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    Father Died, what to do with his estate

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    Hi All,

     

    OP here,

     

    First of all, thank you to all for the kind words and the advice that has been posted here.  I wasn't sure if people would be able to offer advice, but very please to see people have in their masses.

     

    So I will try and cover a few of the questions that have been asked in the thread.

     

    He had been living on and off in Thailand since maybe 2005, coming back to the UK to spend the required number of days here to qualify for the state pension.  As soon as he was old enough and didn't need to come back to the UK he went and stayed out there, this was around 2014.

     

    I know that he used to do Visa runs, so maybe this means that he wouldn't have had the retirement visa.  I doubt that he had 800,000 bhat in an account, as his only source of income was the state pension and his war pension from his days in the Army (both have been contacted to be stopped), so I don't see him generating that much cash.

     

    With regards to contacting the British Embassy, I did find a web site where you could submit a questions, so sent them a version of my original post, and they replied with links to the official gov websites that did not cover this questions.  I also spoke to the foreign and commonwealth office, who were the ones that contacted the police to tell me, and all they said is that I would need to speak to a lawyer, so again not much help.

     

    While I am not completely sure what has gone on, the funeral director now has a lot of his personal items, things like framed pictures and medals, and his bank books (or at least some of them) and some documents. The landlady is also no longer seeking compensation.  There is no jewellery, and while he certainly used to wear a ring, I have no idea if he still did. He would have also had computer and phone, and these are not on the list I was sent either. So maybe the landlady cleared out the house, took things of value and decided it was a win for her.  I have no idea, but as I don't know of any certain piece of jewellery, and there would be no way to prove anything, we are not going to pursue this. 

     

    Again, many thanks for all the help and advice this board has given.  It has helped what was a pretty daunting process and lot clearer in my mind.

     

     

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    Father Died, what to do with his estate

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    Hi All,
     
    Hope that you will be able to off information or advice for the situation that I have.
     
    My father passed away unexpectedly at the start of this month and had been living in Thailand for a number of years.
     
    We were not close at the end, so I was informed when the foreign and commonwealth here in the UK tracked me down as his next of kin.
     
    We have arranged the funeral and this has all taken place now.
     
    What I would like to know is information about his estate, and how to tidy things up. This is not about money, but making sure everything is correctly closed off.
     
    He would not have had much, so we are talking about his personal items that were in his rented condo, and whatever funds were in bank(s).
     
    I don't know if he had a Thai will, and if he did, I don't know if he had a Thai Girlfriend that may have been left things.
     
    The funeral director has said they were not allowed to remove any personal items from the condo, as the landlord wants to claim for damages. So they have not been able to see if there was a will somewhere in the condo.
     
    I have contacted a number of law firms in Thailand that were listed on the UK government website, and they have all come back with the same, that we would need to spend a lot of money and time to go to court to make me the executor of the estate to then be in a position to close accounts / authorise the sale of his possessions.  Given the amounts that the law firms were quoting all of that would most likely not cover what it would cost to make me the executor.
     
    I have also heard from the law firms that if I do not go through the process of becoming the executor, then the personal items will go to the state.
     
    So the questions.
     
    Do you know if there is any liability passed on to us, his family, to sort out his estate?  We have not agreed or counter signed anything as we were not asked to.
     
    The landlord is wanting to claim for damages, again, would we be liable for them when we haven't agreed to be a guarantor.
     
    Finally, if we do not go forward, and the state take hold of the possession, but find a Thai will, would the instructions of the will come into effect, or would the state just keep everything.
     
    Appreciate that this is a long shot, but as I have not been able to get these answers from anyone else so far I thought I would ask.
     
    Many thanks
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