TigerandDog

If there had been a Thai will then she would go to the Family Court for Probate, but as there was NO will of any description that is not applicable. The process I described in my original post is the correct protocol if there is no Thai will

Probate was done in his home country after it was ascertained there was no will for his estate, Thai or otherwise.

Incomplete reporting. Last night on the tv news when he was being interviewed by the police ( thai wife translated the interview for me ) he said that she dared him to kill her after he had told her to stop ridiculing him, so he did.

To my surprise where I am the opposite has occurred. Outside our district hospital there is a pedestrian crossing that was virtually impossible to cross. Buses, cars and bikes just kept on going regardless. Now as soon as it looks like there's 2 or more people wanting to cross the road, using the crossing, everybody stops and gives way to them.

I've done the research for you.. “Farang”, the Thai word to describe white foreigners. It also means bird-droppings Farang'), also used in Lao, is slang commonly used as an insult to a person of white race, equivalent to white trash, as khi means feces and nok means bird, referring to the white color of bird-droppings - copied from Google The Thai name “falang” is the Thai word for guavas. The name gives away the fact that guavas are not native to Thailand. - also copied from Google.

you're the one that's misinformed. Go and do some research and then come back with an apology

do you actually know what a falang is? A Falang is the Thai word for the fruit we know as Guava. A farang ( spelt with an R not an L ) is Thai for a white skinned foreigner. So please at the very least know what we are and cease calling yourself and other white foreigners Guava.

another way to get rid of these pests is to tell them your busy right now and can't talk, but if they give you their number you'll call them back, and just to make your point you call them between 1.00 a.m.- 2.00 a.m. when you're out late and had a few too many to drink. works a treat.

"That was the case but most parks don't accept the pink ID card or any other ID card anymore for foreigners." They do where I am, and I've only ever been told once that they don't accept it. As I've said previously in other replies, if they try to tell you the pink ID card is not accepted, insist on the manager being called (even better if your Thai wife/partner does this), they'll usually back down as they don't want to get in trouble. Ticket sellers that refuse to accept are usually running their own little scam. Charge foreigner price, but record the sale as Thai price so they can pocket the difference. Had that experience once in Chonburi. Wife insisted on calling the manager, ticket seller refused to do so, so wife kept insisting, eventually manager was called. So instead of being happy to pay the Thai price, we insisted on over 60 price of 0 baht. Wife received an apology email from manager the next day. Turned out the ticket seller had been scamming as previously mentioned.

If wife's name is on the chanote then you have nothing to worry about.

same as I said in another reply, that's when you have your Thai wife/partner insist on management being called to resolve. In my experience they've backed down every time rather than have the manager come to the ticketing office.

I've been there, showed my pink ID card and got in for free.

did you show them the pink ID card, which would also show that you are older than 60. Regardless of dual pricing, the 60 and over rule applies to both Thais AND long term residents if they can show proof, viz pink ID card. If person at ticketing office refuses to accept that then you have them call management and rectify the issue. I've encountered this a few times, but as soon as my Thai wife tells them to call management they back down and let me in for free.

If your wife is Thai and there is no Thai will, the only way I'm aware of that she will automatically get the condo is if ownership is in both your names or only in hers.

"by law she's entitled to half by marriage anyway". Not correct if you are a foreigner and your wife is Thai. If there is NO Thai will naming your Thai wife/girlfriend as beneficiary of your Thai estate Thai inheritance laws are not applicable. Please read comments in the previous numerous posts on this topic, especially the ones where Thai widows have received nothing because there was no Thai will.

only 99.8% accurate. If you have a pink ID card you pay Thai prices, if aged 60 or over entry is free. That's been my experience over the 8 years I've lived here.

Not likely, as the Thai tradition is no water splashing after sunset.

They'll never eradicate drunk driving here, and here's one of the main reasons why. We had our house warming party on Tuesday, and one of our guests, who we new was a police officer, turned up in uniform and already intoxicated. He consumed 2 bottles of whiskey, on his own, and when he left the party hopped into his marked police car, and drove away. There was no way he was in any condition to drive, but when the cops drink and drive the public are going to follow their example, the same as they do with speeding and general disregard for the road rules.

The biggest rip off is the ticket prices that were actually charged, viz. 5000, 7000, 12000, and 25000 baht. In an online chat I had with Liverpool F C last week, their records show the ticket prices as being 1/2 those prices, viz. 2500, 3500, 6000 & 12000 baht. Never mind the scamming scalpers, someone needs to go after the scamming promoter as he's not only ripped off the fans but both football clubs as well.

same horse different jockey

go back and read what I wrote. #1. i said a Thai will makes provision for a. Last will and testament, b. funeral arrangements & c. A living will. I NEVER said it required a living will. #2. Again you have misread what I wrote. I said a Thai will needs to be in the Thai format, firstly in your native language AND translated to Thai & witnessed, not as you have misinterpreted and subsequently misrepresented in your reply.

as I said, you can believe that if you wish, but reality is that you're not even close to the mark, especially as I know the US Embassy won't do as you believe because 1 of my deceased friends was american.

Like many others you don't understand the reason behind the necessity for a Thai format will, both in your native language & a certified translation to Thai. When a long term farang passes in Thailand and their embassy is notified of the passing, one of the first questions asked by the embassy is if there is a Thai will in the accepted Thai format, viz native language and Thai. If that answer is yes, then the embassy only notifies the relevant govt depts in the home country of the deceased expat. If the answer is no, then not only does the embassy notify the relevant home country govt depts, but they also advise those depts to ascertain if there are any living relatives in the home country or elsewhere in the world. If there are, then they become the beneficiaries of the estate, if there are not, then and only then, if there is a Thai wife/girlfriend then she will be the beneficiary of the estate. A Thai will includes the following, Last will and testament, provision for funeral arrangements AND a living will. Everything you have mentioned in your comment is invalid under those circumstances and most definitely not accepted by embassies or Thai officialdom. As I have stated previously, I know this first hand as 2 of my friends that passed in the last 18 months had wills in which their now Thai widows were listed as the beneficiaries, and untranslated, in the format of their home countries. Neither will was accepted by the Thai authorities of their respective embassies. The proceeds of their estates went to living relatives in their home countries, NOT their Thai widows. You can continue to believe what you have written, but I can assure you that when the time comes if that is all you have prepared as your will, if you name a Thai wife or girlfriend as the beneficiary of your Thai estate and you have living relatives in your home country, then your Thai beneficiaries will suffer the same consequences as the widows of my 2 departed friends.

exactly, and the will must be witnessed. However, let the individual who thinks he knows better, and who is incapable of reading and comprehending basic english do as he wishes. His wife will eventually find out that the piece of paper that he thinks is a legitimate will is just a worthless piece of paper, and that she'll inherit nothing if he has living relatives in his home country.

I never said I heard from a friend of a friend, that's you being incapable of reading and comprehending plain english. I said 2 of MY friends wives missed out on their inheritance because they did not have a Thai format last will and testament in their native language and translated to Thai, and duly witnessed. Their living relatives in their home country inherited their estates. Those are FACTS not HEARSAY. You can go on believing you're correct, but it will be your wife that suffers and gets nothing after you have passed if you only have the worthless piece of paper you're calling a will.