Article 1465: Default marital property regime
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าคู่สมรสมิได้ทำสัญญากันไว้ในเรื่องทรัพย์สินเป็นพิเศษก่อนสมรส ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างคู่สมรสในเรื่องทรัพย์สินนั้น ให้บังคับตามบทบัญญัติในหมวดนี้
ถ้าข้อความใดในสัญญาก่อนสมรสขัดต่อความสงบเรียบร้อยหรือศีลธรรมอันดีของประชาชน หรือระบุให้ใช้กฎหมายประเทศอื่นบังคับเรื่องทรัพย์สินนั้น ข้อความนั้น ๆ เป็นโมฆะ
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Where spouses have not, before the marriage, concluded a special agreement concerning property, the relations between them as regards their property are governed by the provisions of this Chapter.
Any clause in a prenuptial agreement that is contrary to public order or to the good morals of the people, or that provides that the relations between them as regards that property are to be governed by the law of another country, is void.
ThaiLawOnline translation, written from the Thai original and verified
Firm annotation
Section 1465 is the on-ramp to the default Thai marital-property regime: a hybrid where each spouse keeps their pre-marriage assets as Sin Suan Tua (Section 1471) while what is acquired during the marriage becomes Sin Somros (Section 1474) and is split equally on divorce. Foreign clients who do not want this, typically where they bring substantial pre-marriage wealth, must execute a prenuptial agreement under Sections 1466 and 1469 BEFORE the marriage is registered. Paragraph two then limits what that agreement can say: a clause contrary to public order or to the good morals of the people is void, and so is a clause providing that the spouses' property relations are to be governed by the law of another country. A foreign client therefore cannot contract into their home law. Supreme Court decisions confirm that a post-marriage property settlement cannot replace the default regime; it only allocates Sin Somros once it exists.
Why this matters in practice
For lawyers: where an international couple inserts a clause in their prenup adopting foreign law to govern Thai-sited property, that clause is void under §1465, Thai law governs. For clients: if you have not signed a prenuptial agreement, everything you earn or acquire together after marriage is presumptively marital property split 50/50 on divorce.
Legislative history
Section 1465 has applied since Book 5 was revised in B.E. 2519. The Marriage Equality Act (No. 24, B.E. 2567), in force 22 Jan 2025, extended the same statutory property regime to all married couples regardless of gender.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 6711/2537 (1994)
A prenuptial agreement converting separate property into marital property, noted in the marriage register, is valid and enforceable under §§1465 to 1466.
Spouses agreed in writing at the time of marriage registration that the husband's pre-marital separate property (a house and land) would become marital property (Sin Somros); the court held this was a valid prenuptial agreement noted in the marriage register under §1466 and enforceable under §1465(2).
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 4214/2534 (1991)
In the absence of a prenuptial agreement, spouses may not litigate property disputes between themselves during the marriage except under statutory exceptions.
Where no prenuptial agreement existed, the marital property regime of Book 5 applied and the spouses could not sue each other over marital property during the marriage except as permitted by statute.
Curated decisions with case numbers verified against the Supreme Court database. English renderings are the firm's editorial translation for study.
Cited in 9 Supreme Court decisions (1955 to 1994)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Décision 6711/2537 (1994) Contrat prénuptial et biens immobiliers
- Decision 5245/2531 (1988)
- Decision 154/2524 (1981)
- Decision 2039/2522 (1979)
- Décision 676/2511 (1968)
- Decision 985/2507 (1964)
- Decision 1/2502 (1959)
- Decision 480/2498 (1955)
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Foire aux questions
Que deviennent nos biens si nous n'avons pas signé de contrat prénuptial ?
Without a prenuptial agreement, the statutory Sin Somros regime automatically applies. Property you bring into the marriage and inheritance or gifts received during marriage remain your separate property (Sin Suan Tua). Everything else acquired during the marriage: salaries, business profits, jointly purchased assets: is Sin Somros and is divided equally on divorce.
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