2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 2A - ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Section 2A:81-2 - Transactions with lunatic or decedent; proof required
2A:81-2. Transactions with lunatic or decedent; proof required
When 1 party to any civil action is a lunatic suing or defending by guardian or when 1 party sues or is sued in a representative capacity, any other party who asserts a claim or an affirmative defense against such lunatic or representative, supported by oral testimony of a promise, statement or act of the lunatic while of sound mind or of the decedent, shall be required to establish the same by clear and convincing proof.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344; amended by L.1960, c. 52, p. 463, s. 45, eff. July 1, 1960.
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