He's Aussie, his wife is Thai. There is a step daughter who he legally adopted They live in Queensland. He wants to know what the procedure is if he brings her back to Thailand to divorce. TIA of any information.

Were they married in Thailand? if not they will need to register the marriage first.

Secondly it will depend greatly on if they are both nin agreement to divorce or not. If they are, they both take their wedding certificate and visit an amphur with ID and household registration book and are divorced in half an hour.

It might be wise to consult a lawyer beforehand and have him draw up a legal contract regarding division of any property and who gets custody of the child and how much child maintenance must be paid.

Thai law will only split the property (including debts) acquired during the marriage. There is only child support, but no alimony for th ex-wife. In the agreement you can make other arrangement, wich will be binding. One cannot sign away the right to child support, that is a right the child itself holds.

An Australiancourt can make a different ruling and ignore the Thai ruling if the Thai ruling is found to be contradictive of Oz law or otherwise unfair.

Thanks Mario, I thought it was along those lines.