Reader question: What about the land on which my house stands when my father-in-law dies?

Dear,
If father-in-law has good intentions with your wife, father-in-law can sell the land to her for a small amount.

Thai law of inheritance recognizes different groups of heirs in order of succession law;
1 the children
2 the parents
3 brothers, sisters and husband.
Going further is not necessary in this case.
Conclusion; so his new wife comes after him.
You have to hire a good lawyer because there is a lot of cheating with bribery.
AND I speak from experience.

It's not all that difficult and simpler than it seems. However, in such cases, too little information is usually provided to form a good judgment and speculation ensues. But hey, what's it about? Compuding's father-in-law has some land. And he has already pledged that land to his children. But now there's a new angry mother-in-law who might take all the land when father-in-law gives up the ghost in time. And on a piece of land to be inherited, a house has already been built by Compuding. Mother-in-law can therefore ensure that Leiden is in trouble! And that in Thailand.
Well, that's not so. Mother-in-law participates in substitution if she is legally married to father-in-law. A so-called Buddha marriage is not a marriage according to the law, and therefore does not count!!!

Compuding reports that father-in-law has the land in his name. So for the sake of convenience we have to assume that father-in-law owns a chanoot. If so, the father-in-law legally owns the land and the children can inherit it later. If there is no chanoot, there is nothing to inherit. To begin with, Compuding would do well to ask his wife to clarify this. If the father-in-law is not the owner according to Thai Law, then all the land will pass the children's noses and the land will revert to the government, eg the municipality. So inquire!!

But I think there is no chanoot, otherwise the children would have known this long ago, including Compuding's wife and he himself. Plus the kids could show a copy of the chanoot. It is therefore quite possible that the father-in-law never bought the land himself, but inherited it himself through one of the dozens of other regulations that are customary in the countryside. But Compuding doesn't say whether the land is indeed in the countryside, so I'll just assume it for the sake of convenience. Father-in-law could then own land on the basis of a so-called Norsorsaam, proof of ownership of (agricultural) land outside urban and built-up areas. In that case too, children can simply inherit. If not: see above! Compuding can also check this with his wife, and this with his father-in-law, and don't fuss too much with lawyers, land office, etc., because that causes bad blood. Farang right? So he shouldn't make a claim on Thai soil anyway, let alone have it!

Then: father-in-law has remarried. The question now is whether father-in-law is legally married. If this is the case, the new wife participates in the inheritance of the land after her husband's death. It doesn't matter what her character is like. Not even if father-in-law would grant her all the land. The children can have this declared null and void. They must know how to do that, but that is a concern for later! A legally married person receives a child's portion.

Compuding says nothing about the number of children, but suppose father-in-law has 5 children. Compuding can count on 1/5 piece of land after the death of father-in-law. However, if the father-in-law is legally married for the sake of convenience, then the division will be: each child plus wife is 1/6 of the land.

In summary: only 1/6 of the land if there is a legal marriage between father-in-law and son-in-law. Otherwise it remains 1/5. And no inheritance if father-in-law is not legally the owner. There may be no lease or use rights on the land, and it may not be government or municipal land. Plus, the ownership must be described or according to Thai Law regulations regarding a Norsorsaam or the same if it concerns a Chanoot.

Options.
Your father-in-law can die, as can all the other 'players', for example your wife ????
To understand as much as possible based on 'official' documents.
Good luck, let's think about it.