{"id":12663,"date":"2026-11-10T05:20:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/update-will-thailand-2\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T05:52:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T22:52:19","slug":"update-will-thailand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/update-will-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"Mettre \u00e0 jour son testament en Tha\u00eflande : r\u00e9vision et conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We review your existing Thai will against your life today and Thai law today, tell you in writing whether it still does what you want, and keep the signed original safe.<\/strong> A will made years ago may no longer match your property or your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Who it is for:<\/strong> anyone with a Thai will whose assets, marriage, children or address have changed, or whose will is more than a few years old.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Honoraires de r\u00e9vision :<\/strong> 2 900 THB forfaitaires, avis \u00e9crit sous cinq jours ouvrables.<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Conservation :<\/strong> 1 000 THB, pay\u00e9s une seule fois, sans frais annuels. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/produit\/will-safekeeping-thailand\/\">Commander la conservation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Send us a copy of your will and a short note of what has changed.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Commandez la r\u00e9vision pour 2 900 THB.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>We review the will and report in writing: keep it, amend it, or replace it.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>If you sign a new will, we can keep the original in safekeeping.<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/produit\/will-review-thailand\/\">Commander une r\u00e9vision de testament, 2 900 THB<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#why\">Pourquoi r\u00e9viser un testament<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#events\">Les \u00e9v\u00e9nements qui appellent une r\u00e9vision<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#dika\">Ce qu'a jug\u00e9 la Cour supr\u00eame<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#how\">Modifier un testament en droit tha\u00eflandais<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#safekeeping\">Conservation de l'original<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#send\">Que nous envoyer<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#quote\">Obtenir un devis \u00e0 forfait<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#faq\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why\">Pourquoi r\u00e9viser un testament<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rights under a will take effect only at the testator&#8217;s death (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1673\/\">Civil and Commercial Code section 1673<\/a>). Everything in between can change: what you own, who your family is, and the law. A will that no longer fits your life still takes effect as written, and the parts that no longer work pass to your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/statutory-heir\/\">h\u00e9ritiers l\u00e9gaux<\/a> under the rules of intestacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Whatever your will says, your heirs will go to court: an estate administrator may be appointed by the will or by the court (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1711\/\">article 1711<\/a>), and in practice the heirs apply to the court for the appointment, with or without a will. A clear, current will makes that process easier, faster and simpler. Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/probate-in-thailand-estate-administration\/\">homologation et administration des successions en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"events\">Les \u00e9v\u00e9nements qui appellent une r\u00e9vision<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Changement<\/th><th>Pourquoi c'est important<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>New property, or property sold<\/td><td>A gift of property you no longer own is revoked if you transferred it intentionally (section 1696). Property bought later and not covered by the will passes to the statutory heirs (section 1620).<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mariage<\/td><td>The revocation rules in sections 1693 to 1699 do not list marriage, so a will made before the marriage stays in force until you change it. Your spouse may receive nothing under it.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>divorce<\/td><td>The same rules do not list divorce. A gift to a former spouse stays in the will until you revoke it.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A new child or grandchild<\/td><td>A child born after the will takes only what the will gives, plus any property the will does not dispose of.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>A beneficiary or executor has died<\/td><td>A gift lapses if the beneficiary dies before you (section 1698), and that property goes to the statutory heirs.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>New law<\/td><td>The Ministerial Regulation on Wills B.E. 2569 changed where some wills can be made. A review confirms your will still meets the current rules.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dika\">Ce qu'a jug\u00e9 la Cour supr\u00eame<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gaps in a will are not filled by guessing what the testator wanted. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/supreme-court-decisions\/6013-2534-lapsed-gift-passes-to-statutory-heirs-may-administer\/\">Supreme Court decision 6013\/2534<\/a> a beneficiary died before the testator; the gift lapsed and that property passed to the statutory heirs. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/supreme-court-decisions\/9599-2553-property-not-disposed-by-will-passes-to-statutory-heirs\/\">Supreme Court decision 9599\/2553<\/a> a clause lost its purpose before the death, and the property passed to the statutory heirs, letting in a child the testator had meant to leave out. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/supreme-court-decisions\/4397-2553-void-gifts-in-will-go-to-statutory-heirs\/\">Supreme Court decision 4397\/2553<\/a> void gifts did not swell the shares of the other beneficiaries but fell into intestacy. A review catches these problems while you can still fix them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how\">Modifier un testament en droit tha\u00eflandais<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may revoke your will, in whole or in part, at any time (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1693\/\">section 1693<\/a>). A later will revokes an earlier one only if it is made in one of the forms the law prescribes (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1694\/\">section 1694<\/a>), and where the two conflict, the earlier will is revoked only to the extent of the conflict unless the later will says otherwise (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1697\/\">section 1697<\/a>). A clean replacement will that expressly revokes all earlier wills avoids that question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do not change a signed will by hand. An alteration to an ordinary written will is valid only if made in the same form as the will itself, with two witnesses (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1656\/\">section 1656<\/a>). In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/supreme-court-decisions\/17338-2555-unwitnessed-alteration-is-ignored-and-will-stays-valid\/\">Supreme Court decision 17338\/2555<\/a> an unwitnessed change was simply ignored. A witness, or the spouse of a witness, cannot benefit under the will (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1653\/\">section 1653<\/a>), so choose new witnesses with care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"safekeeping\">Conservation de l'original<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a will exists in one original and it is intentionally destroyed, the will is revoked (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-civil-code\/section-1695\/\">section 1695<\/a>). A lost original creates doubt and delay for your heirs. We keep signed originals at the firm for a one-time fee of 1,000 THB, with no annual charge, and release them to you on request or, after your death, to your executor on proof of death. