thai wife is a theif

charlie2309

can anyone tell me wether or not my uncles thai partner is entitled to half his house and business, they met in thailand and married and she emigrated to the uk, then about 3 yrs ago we found out she had stolen 30k off his and my nans credit cards,(she likes a gamble) like a mug he forgave her but went to the thai embassy in london to have the marriage ceased. they are still living together in the uk and have been trying to patch things up and 2 weeks ago had a baby,my uncle had borrowed an extra 30k on his mortgage to pay the c/cards off and now the fixed rate is expiring he went to switch morgatges again only for the credit check to reveal she has recently taken another 22k,she says its in a bank a/c in thailand and cant/wont get it back he works nights so she has been hiding the post, he owns a house as well as a taxi which is classed as a business, he cannot afford a solicitor as he has all this debt, he's told her to go back to thailand but she wont leave,how can he get her out and would she be entitled to anything as his co-habitant and especially now they have a child makes things a lot harder, as far as we are concerned she has had more than her fair share the thieving little ***?
would be greatfull if anyone knowa anything about this sort of thing.

charlie2309

thanx ts, yeah the dna bit did cross my mind too as she clearly cannot be trusted. i will tell him he should report it to the poilce but they may just say "thats why you shouldnt let anyone know your pin no." but you'd think you could trust your wife. i personally think the credit card companys are out of order letting someone withdraw 250 pound a day every day untill they max'd the cards especially as they were told of the circumstances first time round when she did it last time, also he had told them under no circumstances post him any of his pin no's, but it seems they failed to change the pin from the original thats how she was able to do it again, may be worth a visit to the c.a.b.

cymro1170

How was she able to steal from your gran's credit cards

charlie2309

my nan is a lovely woman and would do anything for anyone, his wife asked to borrow some money to get my uncle a present as she was inbetween jobs and didn't want to ask uncle for cash to buy his own prezzie, anyway nan gave her her credit card and pin to get the cash out,up until then everything seemed fine my nans lent me cash like that before or ive gone down to get her some and have always taken what was agreed and given card back,were all a close family so we thought,anyways it was only when she came up with one excuse after another not to come back with the card my nan got suspicious then her bill came in she had taken upto 500 a day mostly 250 a couple of times she did one cash point jumped on a bus and did another so quick i spose she got 2 lots in one day, it was then it all came to light we told my uncle who checked all his cards some he had forgotten about as he no longer banks with the certain company so she'd obviously gone to my nan cos shed max'd out all his.

margaretclare

It's going to be very difficult to prove that she stole from Nan, as Nan gave her the card and told her the PIN!

With sympathy

Aunty Margaret

exil

Indeed. Have had a similar experience. No chance of making anything stick - and in most cases when a relative is the perpetrator you don't want to prosecute.

Never give anyone your card and pin - husband, wife, son, daughter, ANYONE!

Smiley_Mum

I read of someone locally who had her house burgled and because the PIN nos were written down alongside the cards in her house (she was a pensioner) the bank said that they could not refund the money that had been stolen from her. It states plainly in the t&cs that you must not disclose your PIN to anyone, no matter who, or you are liable for losses. The bank has not refunded her money.

charlie2309

upto a point i think he has resigned himself to having to pay off all the debt we are just worried she may claim even more money from the house/business,as his comman law wife as they are still living together. The really selfish thing about it aswell is she had nothing was living in a hut with 10 other members of family in the jungle, he has given her and her family so much and thats how she repays him!!! now we know her true colours i realise ive actually never met anyone so devious,

Burlesque_Babe

hi - there is no such thing as a common law wife/husband. It doesn't matter if they had been together for 30 years without marrying, common law is a myth.
This might be of some help

http://www.divorce.co.uk/hottopics/articles/cohabitants.htm

margaretclare

But Charlie originally says 'they met in Thailand and married', then 'he went to the Thai embassy to have the married ceased'.

So are they married or aren't they? In any case, an embassy can't divorce a couple - but in his last post Charlie says 'she is his common-law wife'. As we all know, but as is still widely-believed, there is no such thing as a common-law wife (or husband) under English law.

I think we need to know - are they legally wed under English law, or are they not?

Aunty Margaret

charlie2309

hi aunty, i could be wrong about the embassy my memory not what it used to be, i know he had to go somewhere in london queue up all day and came back divorced i assumed it was the embassy. and from what everyone has been saying as they only had a ceremony in thailand looks like they wouldnt of been legal over here anyway, :j and now i have found out common law doesnt excist (thanx for the link b.t.w karen) hopefully she will not get anymore out of him. im going to see him tomoz,need to know if the house is in joint names as that could pose a prob, so i'll keep you posted thanx guys for listening its nice to have some impartial advice.

love charlie
ps im a girly its short for charlotte lol happens all the time :rotfl: