elef Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 As an american lawyer who I once met in an seminar said: if a man threatens me with a gun or a knife to get my wallet I'll fight with him if he says that he will sue me if I don't give the wallet to him I give it to him. In this case pay the 18,000 first and later find out if it was legal or not. Foreign passports can also be be confiscated by police or judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kojis Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 "As an american lawyer who I once met in an seminar said: if a man threatens me with a gun or a knife to get my wallet I'll fight with him if he says that he will sue me if I don't give the wallet to him I give it to him." lol@legalsystem.usa Good one! Don't they recognize insolvency or have personnal bankrupcy laws in LOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianTroy Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Visiting a lawyer over 18,000 baht? That is probably more expensive in the end! I'd just pay it and deal with the person who brought you into this later! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbull Posted May 20, 2007 Report Share Posted May 20, 2007 Rather depends on who owns the debt, presumably it can be sold on to some rather nasty types who won't take no for an answer. Usually, if it's for something like a motorcycle or car they just take the vehicle back so no great problem if it has been countersigned. May well be a case of getting the farang to pay up as the assumption is it's farang money (basically if any Thai girl is being supported by a farang you will never get any money she has loaned out back - and if she signs for something the same thinking goes down, why bother paying off the debt when the farang can pick up the bill). Don't pay and see what happens... worst case you can always stump up the money at the last moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Gambling debts cannot be legal so that is a daft example. I totally agree that the idea to just pay the debt (real or not) is bloody stupid when we consider the amount of times we bitch about getting screwed over by the thieving gits who "run" this country. So therefore, you all owe me Bt18,000, sorry, you all owe my missus Bt18,000 or I'll nick your passport and lock you up. Please drop by and pay up or else ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 How daft. As soon as you produce a contract with with mine or my Mrs signature on it (like the OP has against him) you'll get paid. Apples to oranges. Regards, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrenova Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 If a contract yes, if she signed and her mate did not sign for her. Sure you pay, but if it really was a real contract then why all this discussion ? Also, why does the OP not say where the debtor has vanished to ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.. Posted May 21, 2007 Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 ...then why all this discussion? Cuz we're bored... Cheers, SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rab Posted May 21, 2007 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2007 Amazed at the amount of debate this one has generated. We will probably err on the side of caution and visit the office making the claim to see if the form is legal or not. Mhy wife's family has some informal advise over the w/e from a lawyer that there is no legal power to take a passport as a last resort, but in TL you never know who's right and who's wrong. Agree with you about the ease with which these things are signed - we also know a thai uni student who signed something similar for a mobile phone for a friend without any consideration or undertsanding of consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjon045 Posted June 16, 2007 Report Share Posted June 16, 2007 Co-signing a loan does NOT make you liable unless legal action to recover the loan sum from the principle borrower has already failed. There is no way on earth a Judge in Thailand would confiscate her passport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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