Divorce Lawyer for Foreigners in Bangkok — Thai-Foreign Marriages, Cross-Border Property, Custody
Divorces between a Thai national and a foreign spouse — or between two foreign nationals who married in Thailand — engage two legal systems at once. We help untangle them: which country has jurisdiction, where the divorce should be registered, how Thai matrimonial property is divided, what happens to overseas pensions and real estate, and whether a Thai decree will be recognised in your home country. Many engagements never see a courtroom because we settle by mutual-consent registration at the amphur; for contested matters, the Juvenile and Family Court is where the case is heard.
Scope of divorce lawyer for foreigners work in Bangkok
- Uncontested (mutual-consent) divorce registered at the district office
- Contested divorce filed at the Juvenile and Family Court
- Division of matrimonial property — Thai-titled real estate, vehicles, business interests
- Cross-border asset coordination — UK pensions, US 401(k)/IRA, EU property, Singapore/HK accounts
- Child custody, support, and access — including international relocation consent
- Recognition and enforcement of Thai decrees in your home jurisdiction (via local counsel)
- Pre- and post-divorce visa adjustments (Non-O dependent visa, marriage extension)
Process
- 1Initial consultation — review marriage location, residence, asset map, children
- 2Negotiation with the other spouse and their counsel (often resolves the case)
- 3If consent reached: prepare bilingual settlement deed and register at the amphur
- 4If contested: file petition at the Juvenile and Family Court with grounds and evidence
- 5Post-decree: register decree with foreign embassy, adjust visa status, enforce support
Documents to prepare
- •Thai marriage certificate (or foreign marriage certificate + Thai registration if married abroad)
- •Passport and Thai ID (for Thai spouse)
- •Both spouses' birth certificates of children (if any)
- •Title deeds, vehicle registration, bank statements — for property division
- •Evidence of grounds (for contested divorce only) — photographs, communications, witness statements
About our team in Bangkok
Service for Bangkok and its metropolitan area — Thailand's capital and its financial and industrial hub. We have a Bangkok branch office in Lat Phrao and appear at the Civil, Criminal, Central Labor, Central Tax, and Central IP & International Trade Courts. We cover factories and operators across Bangkok-area industrial estates such as Lat Krabang, Bang Chan, Gemopolis, Nava Nakorn, Bang Kadi, Bangpoo, and Bang Phli — labor and wrongful-termination cases, import-export customs, BOI investment, and commercial-contract advisory.
We specialize in Bangkok's specialized courts — IP, Central Tax, Central Labor, and Central Administrative — plus M&A, foreign investment, and advisory work for factories in industrial estates: labor and termination disputes, factory and environmental compliance, customs procedures, and BOI privileges. We keep a Bangkok branch office in Lat Phrao and our partners travel to Bangkok regularly, serving clients at lower cost than a downtown-capital firm.
Courts we appear at in Bangkok
- •Bangkok South Civil Court
- •Civil Court
- •Criminal Court
- •Central Labor Court
- •Central Tax Court
- •Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court
Bangkok and metro (Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan), including the Lat Krabang, Bang Chan, Gemopolis, Nava Nakorn, Bang Kadi, Bangpoo, and Bang Phli industrial estates
Past matters in Bangkok
- International IP case at CIPIT Court
Contact our Bangkok attorneys
We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.
Frequently asked questions — divorce lawyer for foreigners in Bangkok
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