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/produit\/will-safekeeping-thailand\/\">Commander la conservation du testament<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"send\">Que nous envoyer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A copy of your current will, and of any foreign will<\/li>\n\n\n<li>A list of your assets in Thailand today<\/li>\n\n\n<li>What has changed in your family since the will was signed<\/li>\n\n\n<li>What you want to change<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not have a Thai will yet, see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/last-will-in-thailand\/\">r\u00e9diger un testament en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/will-cost-thailand\/\">what a will costs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"quote\">Obtenir un devis \u00e0 forfait<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"tlo-qf\" id=\"tlo-qf-1\">\n\t<h3 class=\"tlo-qf__h\">Demander un devis forfaitaire<\/h3>\n\t\t\t<p class=\"tlo-qf__sub\">Dites-nous ce dont vous avez besoin. Un avocat tha\u00eflandais agr\u00e9\u00e9 le lit et r\u00e9pond avec un tarif fixe, et non une estimation horaire.<\/p>\n\t\t<form class=\"tlo-qf__form\" data-nonce=\"26a7344c6d\" novalidate action=\"\">\n\t\t<label class=\"tlo-qf__l\">Votre nom\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"qf_name\" required autocomplete=\"name\">\n\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t<label class=\"tlo-qf__l\">Courriel ou WhatsApp\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"qf_contact\" required autocomplete=\"email\" placeholder=\"vous@example.com ou +66 ...\">\n\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t<label class=\"tlo-qf__l\">Sur quoi avez-vous besoin d'aide ?\n\t\t\t<select name=\"qf_service\" required>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Divorce\" >divorce<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Child custody or maintenance\" >Garde d'enfants ou pension alimentaire<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Prenuptial agreement\" >contrat pr\u00e9nuptial<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Marriage or family matter\" >Affaire de mariage ou de famille<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Last will or inheritance\"  selected='selected'>Testament ou succession<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Property purchase or transfer\" >Achat ou transfert de propri\u00e9t\u00e9<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Lease, usufruct or superficies\" >Bail, usufruit ou droit de superficie<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Company registration or corporate\" >Immatriculation de soci\u00e9t\u00e9 ou droit des soci\u00e9t\u00e9s<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Work permit or employment\" >Permis de travail ou emploi<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Visa or immigration\" >Visa ou immigration<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Tax or revenue matter\" >Affaire fiscale<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Notary or document legalisation\" >Notaire ou l\u00e9galisation de documents<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Criminal matter\" >Affaire p\u00e9nale<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"Something else\" >Autre chose<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/select>\n\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t<label class=\"tlo-qf__l\">Bri\u00e8vement, votre situation\n\t\t\t<textarea name=\"qf_message\" rows=\"4\"><\/textarea>\n\t\t<\/label>\n\t\t<div class=\"tlo-qf__hp\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<label>Laissez ce champ vide<input type=\"text\" name=\"qf_website\" tabindex=\"-1\" autocomplete=\"off\"><\/label>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<button type=\"submit\" class=\"tlo-qf__btn\">Obtenir un devis \u00e0 forfait<\/button>\n\t\t<p class=\"tlo-qf__promise\">Nous r\u00e9pondons sous 24 \u00e0 48 heures.<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"tlo-qf__msg\" role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\"><\/p>\n\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"trp-form-language\" value=\"fr\"\/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Liens connexes : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/last-will-in-thailand\/\">Making a will in Thailand<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/thai-will-and-foreign-will\/\">Thai will and foreign will<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/probate-in-thailand-estate-administration\/\">Succession en Tha\u00eflande<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"faq\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353290\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Quand mettre \u00e0 jour mon testament en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>After any change in your property or family: buying or selling property, marriage, divorce, a new child, or the death of a beneficiary or executor. A review every few years is sensible even without a change.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353291\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Le mariage r\u00e9voque-t-il un testament en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>No. The revocation rules in sections 1693 to 1699 of the Civil and Commercial Code do not list marriage, so the will stays in force until you change it.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353292\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Puis-je simplement rayer une ligne de mon testament ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>No. An alteration must be made in the same form as the will, with two witnesses, under section 1656. The Supreme Court ignored an unwitnessed change in decision 17338\/2555.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353293\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Un testament \u00e9vite-t-il le tribunal en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>No. With or without a will, the heirs go to court to have an estate administrator appointed. A clear, current will makes the process easier, faster and simpler.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353294\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Que devient un bien que mon testament ne mentionne pas ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>It passes to the statutory heirs under section 1620.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353295\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Combien co\u00fbte la conservation ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>1 000 THB, pay\u00e9s une seule fois. Aucun frais annuel.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-73739353296\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Combien co\u00fbte la r\u00e9vision d'un testament ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>2 900 THB forfaitaires, avis \u00e9crit sous cinq jours ouvrables. La conservation de l'original est factur\u00e9e \u00e0 part, 1 000 THB une seule fois.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We review your existing Thai will against your life today and Thai law today, tell you in writing whether it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12653,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":"","tlo_reviewed_on":"","tlo_reviewed_by":"","tlo_edited_by":"","tlo_changelog":"","tlo_authority_on":"","tlo_box_sections":"","tlo_box_cases":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"update will Thailand","rank_math_title":"Update Will Thailand | Will Review and Safekeeping","rank_math_description":"When to update your will in Thailand: new assets, marriage, divorce, a new child. 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