Section 4 trimestre: Court for estate administrator petitions
Statutory text (Thai original)
คำร้องขอแต่งตั้งผู้จัดการมรดก ให้เสนอต่อศาลที่เจ้ามรดกมีภูมิลำเนาอยู่ในเขตศาลในขณะถึงแก่ความตายในกรณีที่เจ้ามรดกไม่มีภูมิลำเนาอยู่ในราชอาณาจักร ให้เสนอต่อศาลที่ทรัพย์มรดกอยู่ในเขตศาล
English translation
A petition for the appointment of an estate administrator shall be submitted to the court within whose territorial jurisdiction the deceased had domicile at the time of death. Where the deceased had no domicile in the Kingdom, it shall be submitted to the court within whose territorial jurisdiction the estate property is located.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 4 quater is the special venue rule for probate style petitions to appoint an estate administrator, and it fixes venue by the deceased's domicile at the moment of death rather than by the location of any single asset. Where the deceased had no Thai domicile, venue shifts to where the estate property is located. Because venue turns on the deceased's domicile, a petition to administer the estate of a person domiciled elsewhere cannot be tacked onto a related estate simply because the assets or heirs overlap. The section operates alongside the substantive rules on estate administrators in the Civil and Commercial Code, such as Sections 1713 and 1718.
Why this matters in practice
Getting venue right is the first hurdle in any estate administration case: filing in the wrong court leads to dismissal and delay while family members wait to deal with bank accounts, land, and other assets. Where a family has several deceased relatives, each estate may need to be filed in the court of that person's own last domicile, not bundled together. For foreigners with assets or heirs in Thailand this can be complex. See our inheritance guide for foreigners.
Décisions de la Cour suprême interprétant cette section
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 11216/2558 (2015)
Under Section 4 quater paragraph one, the court where the deceased was domiciled at the time of death has jurisdiction over a petition to appoint an estate administrator.
The decedents were domiciled within the Phetchaburi Provincial Court's area at death. The court held that under Section 4 quater paragraph one the court of the deceased's domicile at death has jurisdiction over a petition to appoint an estate administrator, so the trial court had properly accepted the petition.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 850/2551 (2008)
An interested person entitled to apply to be an estate administrator under Civil and Commercial Code section 1713 need not be a direct heir: where an heir dies before receiving his share, that heir's successor is an interested person in the estate. Once such a person is entitled to administer the estate that holds the land, there is no need to seek administration of other estates over the same land.
The land was the estate of S., of which the applicant's father Ph. had been the court-appointed administrator until his death. Because rights in S.'s estate had passed successively on the deaths of intervening heirs, the applicant, as Ph.'s lawful child, shared in the ownership of that land and was an interested person entitled to apply to administer S.'s estate. The Supreme Court so held. It added that once the applicant could administer S.'s estate, which held the land, there was no need to seek administration of the two other estates over the same plot.
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Arrêt de la Cour suprême n° 661/2550 (2007)
A monk's temple can be his domicile, so the public prosecutor may petition the court of the deceased's domicile at death, under Section 4 quater paragraph one, to appoint an estate administrator.
A monk had a temple as one of his domiciles and left estate property with difficulties in administration. The court held the public prosecutor could petition the court of the deceased's domicile at death, under Section 4 quater paragraph one, to appoint a suitable estate administrator.
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Cited in 7 Supreme Court decisions (1996 to 2015)
Décisions de citation sélectionnées
- Decision 11216/2558 (2015)
- Decision 661/2550 (2007)
- Decision 8647/2544 (2001)
- Decision 1448/2543 (2000)
- Decision 5912/2539 (1996)
- Decision 850/2551 (2008)
- Decision 6111/2540 (1997)
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Foire aux questions
Quel tribunal est compétent pour examiner une requête visant à nommer un administrateur successoral en Thaïlande ?
Conformément à l'article 4 quater, la requête est déposée auprès du tribunal du lieu de domicile du défunt au moment de son décès. Si le défunt n'avait pas de domicile en Thaïlande, elle est déposée auprès du tribunal du lieu où se situent les biens successoraux.
Puis-je regrouper les requêtes concernant plusieurs proches décédés devant un même tribunal ?
Ce n'est pas seulement parce que les successions ou les héritiers se chevauchent. L'article 4 du Code des successions (article 4 quarter) fixe la compétence territoriale au domicile du défunt au moment de son décès ; par conséquent, une requête concernant une personne domiciliée ailleurs ne peut généralement pas être jointe à une succession apparentée.
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