Hi all,

The relationship between my son and his Thai partner has broken down, and he is wondering if he would be permitted by the Thai authorities to bring their two year old child to live in the UK.

Are there any forums dealing with this issue or any users of this forum able to advise?

You need to provide a lot more information, the nationality of your son, the nationality of his son,, what does the child’s mother think about his plans?

Moved to the Family and Children forum.

Is he named on the birth certificate as the father?

Will the mother give her permission for him to take the child out of Thailand to live?

There are 2 things to consider:

1) Either of the legitimized parents has the right to veto that a child with Thai nationality leaves the country and court will support it. This applies both to the Thai and the foreign parent.

2)  Has the father leigitimized the child or (at any time) married the mother. The father has no legal rights or obligations without legitimization and the mother doesn't even have to ask the father if not.

 

Everything boils down to if both the parents support it or not. It's not going to happen otherwise.

Not sure if the OP is even reading this, but without further information on he legal status of the child, it's impossible to give advise.

 

On a related topic, which actually be relevant here,  dependent on if we hear any more info.

 

My wife wanted to adopt her 2 year old grandson (child of son from previous marriage) and bring him to the US.

 

Even if both parents agree, the adopter needs to have been resident in Thailand for the previous two years at the time of application.