2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others
Section 3B:3-47 - Penalty clause for contesting will

Universal Citation:
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-47 (2023)
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3B:3-47. Penalty clause for contesting will

A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-47, eff. May 1, 1982.

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