Husband not in Thailand - need divorce

[justaphase 487]

A female Thai work colleague of mine is married to a Danish national and wants to divorce him. Due to a virus going around it's not possible for him to visit and do whatever is necessary. What are her option? She tells me he has a new girlfriend and he (says) is willing to come here once the situation allows. Thanks in advance for any help.

[Grumpy one 2,783]

Tell her to hook up with the G/F

Husband is certain to rush back when he hears the good news

[justaphase 487]

Get some new glasses

[ezzra 43,610]

According to lawyer friend the husband must front the divorce court and be present in the divorce proceedings in person...

[Andyfez 597]

You must go together to the amphur for an amicable divorce.

As far as I'm aware, to force a divorce through just one party you must have separated for 3 years.

In case the divorce is disputed, there should be no financial support given during those 3 years or the court could consider the couple 'not separated'.

If he is living in his home country he should be able to divorce you from there? And then you can register the divorce papers at your amphur?

Edited October 26, 2020 by Andyfez

[justaphase 487]

So do you think she can send him the papers and he can sign them, return them and the amphur will accept?

[kingstonkid 2,428]

She needs to talk t

11 minutes ago, justaphase said:

So do you think she can send him the papers and he can sign them, return them and the amphur will accept?

Not sure if you can do that here but I did it in canada ex sent me the notification.

[RichardColeman 26,307]

18 hours ago, justaphase said:

he (says) is willing to come here once the situation allows. Thanks in advance for any help.

OK, advice : wait

[Scott 16,088]

Off-topic, troll posts removed along with replies.  If you cannot be helpful then don't post.  

 

[mrwebb8825 891]

If it's uncontested see if she can mail the papers to him and he sends them back with 2 signed copies of his passport and then video chat him at the amphere's office for extra proof.

[colinneil 74,076]

20 hours ago, ezzra said:

According to lawyer friend the husband must front the divorce court and be present in the divorce proceedings in person...

Nonsense, my ex divorced me 10 years ago, i knew absolutely nothing about it until 9 months later.

 

[BritManToo 44,445]

2 minutes ago, mrwebb8825 said:

If it's uncontested see if she can mail the papers to him and he sends them back with 2 signed copies of his passport and then video chat him at the amphere's office for extra proof.

Impossible.

Amphur head can only grant divorce when he is certain both parties agree to the divorce and the conditions.

Which is why if the Amphur head can't speak English, you need an interpreter for the foreign spouse. 

If you can't both appear in person, it has to be done by the court.

[donnacha 5,402]

2 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Nonsense, my ex divorced me 10 years ago, i knew absolutely nothing about it until 9 months later.

 

It can sometimes be hard to pick up on their subtle signals.

 

[justaphase 487]

Thanks folks for your advice, and a big kick in the sack to the usual <deleted> takers.

[colinneil 74,076]

It is laughable reading some of the posts on this thread form so-called experts, who actually have no idea what they are talking about.

My case, i left Thailand 26th feb 2010, my ex divorced me near the end of march.

So all this about both parties having to agree, both parties being present, having to wait 3 years is  laughable.

Anything can be done here if a person parts with money, anything.

Before any of you start having a go at me saying i am wrong, it was another member on here who told me about being divorced and gave me a copy of the divorce paper.