Maureen D Costa W/O Oswald Stephen D'Cost v. Robert Vincent Barretto (Deceased)
Case brief
What is this about?
Testamentary-side direction order, 21.TP/295/2025 [Original] (AMH20240130303C202 400001), dated 24.03.2025, by Company Registrar/Testamentary Registrar Kavita Y. Ambekar. Subject: Succession Certificate sought by Maureen D’Costa, married sister of deceased Robert Vincent Barretto (died 01.10.2019), for securities of the deceased; parents predeceased the deceased; deceased was divorced (decree of the Hon’ble Family Court, Bandra at Exh. B, copy incomplete). Registrar directed the advocate (Mr. Suneet M. Moholkar) to complete/steps and place the decree on board when ready; petition removed from board. No statutory provisions, precedents, quantum, or substantive adjudication; no certificate granted or refused in this order.
What did the court decide?
The Registrar found the copy of the decree of divorce (Exh. B) incomplete and directed the advocate to take appropriate steps and have it placed on board as and when it is ready.