I'm considering buying a house. I feel a lifetime Usufruct protects my interest best, if I buy a house owned by a company can I have a legally enforcable Usufruct with the company. I'm happy for my Thai wife or mother in law to get the house when I die so I'm happy for them to own the company. How would this work?

I also have a 3 year old Thai son so I'd be even more happy if he could be included somewhere. Possibly instead of the wife or mother in law

Ok, purchase property in your Thai sons name. Get court approval beforehand to include lifetime usufruct in the deal. Better than the company route you propose.

^You can't do that, foreigners are not allowed to provide the funding for land purchasers including your wife..So how's a 3 year old going to demonstrate having the money prior to purchase? It's suspicious enough if it's his wife or other family member.

^You can't do that, foreigners are not allowed to provide the funding for land purchasers including your wife..So how's a 3 year old going to demonstrate having the money prior to purchase? It's suspicious enough if it's his wife or other family member.

You certainly can give a gift to a son or daughter. Many posters report successfully putting property into their children's name. The son/daughter is in no way acting as a nominee of the foreigner, the property is under court supervision.

Based just on the info you have provided I would agree with Interested Observer. The issue of putting property in a child's name has been dealt with in quite a number of earlier threads.

The issue of getting further protection by way of a usufruct in this situation was addressed in this recent thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Land-hose-Ch...ct-t357192.html