Under the Civil and Commercial Code of Thailand (CCCT), a person exercising parental power has the right to: determine the child’s place of residence; discipline the child reasonably; demand the return of the child from someone else, including another parent who does not have custody rights and unlawfully detains the child; manage the property of the child with the restriction that selling, mortgaging, and exchange the property of the minor child must obtain the approval of the court.