[clawdaddy]

I have always hated beaurocracy and dealing with a lawyer pains me but I guess the best plan is to consult with a professional and get it done right. I suppose the lawyer or the bank will have to be executor.

You can always consider a charity! In my experience many if not most of the ones that I support, or have supported, are prepared to provide professional assistance to people who wish to remember them in their will.

You can also "do it yourself". I cannot vouch for any such product - but I know that they are available

www.canlaw.com/legalforms/indexlegalforms.htm

which claims to be valid in Canada

And i found this article dealing with Wills in Thailand:

www.huahintoday.net/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=348

I have a feeling that, in Thailand, unless you are 100% fluent in the written language (so as to craft a holographic will) you will end up dealing with a lawyer.

[homintern]

I have yet to find a way of bequeathing an overdraft, but I'm working on it because that's the only piece of property I have left in my own name. Everything else is in a trust where the beneficiaries are a named group of people and I have a compliant trustee who will add and delete names at my direction. What happens after my death I don't care - they can loot, plunder, and sue the arse off each other and the trustee for all I care - but under the trems of the trust that won't bring them much joy. By the way, my trustee is a well-known insurance loss adjuster now living in Pattaya who has three generations of lawyers in the family

[Edith]

I have yet to find a way of bequeathing an overdraft

This reminds me of a lecture I attended. The lawyer, presenting the talk read some actual wills.
One, was only seven words: "Being of sound mind, I spent it."
A line from another: "...And to my nephew, Charlie, who I always promised to mention in my will. Hi ya' Charlie!"


A few things to think about:

If having a Thai lawyer write your will--And you do not read Thai--it would be a good idea to have someone who does read Thai translate it for you before you sign it.
(Question: Need a will be 'filed*' in Thailand? If so, how do you make sure it actually is?)

In some American states and other places*, a will is worthless unless it is filed, usually; with the (Probate?) court.
*In England, I believe a will must be filed at a certain place (I've forgot the name) that is for that purpose: Same place one would go to 'look up' a will. (At one time--Maybe still--anyone could go there and read anyone's will.) Unscrupulous lawyers have been known to write a will, collect their fee--And not file it: rendering it worthless for avoiding probate\may turn into a legal battle that will eat up what the court doesn't get--Think, Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce.

Holograph wills may--And may not--be legal; depending on the law where you live.
Where I live, they are not legal--But one can walk into a stationery shop and buy a kit for the purpose of writing a holograph will\Be led to believe they are legal.
And if holograph wills are legal, they may still need to be filed; according to the law where you live.
And, even if they do not need be filed, imagine what will happen if a person you cut out of the will gets to your domicile first...Right after you kick the bucket: "Duh! What will?".
You can leave your money to anyone you wish--But if you live in country A, and leave it to someone in B thru Z, don't count on them seeing a baht\dong\sou... of it.

"Being of sound mind, I spent it"...But how to prevent the money running out...before you do.

A friend, who knew he would die soon, sold his home with the understanding he could live in it until his death.

Look into a 'Reverse Mortgage.' (Which could be the equal of leaving some one an overdraft.)

Assisted Suicide.
Dr. Death, Thai Style: Tell a Thai he will get all your money, and possessions when you die--Will, optional.