Her daughter feared going to jail after her parents sued her for breaking a bizarre law

The 31-year-old faced jail after refusing to give her parents the equivalent of £1,400 to help them open a business in Thailand and they decided to sue her

The woman is seeking legal advice after her parents sued for breaking Thailand's strange law (

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A distressed girl feared going to jail when her parents sued her for breaking a strange law.

The unidentified 31-year-old woman claimed her mother and father were furious when she refused to give them 60,000 baht, worth £1,400, to open a business in their home village in northeast Thailand.

She currently lives in Bangkok with her husband, but despite the distance, she said the old couple regularly urge her to send money for their needs.

Now she has pleaded for legal advice in a public forum about her situation after parents filed a lawsuit for breaking a strange Thai law.

It states that children are required to financially support their parents in the country.

The woman is still looking for a lawyer to defend her against Thailand's ambiguous provision of Civil Law Article 1563 which states: "Children shall maintain their parents."

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The woman lives in Bangkok but still faces financial pressure from her parents in northeast Thailand (

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He adds that children are obligated to take care of their parents, but this should only be the case when the parents are old, sick and unable to be self-sufficient.

If found guilty, the girl faces jail time and a fine.

Writing in her post, she said, "After I was born, they left me with my grandparents.

"They never sent alimony, but now they're suing me. I don't know who else to consult."

She added that the couple never had anything to do with her growing up, but when she found a well-paying job, the parents suddenly wanted to be...