Solicitor to assist us with a Will in Buriram. Pls recommend a solicitor

[JessieDog]

Hi all

 

My daughters mum my ex wife died.

 

We live in in uk my ex wife lived her last years in Thailand.

 

Sadly ex died at 44 and has no will.

 

The family are trying to avoid the laws around children getting 50% of the estate.

 

They state there is no will and that we believe it’s going to be split between her parents and siblings. 
 

The family are generally nice but very different when it come to finances. 

 

please suggest a good local solicitor that can act for us to make my daughters rightful claim.

 

 

 

 

[sikishrory]

issan lawyer

[Mike Lister]

If there was no will, the laws of inheritance will apply which are very clear, you may wish to review them.  

 

Succession under Thai Inheritance Laws
The chapter 'statutory right of inheritance' contains the laws of descent and distribution of the estate when there is no last will and testament made by the decedent. Pursuant to section 1629 of the civil code there are 6 classes of statutory heirs in Thailand and they are entitled to inherit in the following chronological order:

 

descendants 
parents
brothers and sisters of full blood
brothers and sisters of half blood
grandparents
uncles and aunts
The surviving spouse of the deceased is a statutory heir in accordance with a special provision in the civil code, section 1635.

 

https://www.thailandlawonline.com/thai-family-and-marriage-law/legal-aspects-of-a-last-will-and-testament-in-thailand#:~:text=Succession under Thai Inheritance Laws&text=Pursuant to section 1629 of,and sisters of full blood

 

As far as a lawyer is concerned, you should look at the different embassy web sites since they usually contain list of lawyers around the country that are recommended by the embassies, it should help taking some of the guess work out of it.

[Mike Lister]

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[JessieDog]

On 2/19/2024 at 7:03 AM, Mike Lister said:

If there was no will, the laws of inheritance will apply which are very clear, you may wish to review them.  

 

Succession under Thai Inheritance Laws
The chapter 'statutory right of inheritance' contains the laws of descent and distribution of the estate when there is no last will and testament made by the decedent. Pursuant to section 1629 of the civil code there are 6 classes of statutory heirs in Thailand and they are entitled to inherit in the following chronological order:

 

descendants 
parents
brothers and sisters of full blood
brothers and sisters of half blood
grandparents
uncles and aunts
The surviving spouse of the deceased is a statutory heir in accordance with a special provision in the civil code, section 1635.

 

https://www.thailandlawonline.com/thai-family-and-marriage-law/legal-aspects-of-a-last-will-and-testament-in-thailand#:~:text=Succession under Thai Inheritance Laws&text=Pursuant to section 1629 of,and sisters of full blood

 

As far as a lawyer is concerned, you should look at the different embassy web sites since they usually contain list of lawyers around the country that are recommended by the embassies, it should help taking some of the guess work out of it.

Hi Mike

 

Thank you for that

 

As my daughter was her only child and I am the divorcee ex partner does her whole estate go to her daughter ?

 

cheers

 

Si 

 

 

[Mike Lister]

1 hour ago, JessieDog said:

Hi Mike

 

Thank you for that

 

As my daughter was her only child and I am the divorcee ex partner does her whole estate go to her daughter ?

 

cheers

 

Si 

 

 

I am not certain if the entire estate will go to the daughter or whether she shares in the distribution, perhaps others know and will post?