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The courts are unable to seize your assetts outside thailand but they may award her everything you own in Thailand
If she is aware you have substantialasset outside of Thailand , murder is not an unusual occurance against rich foreigners.
Good luck
Terry
thanksI assume you have heard or read many a tale of woe and you are simply listening to your own fears and trying to apply some logic to protect the very thing that likely got you here in the first place.
It's a common issue and one that needs careful planning so my only advice is; never rush.
Traffic issues are normally caused by a lack of consideration for other road users. Example: parking or stopping by a shop obstructing other road users and on the other foot if you find a safe parking spot outside a shop you risk the wrath of the shop or shop beside it for parking there and not being a patron of the shop. Walking a little bit is too much trouble for some people and indicates a lazy attitude.
Prostitution in thailand has been going on for a very long time and the truth is the idea of prostitution was likely born from the sin sod culture. What really is the difference and do you blame the development of such an industry when the traditional values have a very similar basis.
When you hear of Virgin teenage girls losing their virginity you sometimes hear a development to that story suggesting the male must pay for that "privelage" retrospectively or risk feuds or even rape claims.
Common sense in the west suggests you plan for your future and your children's future but in thailand that idea has been misunderstood by some who believe you must support your family at all costs because they are your family. It's a strange place with very little common sense applied.
You can avoid all the gogo bars and tourist hotspots and still fall into a heap of trouble and the only reason needed to fall is because you are not thai.
More examples:
Postal worker waits outside bibbing horn for 5 minutes waiting for wife to come out. She comes out, he drives off.
Parking car in car park yesterday and two cars are waiting patiently whilst wife parks. Car next to us (unbeknown to us) keeps bibbing. Cars engine not even turned on lights are not on, zero indication they were trying to move, did not help they had ultra tinted windows so no one even knew the car was occupied and I thought the bibbing party was one of the two cars and the guy in front of the other assumed it was the guy behind him. When the little rude car pulled off we all looked at each laughing as even when this fool drove off they聽 did not indicate to anyone.
If there was one phrase that I think does not apply in thailand as a westerner it is common sense. Common sense to a westerner is a completely different meaning to many thai people. World's apart.
Common sense is looking around and gauging the circumstances you find yourself in and acting accordingly.聽 For me that does not include making lists of grievances or expecting the weather to change because you want it to.聽 For me it is common sense to carry an umbrella, not to scream at the sky.
When people tell me they got in trouble for simply being a farang and through no fault of their own, I am very reluctant to believe them.聽 Usually all it takes is one look at their behavior, attitude, environment and companions to ascertain the likely reasons for their problems.聽 Some of us go through life without this cloud of doom which floats over the heads of some.聽 There are usually some very simple reasons for this and one of them is common sense, not an expectation of conformity from others.
We all so legal married in Denmark, And therefor my Thai wife have same Right as if i was married in Denmark to a Danish women.
A good friend got Married befor i move to Thailand and because he have (Still do) a Company in Denmark, He use a prenuptial that make hes company and any profit from it after they got married hes.
Importend to have the profit from it after Married all so in it, Or she can get a clam from the profit from the day they Married.
In Denmark a prenuptial have to be in English & Thai to make sure the Thai wife can understand it.
They got divorced in 2015 and even so hes (X) Wife didn't have much school and education, She (and her family) did try to get hands on hes company & money, But lucky for him he have the prenuptial and the legal system in Denmark follow the law.
If you own anything in Thailand like condo or so, And you want to protect that, You need a prenuptial here in Thailand for that.
As my wife in the future going to get a lot when her Dad is no more here, I have offer to sign a prenuptial here in Thailand, Where i don麓t get anything, Because we Married here in Thailand, By Thai law, 50% of what my wife is going to inherit one day is mine.
But my wife and her family say NO, No need to do that, I am family.
Kindly.
As the other people have said your money is safe. But if you really want attract the right Thai woman for a long term relationship. Here are a few tips that might interest you.
1. There is a book called THAI FEVER, it give you a fairly balanced view of Thai women their culture.
2. If you dress like a million dollars, then naturally you are going attract the gold diggers. Dress down to nice and casual.
3. Never carry lots of money with you, no more than say 5,000 BHT. Even then I would only keep part of that in my wallet.
4. Set yourself an allowance per month and stick to it .
5. Being generous is seen as a positive thing, but do not over do it.
6. If you decide to by a car for example, do not pay for it in cash. Put a deposit on it and make monthly repayments. The car will more than likely be in her name anyway. So if you do decide to split with the future Mrs she will have come up with monthly payments not you.
Now let's get of the money side of the things.
1. You cannot put all Thai women into the same basket and say that all they are after is your money or numerous other bad things that farangs will come up with put Thais' down.
2. You need to understand that you are dealing with different culture, language, whether she comes from a rich, middle class or poor family.
3. Getting to know the family is very important, sometimes they can be your biggest asset or a complete liability to your relationship.
4. Divide your age and add 7 is about right to when it comes to having a relationship with a Thai woman.
5. You need to understand you are coming into their life and their way of doing things. So you to be more understanding, flexible and patient.
6. You treat with respect and compassion, then you will get it back in spades.
There are many reasons why relationships here fail.
1. It is not always the Thai women's fault as a lot of farang claim. It is alway very easy to blame others for things going wrong in a relationship. I would put it more a 50/50 ratio.
If you spend most of your time drinking with your mates in the bars and chasing the local聽 skirt around when you are drunk. Or come home shitfaced and abuse the Mrs, the woman is not going take that ever. Not only will you have to contend with her, but you will also have to contend with family as well.
Some men really do treat their wives or girlfriends really badly and they do not deserve that.
Unfortunately in Thai society it is the woman who gets the blame if the relationship goes wrong.
If you really want a good Thai woman, get to know Thai women who are already in a relationship farang. If they think that you are good man then will know a good woman for you.
I hope that this gives you something to think about.
You said - divide your age and add 7, divide by what.
VF - With your 20 or so years in Thailand, your Thai wife, and your speaking Thai you seem to have precursors to your comments. You make some informative contributions but at times your point of reference, your age or a different time frame, at times are outside the referent points of a younger and not as experienced person. I too forget at times my age dictates some of my content, which may not apply to all viewers. Just a little footnote.
What I find extremely hard to believe is someone jumps off a plane 30 years ago and cannot identify their learning experiences and believes it was always there without any hint of a learning curve or examples as a basis of their learning and the first sign of a problem we look at the individuals own choices as a means of pointing the finger as opposed to the actual issue they have found themselves in.
Not being able to identify a learning a curve or experiences which helped you adjust or learn and applying a "common sense" term looks like a massive devaluation of the learning achieved.
I believe it's called the shallow end and after 30 years that's criminal.
It is a bit off topic but when I was young I volunteered at a drug clinic where encounter groups where used to delve into the motivations for drug use among the participants.聽 Many hours were spent trying to break me down and figure out why I didn鈥檛 succumb when everyone else found it so difficult not to.聽 I am sure some were unconvinced by my responses back then, like you are today.
I know I cannot please everyone but I do know I have helped some and that is enough for me.聽 As recently as this last Monday I met someone who thanked me for my help years ago.聽 During the course of our group conversation over Christmas lunch, it occurred to him that he might actually know me and asked if I had a blog.聽 It turns out we did correspond years ago when I was actively blogging and I was quite moved by his response to meeting me.聽 It ended up one of the other guys in the group knew my blog title as well, once it came out.聽
I will not apologize for being who I am.
My additional thought is that vitriol should be kept out of the discussion. I too deplore ignorance. I also like working on my on going learning curve and enjoy learning.
Recently I had a luncheon date, just lunch not a date, with a man who had been in Chiang Mai maybe a month. At one point he turned to me and said that he was bored and had seen everything, what about me. I said that I see something new every day and enjoy it. I just came back from a quick trip to Tesco. I stood in the front of Tesco and simply enjoyed watching the Thai people and the friendliness of the neighborhood.
As difficult as it is let's keep the vitriol on the side lines.
I completely agree with you, there is nothing more enjoyable than a good discussion over a coffee or a beer. It is the human side of Chiang Rai that does it me.

