What are the 'common law' wife rules in Thailand

[Kenneth White]

 

it doesn't matter the law just do the right thing. If an agreement cannot be made between the two of you get some help from a third party arbitrator. 

[hotchilli]

19 hours ago, userabcd said:

The right thing to do would be to split the assets up 50/50.

The right thing usually goes out of the window when people split up.

Name on documents is a safer way to go.

[1FinickyOne]

15 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

You'll find a lot of knowledge here

Thank you so much...

[Seismic]

21 hours ago, Denim said:

I think Thai law , like UK law , does recognize a common law wife/husband if people have lived together for a number of years. As such both parties have rights to any assets shared during relationship.

 

The exact rules for this I do not know but a lawyer would provide details and they are probably available online , mostly in Thai.

 

To say why this is probably so is the fact that in the past many Thai couples only had the village marriage ceremony and did not bother with registering it at the Amper.

 

Naturally enough this often caused issues and the common law wife legislation addresses these.

 

 

The principle of a common law or de facto marriage (whether it concerns a heterosexual or homosexual couple) is NOT recognized under Thai law. Marriage under the Thailand Civil and Commercial Code shall be effected only on registration being made.