Reader Submission: “Wanted – Foreign Groom for a Thai Wedding Ceremony”

This story would not be out of place in the section “You experience something in Thailand”. We have just returned to Koh Chang after traveling around northern Tak province for over a week.

Our story begins with a viewing of a house for sale in Mueang Tak. A beautiful western style house [white walls and light gray roof] with many large windows [a little less because of radiant heat] and a lot of land around for a reasonable price.

We told the broker that we also want to speak to a notary/lawyer (lawyer) because as a foreigner I would like to have some protective constructions with the house in case of divorce or death of my Thai partner. Think of things like usufruct [usufruct], right of superficies [right of superficies] or active Thai company [that becomes the owner of the house].

We gave the broker several days to get this done. In the meantime we went to Mae Sot for a viewing. Mae Sot is close to the Burmese border and this is very clear from the people on the street and bilingual texts on signs etc.

Due to the lack of English-speaking lawyers in Tak, we also called a few lawyer companies from Chiang Mai for a quote.

As you will understand, every lawyer we spoke to gave a different solution, with the strongest solution being that of a Thai company with a 49% / 51% share split, to prevent the house from being stolen without my permission can be sold or pledged. This solution is also the most expensive because every company in Thailand is required to prepare an audit report every year, which already costs 25.000 baht per year for an accountant.

After a few days of Mae Sot, we went back to Mueang Tak to meet with the Thai lawyer along with our broker. The meeting place is a wooden house next to a quiet stream shaded by tall trees. This house seems to be the lawyer's office cum datscha. After waiting XNUMX minutes on the porch we heard a moped coming and a small confident woman in casual clothes with a strong hoarse voice greeted us with a wai and asked what she can do for us.

My girlfriend and I started telling our story that we found a nice house in Tak, and the problem is that I am a foreigner, 100% finance the house but can't own the house or land. She understands. She said that in Muang Tak everyone knows everyone and the solution is not that difficult. She came up with this herself and applied it to a 77-year-old New Zealander married to a Thai 30 years her junior.

We tested her solution with a few thought experiments (what-ifs), such as Thai partner goes to bank to mortgage house, goes to Land office to put title deed on someone else's name. As I understand from her answers, the solution is unique, simple but effective with no additional contracts or usufruct constructions, except a will in case of death of Thai partner. The solution lies in an extra link being the police [who prepares a police report/statement of both partners regarding the house] and this report can be consulted online throughout Thailand by the police and is added as an appendix to the title deed.

The lawyer also turns out to be a real collector of houses. Unfortunately all of her houses are rented. We want to move to Tak within a few months in order to be able to follow the progress of the construction of the owner-occupied house. After the conversation we thanked the lawyer and she winked with the message that she is still available on the court market and whether I know a nice friend or acquaintance for her. Finally, my girlfriend and the lawyer exchanged each other's Line addresses.

A few days after the conversation, my girlfriend texted the lawyer how she was doing. She texted back that we have been invited for dinner by a sweet little Thai lady we met at her office. This Thai lady has been married for 30 years to her Dutch husband, whom she has had to miss for a long time due to the Covid blockade, but who will soon retire and will live permanently in Thailand. In addition, the lawyer apped that she has been struggling in recent days to keep male married stalkers away. Apparently, all year round is always hunting season for horny married Thai men to harass an unmarried woman in her early 40s like the lawyer.

That's why she urgently asked my girlfriend for a solution.

Hence this call. This is not a joke but a serious problem for this sweet lawyer! Are you a man, you live in Thailand but not in Mueang Tak and you are willing to travel to Tak for a few days. Goal: stage a Thai wedding ceremony with the lawyer and post photos of this ceremony on her line and facebook page. Of course, you don't have to reveal your identity. Travel, accommodation and expenses are fully reimbursed. Bring your own interpreter, because she doesn't speak a word of English.

Many thanks for your help!

If you want to know more about the protective construction of the Takse lawyer, please let us know in your comments. If there is enough interest I will put this in a separate reader's contribution.