Section 1608
Statutory text (Thai original)
เจ้ามรดกจะตัดทายาทโดยธรรมของตนคนใดมิให้รับมรดกก็ได้แต่ด้วยแสดงเจตนาชัดแจ้ง(๑) โดยพินัยกรรม(๒) โดยทำเป็นหนังสือมอบไว้แก่พนักงานเจ้าหน้าที่ตัวทายาทผู้ถูกตัดมิให้รับมรดกนั้นต้องระบุไว้ให้ชัดเจนแต่เมื่อบุคคลใดได้ทำพินัยกรรมจำหน่ายทรัพย์มรดกเสียทั้งหมดแล้ว ให้ถือว่าบรรดาทายาทโดยธรรมผู้ที่มิได้รับประโยชน์จากพินัยกรรม เป็นผู้ถูกตัดมิให้รับมรดก
Verbatim from the Royal Gazette / Office of the Council of State
English translation
A de cujus may disinherit any of his statutory heirs only by an express declaration of intention, (1) by will (2) by writing deposited with the competent official. The identity of the disinherited heir must be clearly stated. However, when a person has distributed all his estate by will, all his statutory heirs who are not beneficiaries under the will are deemed to be disinherited.
This English translation is provided for reference only and has not yet been firm-verified. Always rely on the Thai original.
Firm annotation
Section 1608 is part of Book 6 (Succession) of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code. This entry is awaiting firm-authored commentary; the statutory text above is verbatim from the Office of the Council of State (OCS Krisdika) Thai source, with the English translation from the FAO/UN FAOLEX repository. Always rely on the Thai original for legal proceedings.
Cited in 38 Supreme Court decisions (1949 to 2025)
Selected citing decisions
- Decision 8935/2568 (2025)
- Decision 633/2567 (2024)
- Decision 1243/2563 (2020)
- Decision 1518/2561 (2018)
- Decision 10809/2559 (2016)
- Decision 14777/2558 (2015)
- Decision 9599/2553 (2010)
- Decision 4397/2553 (2010)
This list is selected automatically, weighted towards judgments that turn on this section rather than ones that merely recite it when passing sentence. It has not yet been reviewed by the firm.
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