Nowadays it is common for couple to draft prenuptial agreement for assets and debts management purposes. Such agreement would specifies what rights both parties possess to their properties and assets if their marriage ends in divorce. In Thailand, prenuptial agreements are enforced according to Thai Civil and Commercial Code[1].
現在夫妻雙方就財產和債務管理訂立婚前協議已經很普遍。該協議規定如果他們的婚姻以離婚告終，雙方對他們的財產和資產擁有什麼權利。在泰國，泰國民商法婚前協議是可行的。
A prenuptial agreement should:
婚前協議應該:
1. be made before marriage;
在結婚前訂立；
2. both parties understand the contract's (prenup's) content;
雙方了解協議(婚前協議)的內容
3. both parties sign the agreement with at least two witnesses, at least 18 years old;
雙方在有至少兩名見證人的情況上簽署協議，必須至少18歲;
4. its clauses are not against good morals or the law, and;
條款不違反良好道德或法律，並且；
5. is registered together with the marriage in the marriage registers.
與結婚一起登記在婚姻登記簿。
In addition, if either or both parties are under 20 years old, they must receive consent for the marriage from parent, legal representative, or guardian.
此外，如果任何一方或雙方未滿20歲，必須獲得父母、法定代理人或監護人的同意才能結婚。
On the other hand, the following representations would be void if included in a prenuptial agreement:
另一方面，如果以下內容包含在婚前協議，將無效：
Ø A clause that requires a husband’s total salary be given to the wife.
要求將丈夫的全部薪資交給妻子的條文。
Ø Wording that intimates that the agreement can be governed by statutes outside of Thailand.
暗示該協議可受泰國境外法規管轄的用詞。
Ø Wording that specifies each spouse’s debts. For instance, identifying personal debt of both spouses to be a debt of the husband, or an obligation of the husband to be the debt of the wife.
詳細說明配偶雙方債務的用詞。例如，將夫妻雙方的個人債務認定為丈夫的債務，或者將丈夫的義務認定為妻子的債務。
Ø A clause that specifies, in cases of separation, that any assets acquired during the separation are personally owned. (While this addendum is considered void in the Thai legal system, it may be valid in other countries).
條文規定在分居的情況下，分居期間獲得的任何資產均為個人所有。
(雖然本附錄在泰國法律體系被視為無效，但在其他國家/地區可能有效) 。
Changes to or cancellation of the prenuptial agreement:[2]
變更或撤銷婚前協議:
Ø Only with the authorization of the court can the spouse alter or revoke the prenuptial agreement.
只有經法院授權，配偶才可以更改或撤銷婚前協議。
Ø When the court orders to change the revocation of the prenuptial agreement, the court shall notify the marriage registrar to record such changes in the marriage register.
法院裁定變更撤銷婚前協議時，應當通知婚姻登記官登記在婚姻登記簿上。
[1] Please refer to sections 1465 to 1469 of the Thailand Civil and Commercial Code. [2] Section 1467 of Civil and Commercial Code.
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