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I suspect 'shared account' actually means 'Joint Savings account, either party can sign'. If that's true then surely either party can legally 'drain' the account. I somehow doubt account holders can expect the bank to be aware of what funds were in the account before marriage and expect the bank to monitor such funds. Further, if the 2 parties started a Joint Savings Account, either party can sign before marriage then surely the 'either party can sign' aspect starts on the day the account was started and date of marriage / funds in the account beforr marriage is beside the point. (NOTE: 'Joint Savings account, either party can sign' can be husband and wife, brothers, sisters, father and son etc., bf and gf, and can be friends/business partners not related in any way.)

You mean he can't claim a refund if the product doesn't perform to expectations? That's not fair.

And, just wondering if his 800Baht a day idea is nothing more than vote buying?

But I wasn't talking to anybody, just texting.

Maybe true but also true that many Thais believe they know the law but in fact their 'version' is not correct. Had this many times in the loud know-all relatives of my Thai son's wife. E.g. 1: When my son got married his wife's demanding/loud elder brother tried to inist that my son go with him imediatelt to the local Land Titles Office to transfer the house and and my son had fully owned (chanut in son's name) for some 5 years before they married. Sons wife's brother was loudly insistant that on marriage, by law, the land and house must be transferred to the wife's name. E.g. 2: Sons loud mid-aged lady boy brother in law was discovered making a list of the names, Thai ID numbers, DOB, address etc., of son's wife's father/mother/siblings and all their kids. When asked why he was making this list he explained that it's Thai law that when any Thai person marries and there's a farang in the other family, then the farang must instantly and forever pay all the people related (all on his list) a monthly salary until their death of 50,000Baht. (On many occasions lady boy BIL <never been outside of Thailand, can't read English, Pathom 3 education> had spoken about wealthy farang and was adamant that all farang are rich because all folks who come from farang countries (all ages) get a massive salary every month direct from their government even if they already have a high work salary. He also claimed he had called the Australian embassy about this and they confirmed it's true and it extends to all relatives and in-laws, and the monthly amount is roughly 50,000Bah a month.)

Sadly, there's very little mention, in this thread, for the welfare and hopefully already the development of a much better future of the children who have been so shockingly hurt. I just hope they are now secure and seeing / experiencing lots of love, attention and support with adults who take the time to listen to them.

Well yes and no. Many times I requested professional experts from abroad to join projects here in LOS on a short term basis. I told my Admin. staff in Bkk to book the visitor into one of the excellent 4 star or 5 star hotels we had contracts with and pay for it direct to the hotel. And to bookhotel car to be on stand by with a sign at the arrivals point. Now comes the 'yes and no'. Several times our guests arrived, bookin into the hotel and called me. I always automatically asked if everything was OK. In terms of the hotel mostly YES, but some incidents of extra games, several times my guests from abroad can't find the hotel taxi. Discovered in the coffee shop or guest goes to desk and ends up with an AOT taxi.

Same comment applies to all races/countries.

FROM ABOVE: "Imagining being stuck in traffic for an hour and then you have to stop at all zebra crossings." Sure, possible, however pedestrians must still have rights, and further there can't be any situation where because of bad traffic suddenly the laws re stopping at zebra crossings change/cease. That's not workable and wouldn't give solid / guaranteed protection. And who decides when the laws are changed/dropped and for how long etc?

Perhaps she should stop ripping off real estate buyers if she's earning this mch money from property deals.

Employ a personal maid just for laundry and give her/him some polite lessons about different fabrics, how to do it all slowly and with good care. She can afford 200,000 - 300,000Baht for such basic shirts she can afford a dedicated laundry maid.

"... are a law unto themselves." True. Also true they are both ruthless and dangerous.

Thammanat has already <deleted> off prayut big time.

Language requirements? Cooking?

But serious education on these laws needed to achieved first.

"Just because the fees have increased does not mean the public will suddenly pay attention...." Very true, totally true. And the current methods of 'informing' the public don't work, so there is no impact whatever. And until there is a totally different method of educating the public about laws / offences / punishment, nothing will change. The Zebra crossings 'situation' came up for discussion in my uni classes numerous times (all English programs), mostly raised by the European and Singaporeans students in the classes (all adults), who were shocked that cars, buses, motorcycles etc., don't stop. Pretty much every time when this subject came up a Thai student would say 'but why do vehicles need to stop?' With a further response by a few Thais 'because it's the law!' This would get a quick response by the majority of Thais 'No it's not the law, it cannot be the law!' Many times I would then prompt 1 or 2 European students to share the laws re this situation in a couple of Euopean countries, and sometimes a Singaporean. The Thais were shocked at how serious the laws are abroad, no flexibility and the severity of the punishments. In one discussion as per above one of the Thai students said 'why don't you just refuse to stop and take some action to push for cancellation of these laws?' This would prompt many of the Europena students to say 'I agree/I totally agree with these laws. People walking must have chance to cross the road without danger, it's their human right.' During one discussion one of the Thai female students called her uncle, a senior Thai cop, speaks perfect English and she asked her uncle to tell the class, on speakerphone, that there's no such laws in Thailand. Uncle responded (perfect English) 'Not Tue, Thai law is the same, the law says all venicles must stop when pedestrians are on the zebra crossing or it's obvious they are waiting to start to cross, and vehicles cannot move until the pedestrian(s) have reached the other side of the road'.

And nothing to do with the maid who releases the dishwashing water after doing the brekfast dishes.

And nothing to do with the folks who designed the building and it's car park? And nothing to do with the officials who approved the building of the project?

Good idea, if this exists in the US, similar to the Australian Public Trustee.

Good idea. I have to be honest (just my opinion of course) I don't trust lawyers anywhere and in many countries they charge fees which are outrageous, often way beyond the level of effort required.

Given the whole situation, perhaps the OP (with all respect) needs to rethink who / what process he trusts the most and with some thought about ongoing checking. Is there a family member in the US who could be trusted and prepared to do some quick occasional monitoring. In this scenario that person might be hesitant to get involved. Why? If it's discovered there's some 'leakage' of the funds then who does he/she turn to?

Can I humbly suggest you add some words to your above post to clarify 'where'. E.g. FRom above: "Talk to a lawyer and set up a trust....... do you mean in the US and what state or in Thailand? Perhaps in other areas of your post also add some 'where' etc., details... Good luck,

Oh no, not a leaky submarine, easy to fix of course, don't put it in the water.

Not so fast, have to form a commmittee first with a hefty meeting fee for everyboy who attends each committee meeting. Then ...

You need a hobby, like running to Antarctica.