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Buying a condo as a foreigner without the Thai wife having the right to claim 50% of my belongings

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39 minutes ago, stouricks said:

There was a post last week about a Danish guy and his Thai wife went to court over this sort of thing. The female Thai judged in HIS favour saying that it must go 50/50, and only what had been bought during the marrige.

Out of how many farang vs. Thai cases? What are the odds? Do you really want to play them with 5 mil? Not to mention legal fees if it comes to lawyers. Just stay away from that contingency.

 

 

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  • Stadtler thinks you should exercise more care in your condo purchase than when you purchased your wife.

  • Upnotover
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    Easy, divorce now. Then buy condo.

  • What??!!  Please explain this terrible conundrum....

On 6/26/2020 at 7:14 AM, timendres said:

I believe there is a clause in the law that states that property purchased with one of the partner's own capital, as well as certain gifts, is excluded from the 50/50 rule, but you would need to consult a well-versed legal advisor to be sure you are covered.

Also get advice whether you should just buy the condo directly in your son's name. In Thailand children can own property (land & buildings).

 

This would possibly bring complications, if you decided, before your own is of legal age, to sell you couldn't because you are not the owner and it would take a court order to enable a sale, and such court order is almost impossible to obtain as a protection of the child.

Didn't you read the recent story about the falang who went to court and won 50% of the assets in his common-law wife's name?

  • 1 month later...

If you can prove that you paid for it solely, it will be yours. But you need to prove it in case of divorce. Also, you may ask her to sign waiver of a claim. PM me i can give you details. 

On 6/25/2020 at 2:11 PM, CLS said:

There are many gangster stories out there. Mostly because people don’t fight for their rights.


Assuming you earned the monies for your condo before you got married, you are on the safe side.

Is your wife wealthy? If not, no judge will believe that a farm girl has the funds to buy a condo.

For your son to inherit the condo in full, you should make a will in Thailand.

 

Cheer up. Read this story to learn from a man with b@lls.

https://scandasia.com/danish-man-wins-lawsuit-against-thai-wife-for-not-sharing-assets/

He was unbelievably lucky . How could anyone stupidly put a house and a car in someone else’s name And have no legal recourse ? Pure luck how he got some of his money back . 

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