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SUWANVARA LAWFIRM
Suwanvara Law Firm Co., Ltd.
SUWANVARA LAWFIRM
SUWANVARA LAWFIRM
Suwanvara Law Firm Co., Ltd.
Chai Nat

Thai Will & Estate Lawyer for Foreigners in Chai Nat — Drafting, Probate, Cross-Border Estates

Foreigners with assets in Thailand — a condominium, a Thai bank account, a vehicle, an interest in a Thai company — should have a separate Thai will covering those assets. Trying to administer Thai-situs assets via a foreign will is possible but takes longer, costs more, and routinely fails when documents need translation/legalisation that the foreign executor cannot easily produce. A short, properly drafted Thai will sidesteps all of that. We draft Thai wills for foreign residents, coordinate with home-country counsel for the rest of the estate, and handle probate at the Thai Court when the time comes.

Scope of Thai will and estate lawyer for foreigners work in Chai Nat

  • Thai will drafting — bilingual English/Thai with witness and registrar protocols
  • Coordination with home-country wills to avoid contradiction or revocation issues
  • Executor appointment, including non-resident executor letters
  • Probate at the Thai Court — application as administrator/executor
  • Condominium and bank-account transfer to heirs
  • Cross-border estate coordination — Thai property + foreign property allocation

Process

  1. 1Initial consultation — asset map, dependants, existing foreign wills
  2. 2Draft bilingual will and review with you
  3. 3Sign in front of witnesses (or register at the district office for added evidentiary weight)
  4. 4Store originals safely; provide certified copies to nominated executor and counsel
  5. 5On death: Thai probate filing, asset transfer, final tax matters

Documents to prepare

  • Passport and any Thai visa or residence document
  • Asset list — condo title, bank accounts, vehicle registration, company shareholdings
  • Family information — spouse, children, dependants
  • Existing wills from any other jurisdiction

About our team in Chai Nat

Chai Nat is a rice and agriculture province in the Chao Phraya basin — home to the Chao Phraya Dam (the major barrage that distributes irrigation water across the Central plains), the Chai Nat Bird Park, and river logistics along the Chao Phraya, Noi, and Tha Chin rivers. Matters here often involve land, agriculture, irrigation water rights, rice and produce sale contracts, and civil, criminal, and family litigation. We handle land and inheritance disputes, business contracts, and general cases from our Bangkok branch.

Chai Nat is a Central-region province close to Bangkok, so our Bangkok branch (Lat Phrao) can attend court and coordinate with local agencies conveniently. As a firm with 40+ years' experience, we understand land and inheritance disputes across farming districts, irrigation water rights tied to the Chao Phraya Dam, and rice and produce sale contracts — with multilingual service for clients and investors, and we travel to provincial courts nationwide.

Courts we appear at in Chai Nat

  • Chai Nat Provincial Court
  • Chai Nat Juvenile and Family Court

Chai Nat, Mueang Chai Nat, Sapphaya, Hankha, Manorom, Wat Sing, and nearby districts, including Sing Buri, Uthai Thani, and Nakhon Sawan

Past matters in Chai Nat

  • Boundary and title dispute over paddy land in the Chao Phraya Dam irrigation zone
  • Breach-of-contract case over a paddy-rice sale between a farmer and a local rice mill

Contact our Chai Nat attorneys

We serve clients across Thailand. Initial consultation.

Frequently asked questions — Thai will and estate lawyer for foreigners in Chai Nat

2 questions answered

Strongly recommended for any Thai-situs assets. A foreign will can in theory be probated in Thailand, but in practice it must be translated, legalised by your embassy, and then processed by the Thai Court — months of delay during which assets are frozen. A short Thai will limited to your Thai assets, drafted to dovetail with (not revoke) your foreign will, removes that bottleneck and is inexpensive to prepare.
Yes, subject to the foreign-quota rule. If the building's foreign quota has room, the heir can register the condo in their own name. If the quota is full, the heir must dispose of the unit within a reasonable period (commonly understood as one year) and inherit the sale proceeds instead. Planning ahead — knowing the quota status now — avoids forced-sale stress later.