{"id":6558,"date":"2026-09-05T19:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/glossary\/intestacy\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:24:42","slug":"intestacy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/intestacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Succession ab intestat : mourir sans testament en Tha\u00eflande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>Ab intestat<\/strong> (\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e15\u0e32\u0e22\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e19\u0e31\u0e22\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21, <em>kan tai doi mai mi phinaikam<\/em>; a person who dies this way is said to die <em>ab intestat<\/em>) is the situation in which someone dies without a valid will, or with a will that does not dispose of the whole <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/estate\/\">domaine<\/a>. Le <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/thai-civil-and-commercial-code\/\">Code civil et commercial<\/a> then distributes the estate, or the part the will did not cover, to the statutory heirs in the order fixed by Section 1629, with the surviving spouse taking the share set by Section 1635. The rules are mechanical and take no account of who was close to the deceased, who was dependent on them, or what they said they wanted.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><h2>Table des mati\u00e8res<\/h2><nav><ul><li><a href=\"#how-the-code-distributes-an-intestate-estate\">Comment le Code r\u00e9partit une succession ab intestat<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#where-intestacy-hurts-foreigners\">O\u00f9 l'absence de testament nuit aux \u00e9trangers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#intestacy-compared-with-a-will\">Absence de testament compar\u00e9e \u00e0 un testament<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-the-code-distributes-an-intestate-estate\">Comment le Code r\u00e9partit une succession ab intestat<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Section 1620 sends the estate to the statutory heirs whenever there is no will, the will is void, or the will leaves part of the property undisposed. The estate is first reduced by dividing the marital property, so a surviving spouse keeps their own half of the sin somros before inheriting anything. The remainder then goes to the nearest surviving class: descendants first, then parents, full-blood siblings, half-blood siblings, grandparents, and uncles and aunts. Parents inherit alongside children, each taking a child&#8217;s share; every other class is excluded by the class above it.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>The spouse&#8217;s share<\/strong> depends on who else survives: an equal share with each child; half the estate where the deceased left only parents or full-blood siblings; two thirds against half-siblings, grandparents or uncles and aunts; and the whole estate where no relative in any class is alive. Where there is neither spouse nor relative, the estate passes to the State (Section 1753). An heir&#8217;s claim must be brought within one year of learning of the death (Section 1754), and a court must still appoint an estate administrator before anything is transferred.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"where-intestacy-hurts-foreigners\">O\u00f9 l'absence de testament nuit aux \u00e9trangers<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>The unregistered partner.<\/strong> A Thai partner of many years who never registered the marriage at a district office is not a statutory heir and receives nothing. A child the deceased never legally acknowledged inherits from a Thai mother but from a foreign father only after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/legitimation\/\">l\u00e9gitimation<\/a> or a court order. In both cases the estate goes to parents or siblings abroad who may never have visited Thailand.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p><strong>The estate nobody administers.<\/strong> Without a will, the family must agree who applies to the court, gather birth and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/marriage-certificate\/\">actes de mariage<\/a> from the home country, have them legalised and translated, and prove the family tree; an intestate estate with foreign relatives commonly takes 8 to 16 months to a usable court order, against 3 to 6 with a Thai will. A foreign heir who receives land needs ministerial permission under Section 93 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/land-code\/\">Code foncier<\/a> or must sell within a year. The cure is cheap: a bilingual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/will\/\">Le testament tha\u00eflandais<\/a> naming an administrator removes almost all of this.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"intestacy-compared-with-a-will\">Absence de testament compar\u00e9e \u00e0 un testament<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Question<\/th><th>Ab intestat<\/th><th>Valid Thai will<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Qui h\u00e9rite<\/td><td>Statutory heirs in the order of Section 1629<\/td><td>Anyone the testator names, related or not<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Unregistered partner<\/td><td>Nothing<\/td><td>Whatever the will gives<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Who administers<\/td><td>Whoever the heirs agree on and the court accepts<\/td><td>The administrator the will names, confirmed by the court<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Time to court order<\/td><td>Souvent 8 \u00e0 16 mois<\/td><td>About 3 to 6 months<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Partial intestacy is the version people do not see coming. A will that leaves &#8220;my condominium&#8221; to one person and says nothing about the bank accounts leaves those accounts to the statutory heirs, and a will that names a beneficiary who has since died, without a substitute, sends that gift into intestacy too. A residuary clause covering everything not otherwise mentioned closes the gap.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Foire aux questions<\/h2>\n\n<div id=\"rank-math-faq\" class=\"rank-math-block\">\n<div class=\"rank-math-list\">\n<div id=\"faq-question-1\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Que se passe-t-il si un \u00e9tranger d\u00e9c\u00e8de en Tha\u00eflande sans testament\u00a0?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>The Thai assets pass to the statutory heirs under Section 1629: children first (with parents taking a child&#8217;s share), then parents, siblings, grandparents and uncles and aunts, with a registered spouse sharing under Section 1635. A court must appoint an estate administrator before banks or the Land Office release anything.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Une petite amie tha\u00eflandaise ou une \u00e9pouse non enregistr\u00e9e h\u00e9rite-t-elle en cas de succession ab intestat ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Non. Seul un conjoint issu d'un mariage enregistr\u00e9 est un h\u00e9ritier l\u00e9gal. Un partenaire non enregistr\u00e9 ne re\u00e7oit rien en cas d'intestat, quelle qu'ait \u00e9t\u00e9 la dur\u00e9e de la relation, et ne peut h\u00e9riter que si un testament valide le nomme.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-question-3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question\">Quel est le d\u00e9lai dont disposent les h\u00e9ritiers pour r\u00e9clamer une succession ab intestat en Tha\u00eflande ?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer\">\n\n<p>Un an \u00e0 compter de la date \u00e0 laquelle l'h\u00e9ritier a eu connaissance ou aurait d\u00fb avoir connaissance du d\u00e9c\u00e8s, en vertu de l'article 1754, avec une limite absolue de dix ans. La situation est diff\u00e9rente lorsqu'un administrateur de succession d\u00e9tient d\u00e9j\u00e0 les biens pour le compte des h\u00e9ritiers, de sorte qu'une r\u00e9clamation qui semble tardive m\u00e9rite d'\u00eatre v\u00e9rifi\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><p>Voir aussi\u00a0: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/statutory-heir\/\">h\u00e9ritier l\u00e9gal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/classes-of-heirs\/\">six classes d'h\u00e9ritiers l\u00e9gaux<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/estate-administrator\/\">administrateur de succession<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/glossary\/marital-property\/\">biens matrimoniaux<\/a>, et les guides sur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/if-you-die-without-a-will-in-thailand\/\">Mourir sans testament en Tha\u00eflande<\/a> ET <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/fr\/last-will-in-thailand\/\">making a last will<\/a>.<\/p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intestacy (\u0e01\u0e32\u0e23\u0e15\u0e32\u0e22\u0e42\u0e14\u0e22\u0e44\u0e21\u0e48\u0e21\u0e35\u0e1e\u0e34\u0e19\u0e31\u0e22\u0e01\u0e23\u0e23\u0e21, kan tai doi mai mi phinaikam; a person who dies this way is said to die intestate) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":214,"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":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"intestacy thailand","rank_math_title":"Intestacy in Thailand: Dying Without a Will | ThaiLawOnline","rank_math_description":"Intestacy in Thailand: what happens to assets when someone dies without a valid will. 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