Faʻamausili Moli was one of their four surviving children at the time of Malietoa's death and delivered the eulogy at his state funeral.
[3] In June 2008, the court agreed and ruled that the bestowal of the Malietoa title upon Faʻamausili Moli was illegal.
[4] After a lapse of nearly a decade, in June 2017 the three branches of the family agreed to name him to succeed his father, a decision which was then publicly announced via the Savali government newspaper, pending a three-month period as required by the Land and Titles Court to allow for further objections from members of his extended family.
After hearing these objections, on 22 December 2017 the court ruled in favour of Moli as the next holder of the Malietoa title.
[5][6] His bestowal ceremony took place on 17 August 2018, despite two restraining orders which later resulted in a dismissed charge against him and fifteen other chiefs of Malie for contempt of court.