MLC succession english
Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the Māori Land Court issues a succession order 6.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-succession-english.pdf (1.2 mb)
The fact that a party to proceedings before the Māori Land Court is in receipt of Special Aid is not a barrier to costs being awarded against them. 26.
Documents/Practice-notes/2023.10.17-MLC-Special-Aid-Practice-Note-FINAL.pdf (367 kb)
Succession order To legally transfer the land interests of a deceased person to successors, the MLC issues a succession order⁶.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.7E-SEP21-Succession-Factsheet.pdf (355 kb)
A judge can then make a court order to set the land aside as a Māori reservation.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.4E-OCT21-Maori-Reservations.pdf (348 kb)
Use this form to create a Whānau Trust by vesting some or all of your interests in trustees to hold on behalf of the descendants of a given person or tupuna (the beneficiaries) If you are creating a Whānau Trust as part of a succession application please complete form 23.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-36-Application-to-constitute-a-whanau-trust-202104.pdf (110 kb)
Use this form to create an Ahu Whenua Trust (a land trust) by vesting one or more land blocks in trustees to manage, as set out in a trust deed/order on behalf of the beneficial owner(s).
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-37-Constitute-Ahu-Whenua-Trust.pdf (121 kb)
Distributions 5.4 The Trustees have the discretion to make distributions or provide benefits to any Beneficiary.
Now, if your succession application is assessed to be ‘simple and uncontested’, then it can be decided by a Māori Land Court registrar without a court sitting (unless you request to be heard by a judge in a court sitting).
It is how you respond to those set-backs that matters.