New Jersey TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS
- 3B:1-1 Definitions A to H.
- 3B:1-2 Definitions I to Z.
- 3B:1-3 Devolution of property upon death.
- 3B:1-4. Contractual arrangements relating to death
- 3B:1-5. Effect upon vested rights and remedies
- 3B:1-6. Law governing rights, duties and powers of fiduciaries
- 3B:1-7. Exclusion of property passing to a testamentary trustee other than by devise from rights of personal representative or creditors of decedent
- 3B:1-8. Application of title to wills
- 3B:1-8.1 Applicability of act.
- 3B:1-9. Effect of fraud and evasion
- 3B:2-1. Jurisdiction of Superior Court not affected
- 3B:2-2. General authority of Superior Court as to probate matters
- 3B:2-3. Jurisdiction of Superior Court over surrogate's proceedings
- 3B:2-4. Proceedings in Superior Court on order to show cause
- 3B:2-5 Disputes or doubts in proceedings before the surrogate.
- 3B:2-6 Oath; affidavit; deposition or proof.
- 3B:2-7 Issuance of subpoenas by surrogate.
- 3B:2-8 Penalty for failure to obey subpoena.
- 3B:3-1 Individuals competent to make a will and appoint a testamentary guardian.
- 3B:3-2 Execution; witnessed wills; writings intended as wills.
- 3B:3-2.1 Creation, maintenance of will registry; fees.
- 3B:3-2.2 Regulations.
- 3B:3-3 Writings intended as wills.
- 3B:3-4 Making will self-proved at time of execution.
- 3B:3-5 Making will self-proved subsequent to time of execution.
- 3B:3-6. Validating acknowledgment
- 3B:3-7 Who may witness a will.
- 3B:3-8. Will not invalidated if signed by interested witness
- 3B:3-9. Laws determining valid execution of will
- 3B:3-10. Incorporation by reference
- 3B:3-11 Identifying devise of tangible personal property by separate writing.
- 3B:3-12 Acts and events of independent significance.
- 3B:3-13 Revocation by writing or by act.
- 3B:3-14 Revocation of probate and non-probate transfers by divorce or annulment; revival by remarriage to former spouse.
- 3B:3-15 Revival of revoked will.
- 3B:3-16. Methods of altering will
- 3B:3-17 Probate of will and grant of letters.
- 3B:3-18. Necessity to probate will to transfer property or nominate executor
- 3B:3-19 Proof required to probate will.
- 3B:3-20 Probate of a will of testator who died in military service or within 2 years of discharge.
- 3B:3-21. Probate of will where witnesses are in service in time of war
- 3B:3-22. Time for probate of will; preliminary filing
- 3B:3-23. Proof of execution required in contested probate action
- 3B:3-24 Where a will of a resident is to be probated; effect of failure to probate.
- 3B:3-25. Filing probate record with surrogate of any county
- 3B:3-26 Probate of will of nonresident probated in another state or country.
- 3B:3-27. Recording of will of nonresident probated in another state or country
- 3B:3-28 Probate of will of nonresident decedent where property situated in New Jersey.
- 3B:3-28.1 Probate of will of nonresident where laws of decedent's domicile are discriminatory.
- 3B:3-29. Order to compel production of purported will
- 3B:3-30. Allowances by Superior Court to spouse or children pending contest over probate of will
- 3B:3-31 Judgment for probate; conclusive effect on title to real property after 7 years.
- 3B:3-32 Requirement of survival by 120 hours; exceptions; survivorship with respect to future interests.
- 3B:3-33 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills; testator's intention; rules of construction.
- 3B:3-33.1 Testator's intention; settlor's intention; rules of construction applicable to wills, trusts and other governing instruments.
- 3B:3-34 Will construed to pass all property of testator including after-acquired property.
- 3B:3-35 Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.
- 3B:3-36 Failure of testamentary provision; residuary devise to two or more residuary devisees; death of one or more before testator.
- 3B:3-37. Residuary devise to two or more residuary devisees; death of one or more before testator
- 3B:3-38 Construction of words "die without issue" or "die without descendants".
- 3B:3-39. Construction when "heirs and assigns" omitted from devise; fee passed
- 3B:3-40. Words importing estate in fee not to prevent further devise
- 3B:3-41 Issue and descendants to take by representation.
- 3B:3-42 Increase in securities, accessions.
- 3B:3-43 Nonademption of specific devise; sale by or payment of condemnation award or insurance proceeds to guardian of testator or agent.
- 3B:3-44 Specific devise; right of devisee after sale, condemnation, casualty loss or foreclosure.
- 3B:3-45. Exercise of power of appointment
- 3B:3-46 Ademption by satisfaction.
- 3B:3-47. Penalty clause for contesting will
- 3B:3-48 Construction of generic terms included in class gift terminology.
- 3B:3-49. Effect of final order of court of another state admitting will to probate or determining validity or construction
- 3B:4-1. Short title