On 3/19/2018 at 2:32 PM, jackdd said:

So, from what you wrote: You are still married with the father and currently both of you share the custody. The father won't agree to anything.

That's not what you want to hear, but i would suggest you somehow wait until your daughter is an adult and then she can change her citizenship.

 

I would assume that to gain sole custody for your daughter, first you need to get divorced. This will probably take some time, you need to appear in court with witnesses and so on.

Then after you managed to get divorced you can try to get sole custody, which means more court hearings, witnesses, and so on.

And after probably several years in Thai courts you maybe have sole custody, and then you can finally file for the renunciation of her Thai citizenship, which again will take some time.

 

Actually when i was a kid i was in nearly the same situation, but both parents German and a german court and so on, but just so you get some ideas what your husband could do, because this is what my father actually did:

My father never really cared about me, but when i was a kid we "lived" together, which means my father was at home on the weekend. When i was about 8 years old my father brought home another woman, which my mom did not accept, so she filed for divorce and i moved out together with her. Of course my father refused to do this and he started to threaten my mother in many different ways, because he didn't like it that she wanted a divorce.

My mother also filed for sole custody, which does of course include several appointment at the court, everything always prolonged as long as possible by my father. What he also did was to also file for sole custody for me. And of course, as clever as he is, he brought witnesses to the court who stated that my mom was not able to take care of me, and everything else you can imagine that was bad and made it look like the sole custody should go to my dad.

As i said german court, two germans, they gave the custody to my mom.

 

But now imagine this at a Thai court, Thai vs. Foreigner. It seems your husband is clever, he probably knows how courts work way better than you. He maybe knows how to bribe the right people and he will also know how to find witnesses who say what he wants. If you pressure him too much and he goes the way that my father went, it could happen that at the end he is the one who has sole custody for your daughter and you won't see her again until she is 20.

Thank you for your sharing. I feel the pain of your mum and I know that I am not alone facing this kind situation. 

I have a great daughter, I treasure her love to me. I have been patient for ten years, maybe you are right, I should be more patient for another 9 years until she is adult. 

Thank you. 

 

 

I feel for you HK woman, you really are in a very difficult predicament.

You stated that your daughter was born in Thailand and that her Father had false information placed on to the birth certificate, as in he had the Mother's nationality entered as Thai?

This is strange as the ID number details etc. are entered on to a Thai birth certificate and the Mother's Thai ID has to be presented at the time of doing the birth certificate, as well as a witness (usually from the hospital where the child was born) which means he may have physically used a Thai woman's ID to do this, perhaps without their consent.

If the above is correct, then I really do not know what you can do about this, his actions are illegal, but he must have some influence at the Amphur office where the child was registered.

I would be seeking legal advice about this, it would be a simple thing for you to prove that you are her daughter by DNA, which in turn would prove that the birth certificate is incorrect, whether this could change the situation I have no idea and it is something that you perhaps should think very carefully about before proceeding, as it could get your husband in trouble and he could retaliate.