filling out a Thai will?

[thai3]

Got the form, downloaded off here sometime ago, it's in Thai of course. My query is does it have to be filled out in Thai or can I do it in English? It just covers money in a Thai Bank with the 2 beneficiaries. Does it have to be lodged with the Amphur to be legal?

[Happy Grumpy]

I did mine in BKK.

Just leaving my Thai condos and bank accounts to my Thai born child.

I did it with a recommended legal team in Silom, Bangkok. Quite affordable.

PM me if you want their details and info.

[thai3]

From what I have seen the cost of having it done by a firm is ridiculously high- around 10k It's just the 800k extension cash always in the bank here.

Edited June 27, 2016 by thai3

[Happy Grumpy]

I was quoted from 4k-30k with different firms.

I went with the one that was recommended by a few of my acquaintances.

It was 6k baht, down to 4k baht due to friends of friends.

If you have children here and are planning to leave them your property and bank accounts here is it worth risking hassle for them over a one time low payment?

If you want, I can contact them and probably get you the 4k price. PM me if you decide to do it.

[thai3]

Ok thanks, that's not bad

[futsukayoi]

If it is just the bank account could just get someone you trust to keep an envelope with your ATM PIN code to hand them after your death. You will have the card until then. Probably not entirely legal but cost free.

[thai3]

Not legal, accounts are frozen upon death and anyone removing money from the account would be committing a crime, not a bad idea though

[DLang]

I believe that Thailand is quite difficult and strict about bank accounts etc. Without a legal Will they are not automatically given to the next of kin. Perhaps not at all.

Anybody with legal knowledge of this can chip in?

[orientalist]

See this page for K-bank's requirements for claiming on the estate of a deceased depositor.

[thai3]

strewth the usual bureaucratic mess, looks like it might be easier to spend as much as poss then have the ATM card available for use than have to go through that run around

[Carib]

Not legal, accounts are frozen upon death and anyone removing money from the account would be committing a crime, not a bad idea though

So who is going to tell your bank you died?

[simple1]

See this page for K-bank's requirements for claiming on the estate of a deceased depositor.

Hi, just read the KBank advisory which states you must have a Court appointed administrator. My understanding is an administrator is not required if you have had a legal Will in Thailand - do you or anyone else have knowledge of this apparent contradiction?

[orientalist]

Just yesterday I read an article by a lawyer which said that you don't need a court order "if nobody contests the will." But in reality I can't see the banks releasing a substantial amount of money without one. In the case of an Amphur-registered will, I assume there is simply an instruction by a government official, and that would be enough for the banks.

What I was told by my lawyer was that in Thailand (after receiving details of the assets) the court sets down exactly what the administrator has to do. So it's perhaps in the estate's interest to have an administrator if the will is complicated or if there is no will.