Ken

My ex Thai wife wants to change her last name back to her maiden name.  We were previously married in USA in 1992,  We also registered the marriage at the local Amphur.  We divorced in 2003 in USA court, she signed the papers here in Thailand and her signature was notoraized by the USA embassy in Bangkok.  The papers were then mailed to me and I proceeded with the divorce in USA.  I have the original divorce decree with the appropriate court stamps.  In 2004 I married another Thai lady and we registered the marriage at the same local Amphur.  I provided the applicable Embassy affadavits (free to marry), and these were translated and certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  The amphur accepted the documents and marriage certificate was issued.

Now the problem.  The local Amphur is not willing to accept just the Affadavit from the embassy with the certification.  They are insisting that I must also have the original divorce decree, translated and "certified".  However the American embassy does not certify any original document, only provides affadavit and notoray sevice.

I have contacted a local law firm and they are saying:

"I could not imagine how crazy it is to certify your document. I checked on the website of Thai consular.


1) You will have to get document to notarize according to the state your document issues


http://www.nass.org/  Homepage > NPA Section Tab > State Websites Tab > choose a state to get the state Notary Public website

2) The secretary of State needs to certified after the notary public signed.


3) US department of State needs to certified document


4) Thai embassy/consulate needs to legalize document


5) Take this document to legalize at the Thai consular office in Bangkok."

This is more than just crazy, it's beyond the absurd to me.  There is no way I'm going to go thru this process just to "help" the ex change her last name.  It does beg a few questions though.  It might appear that I and the ex are still married and now I have another Thai wife also which wouldn't be legal, or so it would seem.

Not sure what to do at this point other than just forget about it.  Let the ex figure out what to do or not do.  Anybody have any experience like this, or have any insight as to what to do?

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Safe mode with networking.  Works ok and opens.
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Any thoughts?

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