I am legally married in Thailand with legal Thai child. Can I buy land and put it in the child's name. And the child will have full title to land when he is 18? Who is in charge of the title in the meantime. Thank you.

Yes you can. Check this thread out and this one

The legal guardian will be the overseer (probably your missus) but she would need a court order, with the kid's best interests in mind, to sell the land on, which may give you some peace of mind. So basically, it can't be sold until the kid is no longer a minor - at 20 years, or has it now changed to 18 - and then makes up his/her mind what to do with it.

The age is still at 20.

Now how difficult would it be for the Thai missus to find some wiggly reason to get that court order to sell 'in the child's best interests'....in the event of a split/divorce with the foreign hubby?

1. I want to send him/her to a better school - then she doesn't

2. My latest Thai sammi left me too, and I don't have any money to feed junior

3. I want to buy a better place and I need the money from this place - in a better area with better schools. She sells and doesn't buy another place.

etc, etc..

The court will only grant an order if the kid is to be the clear beneficiary of the transaction and any monies would be held in trust. If you were short of money and needed to to provide for the kid - school etc - then I guess they'd grant the order, as an example.

I'm also of the mind it's certainly not watertight but is probably the safest bet of preventing her in doors, or her family, from selling up and nicking the proceeds.