Hi,

Here’s a curly one. Two kids born in Australia out of wedlock. Father Australian, mother Thai. We came to Thailand for a holiday but the relationship collapsed and now the mother will not return to Australia or allow me any parental rights other than visiting the children in her village near Cambodia (Chanthaburi province). 

 

The children are 3 year old twins and they have both been hospitalized several times in the 2 years we have been here. The village they live in is not healthy with daily smoke pollution and road dust covering everything. They regularly get sinus and lung infections combined with severe asthma. Their diet is also lacking in essential nutrients. 

 

How is does a father in my position protect his children? Ideally I want to take them back to Australia. I am identified on their Australian and Thai birth certificates and I have been legitimized as the father in Thai law. The kids have Australian and Thai passports. 

 

All advice will be much appreciated. 

 

Cheers!

Courts in both countries will always favour the mother unless it can be proven otherwise, she's giving you access so to take it further your up for a costly fight.

 

Try and change your view, be as helpful as you can in raising them and in time you may find the children may request to live with you good sense might prevail as its obvious you could provide a better future then there mum..

 

Pay up and just keep it modest and hope for a better outcome, you could launch a costly legal battle that will sour everyone with no guarantee of success so better to live with what you got.