
 
This may not be good advice, but if it was me, and I wanted to remarry, I'd just do it.  Who would know...who would care, after 29 years.
 
If the issue was ever raised, I'd say I received notification, 15, 17, 20 years ago, that she'd divorced me. The letter has been lost.
 
Your reason/s may be quite different, I.e., you aren't remarrying, in which case my suggestion may be irrelevant.
 
 
 
 

Your Ex might have divorced you already long time ago for being separated for more than 2 years.

Check you status with an Amphoe (you write about 'probably' having married there) and if your Ex actually divorced you, take this result into your filing in UK courts.

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thank you larry, appreciated ,,, i wonder how my ex has  faired with this , probably not been able to remarry either .ill have to try and see  a uk lawyer, get his advice,,

hi every body,

i got married to a thai woman , 29 years ago. ...And i am sure we went through the british embassy in bangkok and probably through the thai local official office for her paperwork...i did have a certificate in thai from them of the marrage , which i now lost ...But we lasted 1 year, and i left her and went back to the uk....   .After 1 year i got a letter from her new boyfriend in france with a phone number to get in contact to sign a divorce paper...i called but no answer !! .....so i left it at that..... So anyway in words we have been seperated and have had no contact in the 29 years....   Can anyone tell me where i stand on this now , if possible ....    i remember reading up on this a few years ago on a  uk.org website page , but its trying to find it again now , .... but what it said was as i can remember this part .....that after 18 years of separation the marrage would or could  be automatic annulled , because of the seperation time....Does anybody have any ideas on this ?    .......  Thank you for your time , Rod