Child and youth civil and/or criminal offenders are judged by the Juvenile and Family Court in Thailand, and do not undergo the same process as an adult, according to the Office of Justice Affairs.

A woman claiming to be the common-law wife of famous Muay Thai boxer Sombat “Buakaw” Banchamek, filed a lawsuit at the Central Juvenile and Family Court on Thursday demanding that the boxer acknowledge his five-year-old daughter and provide support.