You don鈥檛 need to be in accidents to be a good driver. You don鈥檛 need to be divorced to know how to be in a great marriage. Mistakes are not to be worn like a badge of honor, in my opinion.
Terry is much closer to the truth just look at what happened to Colin Vard and the ongoing case of Ian Rance plus Jonathon Head BBC Reporter (now dropped after a year)) for reporting it. Having also suffered and finally got out of the place via an unofficial border I can tell you, money is everything and I mean everything. Unexplained death or suicide as its called happens very often as a Farang that is all you get and no justice.
Keep everything out of reach and out of their mind and you may have a chance.
I did get one thing which is the best from the country and that is the wife and even she says now she will not go back after defending me and seeing the lies that where told trying to extort 拢220.000 from us.
When a Thai says it bad it is.
Some on here in a village either live in a cocoon or are thai that is very blatant.
Just put Ian Rance and or Colin Vard into any computer via Google search and you have the truth.
That is how it is and its getting worse
Be Very Careful ,keep assets away from one and all to be safe.
Neveragain
The guy she had owned his own flat in London (paid for) and had an income of 拢47.000+ a year so had all the assets needed except he married a bar girl. That is fact.
Seen this happen a few times
Neveragain

Living in Bangkok for thirty years the airport was roughly an hour away and I still find myself an hour from the airport here in Chiang Rai, so I don鈥檛 feel very cut off.聽 Besides, all the people I like in Bangkok come visit us here.

Richard1977 wrote:Can anyone let me know if I was to marry a Thai woman in Thailand and we stayed in Thailand and didn't live back in the U.K. She would not be entitled to anything outside Thailand in a divorce. I have a asset in the Caribbean that creates my income, would this be safe as it was premarital and am I right in thinking that only assets bought during the marriage could be touched in the case of a divorce.
Hi Richard,
You may want to consult an attorney to understand the "rule of law" in Thailand. I assume that what you're thinking is probably correct, that assets owned before marriage is separate property especially if outside of Thailand and whatever is bought during the marriage would probably be considered community property.
If you find out differently, please private message me, I would certainly like to know.
Kindly, Zeus
Just my twopennorth.
I married a sweet Thai lady last year after a 3 year relationship and didn't give the financial issues one thought... I have a legal "WILL" which spells out what she gets and what my children get once I pass away and everyone is happy with the situation. All of my assets are in the US and out of reach from foreign shysters.
Kindly...
Assets acquired before marriage are protected in Thailand as well
I would include intangible assets oversea in the list as well.
I advise make this list, sign both and have it legalized at a notary
BEFORE you marry your princess/prince
Anything acquired during is a 50/50 split no matter who funds the assets
I myself hold financial assets outside of Thailand and invisible for anyone.
Purely to benefit my children from an earlier life...
My pension is monthly transferred here for living purposes, that is it...
We build and I paid for land and residence, now in the name of the daughter....
I don't want any inheritance tax issues for anyone...
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