Getting divorced in Thailand.

[madler]

Hi everyone, looking for advise. I am at present married to a Thai female for the last fifteen years. We have kids together but the marriage is over. We are still friends and not fighting with each other. I have a house in Thailand that I built on her fathers land 10 years ago. My Thai father and mother in law are great people and have never wanted anything from me. My question is how do I protect my investment in the event we may get divorced in the future.  

[VinnieK]

Good luck with that.

Move on.

Btw...how do you know the land belongs to the family?

Maybe they borrowed it from another family member (even a neighbor ????), so that you can build a house.

Lying is the national sport here.

 

Edited March 27, 2023 by VinnieK

[stoner]

consider the house a gift. 

[madler]

The land ownership is not in question here, I want to hear from people who have had experience with the law when it comes to divorce. I have lived and worked in Thailand for many years. If you haven't any experience in this area keep your comments to yourself. 

[OneMoreFarang]

39 minutes ago, madler said:

I have a house in Thailand that I built on her fathers land 10 years ago.

 

8 minutes ago, madler said:

The land ownership is not in question here,

I think you know why you didn't write: I own a house in Thailand.

Maybe you built it, maybe you paid for it, but legally you don't own it if you are no Thai citizen.

Good luck! You need it.

 

[stoner]

14 minutes ago, madler said:

The land ownership is not in question here, I want to hear from people who have had experience with the law when it comes to divorce. I have lived and worked in Thailand for many years. If you haven't any experience in this area keep your comments to yourself. 

living and working so many years here in thailand yet you come on and make a thread about this. 

 

it is not your house nor an investment. it was a choice you made knowing full well what the possibilities were. live with the consequences. 

[madler]

Daughter is a thai citizen, she can have it. 

[DILLIGAD]

4 minutes ago, madler said:

Daughter is a thai citizen, she can have it. 

Good idea. I have been through what you and others here mention.

In my case, it turned out the land was security (decades ago) for illegal loan sharks of a 'certain' nationality. No kids, so I decided to walk away and start my life again in a different area. I stripped the house, leaving one bedroom set only and have never returned as half of the village are all interbred family.

Was a hard pill to swallow for me but I got over it!!! 

[OneMoreFarang]

11 minutes ago, DILLIGAD said:

illegal loan sharks of a 'certain' nationality

Are there also legal loan sharks?

And are loan sharks of a 'certain' nationality worse than just loan sharks?

[madler]

Sorry to hear that DILLIGAD I am aware that alot of expat get burned in the land of smiles, but fortunately for me my inlaws are good people and have done well for themselves and are not interested in ripping me or their granddaughter off.   

[sandyf]

1 hour ago, madler said:

My question is how do I protect my investment in the event we may get divorced in the future. 

Bottom line is you do not really have an investment to protect. You are not going to win on this and will end up walking in the footsteps of others who have tried.

You say there is no bad blood at the moment, best to keep it that way.

I have been in my house 13 years so it does not owe me anything, friend of mine never even lived in his before the divorce proceedings started.

[ezzra]

27 minutes ago, madler said:

Sorry to hear that DILLIGAD I am aware that alot of expat get burned in the land of smiles, but fortunately for me my inlaws are good people and have done well for themselves and are not interested in ripping me or their granddaughter off.   

So if you in-laws are such good people i believe you, sit down and work out what would be a fair amount of money to compensate you for your Invesment and to see you walking away happy, well, sort of, so you can start/continue life elsewhere,

[Celsius]

Your in-laws are great people and so is your wife.

 

Why make a silly thread then?

[madler]

Silly tread to you. Life can change quickly.

[patman30]

2 hours ago, madler said:

how do I protect my investment

what investment?
you built the family a house on the family land.

[Celsius]

Someone already gave you an answer and then you started mocking him and I don't know... bragging about your soon to be ex-wife and in-laws? 

 

If your in-laws were so great they would have built their own house on their land and gifted it to the married couple. That's my ex-wife's parents did and so do a lot of other families that are supposedly "well off" and don't want to take the advantage of Farang mug.

