{"id":10077,"date":"2026-10-12T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/thai-legal-news\/new-guide-who-can-actually-sue-when-someone-is-killed-in-thailand\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T09:09:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T02:09:06","slug":"new-guide-who-can-actually-sue-when-someone-is-killed-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"tlo_legal_news","link":"https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/thai-legal-news\/new-guide-who-can-actually-sue-when-someone-is-killed-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"New guide: who can actually sue when someone is killed in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thai law gives no general bereavement award. What a family can recover on a death is set by <b>CCC s.443<\/b>: funeral costs, pre-death medical bills and lost earnings, and compensation for anyone <b>deprived of support the deceased owed by law<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>That last head is narrower than it sounds. An unmarried partner cannot claim, and nor can the father of a child he never legitimated. Our new guide covers who sues, what the estate administrator must bring, the <b>Por Ror Bor<\/b> figures, and the <b>one-year deadline under s.448<\/b> that runs from knowledge, not from the criminal verdict.<\/p>\n<p>\u21aa <a href='https:\/\/www.thailawonline.com\/th\/wrongful-death-claim-in-thailand\/'>Wrongful Death Claim in Thailand: Who Can Sue and Recover<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thai law gives no general bereavement award. 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