12DrinkMore Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Here's another bit of Thai property rights laws that you may not have come across. Under Thai law, parents have the right to reclaim ownership of any real estate property that they have gifted to their descendant or descendants. This is done by filing a petition with the court and obtaining a court order to undo the transaction at the Land Office. Maybe paying some token amount would prevent this possibility. (Taken from Stickman today. Hope he does not mind, but I think this deserves to be spread a bit more widely among the foreigners. Over the years I have known a fair number of foreigners building their dream mansions on land gifted by the GF's parents. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krisb Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'd bulldoze the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 I'd bulldoze the house. You would not have legal access to the land, so that action would result in a few more complications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick1968 Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 if they take the land what will happen to the house ?? without bulldoze the house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted May 31, 2015 Author Share Posted May 31, 2015 if they take the land what will happen to the house ?? without bulldoze the house The non-emotional answer is that the house stays on the land and you walk away, realising that Thailand is not the place to invest money unless you fully understand all the issues. Emotional responses are many and varied........ and could end up with you in the monkey house. Walk away. Destroying the house is really just more money gone and an asset destroyed, making the world a poorer place. The reality is that Thailand exposes the the rawness of human interaction, which in the west is mediated by legal and moral processes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beetlejuice Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 if they take the land what will happen to the house ?? without bulldoze the house The non-emotional answer is that the house stays on the land and you walk away, realising that Thailand is not the place to invest money unless you fully understand all the issues. Emotional responses are many and varied........ and could end up with you in the monkey house. Walk away. Destroying the house is really just more money gone and an asset destroyed, making the world a poorer place. The reality is that Thailand exposes the the rawness of human interaction, which in the west is mediated by legal and moral processes. The reality is that in Thailand farangs have very little or no jurisdiction over land or real estate they invest in here. Also to keep in mind that farangs have virtually no statutory rights in Thailand. Farangs who ply their money into projects on trust and on informal agreements do so at their own risk and discretion. That’s the reality. This is nothing new and common knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon43 Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 You would not have legal access to the land, so that action would result in a few more complications. [/quote] Inform the US army that there is a bunch of ISIS bosses hiding in the house ==> no need to cross the land to destroy the house. Perhaps wait until the scheming parents-in-law are actually living in the house before advising the troops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhhh ohhh Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Buy a condo, PROBLEM SOLVED!!! If it's a lasting relationship leave for your GF upon your death. Then she can sell it and buy whatever she wants!!! Parents are OUT of the equation!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noise Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Under Thai law, parents have the right to reclaim ownership of any real estate property that they have gifted to their descendant or descendants. This is done by filing a petition with the court and obtaining a court order to undo the transaction at the Land Office. Before being scared of this happening, one should remember that civil cases like this can take a year or more in civil court if contested. If not contested, then the child just signs the chanot back over to his/her parents; done, finished. But if contested, then the parent(s) have to think about whether or not they want to spend the time, effort, and lawyer fees. The issue needs to be put into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuestHouse Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Under Thai law, parents have the right to reclaim ownership of any real estate property that they have gifted to their descendant or descendants. This is done by filing a petition with the court and obtaining a court order to undo the transaction at the Land Office. Before being scared of this happening, one should remember that civil cases like this can take a year or more in civil court if contested. If not contested, then the child just signs the chanot back over to his/her parents; done, finished. But if contested, then the parent(s) have to think about whether or not they want to spend the time, effort, and lawyer fees. The issue needs to be put into perspective. This year of litigation would be a year of you battling your girlfriend's/wife's parents, placing her in a position of choosing loyalties - I'd advise forgoing the delights of home cooking and eating out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 As this appears to contain content from Stickman site with no supporting link, this is in violation of fair use policy. Please understand Thai Visa is not employed as a tool to obtain information for Stickman nor do we use material from his web site. This is now closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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