Paper Title
Child Status: Comparative Study Between Thai and Cambodian Law

Abstract
Comparative research on the status of children under Thai and Cambodian laws has the objective to study the relationship between parents and children under Thai law in comparison with the law of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It is documentary research which analyzes various laws and regulations as well as related laws from foreign sources. It is found that the determination of legal status of child custody under the law of a male father under Thai and Cambodian law that the law is presumably based on the marriage of parents. However, for children whose mothers have married while and the child was born lesser than 180 days after marriage, according to Cambodian law, there must be evidence that the husband of the woman is aware of that pregnancy, or it is accepted that the child is their own child. For the child who was born after the parents divorced, the law specified the period for being a legitimate child within 300 days from the day the marriage has ended. This is different from Thai law which is presumed to protect children born within 310 days from the date the marriage ended. The relationship status of mother and child under Thai law holds the principle of natural pregnancy, so the child who was born from a woman is a legal child of the mother in all cases. This is different from Cambodian law that if a child was born from unmarried parents, being a legitimate child of a mother shall be certified by such party. Keywords - Child, Legitimate Child, Support.