 

As others have said.... you have no investment.

 

 

 

Edited March 27, 2023 by Celsius

[BritManToo]

1 hour ago, madler said:

Sorry to hear that DILLIGAD I am aware that alot of expat get burned in the land of smiles, 

 

If your inlaws were so great you wouldn't be worried about your 'investment' in Thailand.

You're next, and you know it!

 

Not that a house in her village has any resale value!

Edited March 27, 2023 by BritManToo

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, VinnieK said:

Lying is the national sport here.

As it is for some AN members.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, stoner said:

it is not your house nor an investment.

It could well be his house, it's land that foreigners are restricted from owning, not houses.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, madler said:

The land ownership is not in question here, I want to hear from people who have had experience with the law when it comes to divorce. I have lived and worked in Thailand for many years. If you haven't any experience in this area keep your comments to yourself. 

Sorry, but you're wasting your time here, I'm afraid, you'll get nothing but sniping comments on precisely the subjects that you asked not to be commented on by people who can't read properly.  Your own internet research would be more fruitful as would a conversation with a lawyer.

[stoner]

14 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It could well be his house, it's land that foreigners are restricted from owning, not houses.

let's revisit how much it's his house after the divorce. 

Edited March 27, 2023 by stoner

[petermik]

Never spend any money here that you cannot afford to walk away from.....

I too built a house on my GF,s land 8 years ago...we are still together but I know that if we do ever part company the house is hers.....

[transam]

5 hours ago, VinnieK said:

Good luck with that.

Move on.

Btw...how do you know the land belongs to the family?

Maybe they borrowed it from another family member (even a neighbor ????), so that you can build a house.

Lying is the national sport here.

 

Oh, a burnt member...........????

[madler]

BTW, the house is mine and I have the Yellow ownership documents to prove that. What needs to happen is the land that it sit on need to be put into my kids name. Then I will have control over it as a manager or caretaker. I can sell it if I want, but I will keep it. And for the one that said it will be be worthless, you have no idea what your talking about.

[transam]

1 minute ago, madler said:

BTW, the house is mine and I have the Yellow ownership documents to prove that. What needs to happen is the land that it sit on need to be put into my kids name. Then I will have control over it as a manager or caretaker. I can sell it if I want, but I will keep it. And for the one that said it will be be worthless, you have no idea what your talking about.

What yellow ownership document....

 

4 hours ago, madler said:

Daughter is a thai citizen, she can have it. 

But you control nothing, it is not your land...........????

[Bangkokhatter]

If you have been here long enough you should know any assets obtained during marriage is officially split 50/50, reality of this happening is not always the case.

 

However it is unclear what you actually want ? You mention you have a Thai daughter and wish to put the property in her name which is entirely possible if your wife (or in-laws) agree, but will be of no monetary value to you.

 

If you do this then the house cannot be sold until your daughter is 21 i believe, unless you go through the court process.

 

Sorry, just saw you mention to put the land in your daughters name, you would still have a problem selling it, who do you think would buy it ?

Edited March 27, 2023 by Bangkokhatter

[madler]

It will be my daughters name, she has thai citizenship. 

[terryq]

10 minutes ago, madler said:

BTW, the house is mine and I have the Yellow ownership documents to prove that. What needs to happen is the land that it sit on need to be put into my kids name. Then I will have control over it as a manager or caretaker. I can sell it if I want, but I will keep it. And for the one that said it will be be worthless, you have no idea what your talking about.

1, Yellow book has nothing to do with 'ownership'

 

2 Land in a minors name cannot be sold without a court order which is very difficult to get.

 

 

 

[transam]

1 minute ago, madler said:

It will be my daughters name, she has thai citizenship. 

Thai can't own a property until 21 y.o.

The land has nothing to do with you, and I doubt the 'family' will want you controlling any Thai assets....

[transam]

48 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

It could well be his house, it's land that foreigners are restricted from owning, not houses.

He could be told to take the house away..................????