Section 1465 — Marital property regime — default
Statutory text (Thai original)
ถ้าคู่สมรสมิได้ทำสัญญากันไว้ในเรื่องทรัพย์สินเป็นพิเศษก่อนสมรส ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างคู่สมรสในเรื่องทรัพย์สินนั้น ให้บังคับตามบทบัญญัติในหมวดนี้[154] ถ้าข้อความใดในสัญญาก่อนสมรสขัดต่อความสงบเรียบร้อยหรือศีลธรรมอันดีของประชาชน หรือระบุให้ใช้กฎหมายประเทศอื่นบังคับเรื่องทรัพย์สินนั้น ข้อความนั้น ๆ เป็นโมฆะ
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
Where the husband and wife have not, previous to their marriage, concluded a special agreement (/view_document/7-prenuptial-agreement-for-thailand.html) concerning their properties, the relations between them as regards to their properties shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter. Any clause in the anti-nuptial (also called prenuptial) agreement contrary to public order or good morals, or provided that the relations between them as regards such properties are to be governed by foreign law shall be void.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified — always rely on the Thai original.
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 (§1471) while everything acquired during marriage becomes Sin Somros (§1474, marital property) split equally on divorce. Foreign clients who don't want this — typically when they bring substantial pre-marriage wealth — must execute a prenup under §1466/§1469 BEFORE marriage registration. SC decisions confirm post-marriage "property settlement" agreements cannot replace §1465's default regime; they only allocate Sin Somros once it exists.
Supreme Court decisions interpreting this section
- 2159/2562 (2019) ★ Public Order Limits on Prenuptial Agreements
- 1885/2541 (1998) ★ Prenuptial Maintenance Waiver Is Void
- 6711/2537 (1994) Prenuptial Agreement and Immovable Property
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