I live in Thailand (deregistered in the Netherlands) with my Thai girlfriend; we are not legally married. Now I would like to have a will made in which I want to leave my belongings in Thailand to my girlfriend in Thailand (especially money in my Thai bank account). I want to leave my possessions in the Netherlands (especially money in my Dutch bank account) to my Dutch children (and also living in the Netherlands). I have no real estate in my name.
I am an unmarried Belgian, deregistered from Belgium, with permanent residence in Thailand. You can then draw up a will according to Thai law = you are completely free to decide who your inheritance goes to. This also applies to movable property in Belgium (not your immovable property in Belgium, which remains under Belgian law).
As the owner of a condominium, I want to give my Thai wife, who has no children, the usufruct after my death. Then she can live there for the rest of her life or rent it out. I want to have this recorded in my will.
Charly in Udon (8): Visit to a law firm, will
Fortunately, Charly's life is full of pleasant surprises (unfortunately sometimes also less pleasant ones). For several years he has been living in a resort not far from Udonthani. In his stories, Charly mainly tries to raise awareness of Udon, but he also discusses other things in Thailand.
Reader question: Will and executor
Because I bought a condominium I want to make a simple will. I want my legal wife who holds a Thai and Dutch passport to inherit my condo. As well as all my money at the Kasikornbank. In the unlikely event that my wife dies before she has no children, I want my two daughters and my four grandchildren to be the heirs.
Reader question: Will and inheritance tax
Who can help me find a reliable 'certified notary public', preferably in the vicinity of Khon Kaen city. I would like to have a will made for my Thai friend. And who knows if you, with a Thai will, are exempt from the crazy high inheritance tax (30 or 40%) in the Netherlands? Does Thailand also levy inheritance tax, and if so, how much?
Does it make sense to make a will in Thailand if you are married?
Does it make sense to make a will in Thailand if you are married under Thai law? I think everything will automatically transfer to my Thai wife when I take my last breath? Or is it wise to have a will drawn up?
A will has been drawn up at a civil-law notary in the Netherlands and has been included in the will register and has given me a copy of the will. I gave a copy of this statement to my Thai partner. However, if I die, this will is in Dutch, so it cannot be read by a Thai. Now the case arises that I have a child with a former partner in Thailand. Both my child and my current partner are beneficiaries. Now I'm afraid that the mother of my child will want to take everything when I die and my current partner will be left empty-handed.
Reader question: Law firm with notarial authority in Udon Thani?
Does anyone have an address/phone number for me of a good law firm with notary authority in Udon Thani? In a general sense it is very useful to have such an address/phone number at hand, but I now also need it for drawing up wills, and some other specific things.
Take care of your Thai wife!
Mike falls ill, but does not allow himself to be treated until it is too late and dies. Mike had arranged nothing but nothing for his Thai wife. Everything he owned - and it wasn't much - went to his legal husband in England. He left his Thai wife completely penniless, unable to even afford the cost of the cremation ceremony, which Mike's friends paid for.
Making a will under Thai law is a different cost than in the Netherlands. Situation, Thai woman and Dutch man, unmarried, live permanently in Thailand, wife 2 Thai children, husband 4 Dutch children, wife owns 1.3/4 Rai land, husband paid to build a house on this land. Wife and husband want wills, choice under Thai law, nothing to do with a child's part as in the Netherlands. The basic idea is for the benefit of each other's surviving will, so that they can manage their affairs themselves for as long as possible
Reader question: How do I arrange my last wishes?
Oud en der days (not yet) had just returned to Jomtien for four months. My sister (heiress in Dutch will) rebukes me because I have not yet arranged in Thailand that I have not yet arranged in Thailand: D that I want to be surprised here when I am here and that my belongings here and the contents of our condo for my Thai be friend. I've googled myself silly Who has experience?
I would like to know reliable names, addresses and contact details of lawyers for drawing up wills under Thai law. With whom did you have good experiences and with whom did you have bad experiences? Lodewijk Lagemaat has expressed the latter several times on Thailand blog and made me a bit afraid.
Recently I had a reader question about a will on Thailandblog. In line with this, I now have a new reader's question about the translation of a Thai will drawn up by a Dutch notary into English and with two witnesses.
Reader question: Whether or not a will in Thailand?
I myself have always been in favor of making a will in Thailand. It was recently pointed out to me that if you are married to a Thai spouse and you want to leave everything you own in Thailand to that spouse, there is no reason at all to make a will.
My question concerns the "rights" of the Thai daughter (my wife) in the event of the death of her Thai parents. As they are poor rice farmers in Surin, their only daughter, my wife, helps with a monthly portion of her salary.
Have I arranged my (financial) affairs properly?
It is a question that every expat should ask himself, whether or not with a Thai partner. Death creates great uncertainty and confusion among family, friends and acquaintances, who are often saddled with unanswered questions.