During the year, and at December 2007

During the year, and at December 2007 an interesting article made the news headlines in Thailand pertaining to divorce in Thailand with regards to expats. The Khon Kaen civil court in the period of three months had 142 divorce cases filed. The oddity about the 142 divorces in Thailand was that they had all been from mixed couples. That is Thai women wanting to divorce their western husbands. The Chief Justice of the Family Court pointed out that the time line for the 142 divorce cases had been between the period of 1st July 2007 and the 30th September 2007. Apparently according to the judge, the woman had become disillusioned by their marriages. What those reasons are though is not know. There had been no further statistics provided as to age groupings, financial status or nationalities of those in the divorce proceedings.

Even though it might be a total fluke, it does raise the question of the rise in divorce rates in Thailand overall. Like everything else, people getting married fail to heed the advice from attorneys to not only do a full investigation of their proposed spouse but to also protect their assets with a prenuptial agreement.