This court case might be of interest for some broken couples

[khunPer]

The Danish man (left) together with his friend and Thai wife in front of the Buriram Provincial Court on Wednesday 24 June 2020. Photo: Gregers Moller.

 

Danish man wins lawsuit against Thai wife for not sharing assets

 

We have often heard "horror stories" about relationships between a foreigner and a Thai lady, and about spending millions of his baht for assets in her name, ending with her saying that "he could just move out because this was her house, and he could not take the car as it was her car." Some of the stories had a sad ending, but this might be good news for a change...

 

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The Provincial Court in Buriram brokered on Wednesday [June 24th 2020] a deal between a Danish man and his former Thai partner who had denied him any return of the roughly 5 mill. baht, he had invested in a house they had built together and a car, they had bought in her name.

 

The court ruled, that the Thai woman should transfer the car, a Honda CRV bought for 1.7 mill. baht, to the Dane. The woman had initially claimed, that the car was a gift of affection and so was the house and since it was all in her name and they were not married, he had no right to any of her assets.

 

That was not how the judge saw it. According to her, the hearing on Tuesday in the court made it clear that the couple had entered a common law marriage and lived together as husband and wife – although not for very long. He had transferred the funds to her bank account in steps that corresponded to the steps in payment for the car and the building phases of the house...

Please continue with the full story here in ScandAsia "Danish man wins lawsuit against Thai wife for not sharing assets".

[impulse]

While it may be a favorable end in this guy's case, I can imagine thousands of very white sphincters tightening up when they read about Thailand enforcing common law marriages...

 

[ExpatOilWorker]

5.7 million baht and all he has to show for it is a used Honda CRV. Better than nothing I guess.

Interesting that the judge was a female, no sisterly love.

[HauptmannUK]

On 6/24/2020 at 6:42 PM, khunPer said:

"the court made it clear that the couple had entered a common law marriage and lived together as husband and wife – although not for very long."

Now that's a lot more interesting than him getting the car back.  Could be some interesting repercussions in future for the guys living with their girlfriends.