Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:12-12

  • Estate: means all of the property of a decedent, minor or incapacitated individual, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as the property is originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
In the appointment of guardians for minors, the surrogate’s court of the county in which the minor may reside or if he is nonresident, then the county in which he may have real or personal estate, shall have and exercise the same powers as the Superior Court.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:12-12, eff. May 1, 1982.