New Jersey Statutes 3B:22-37. Residue after debts to go to heirs or devisees
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:22-37
- Heirs: means those persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse, the domestic partner and the descendants of the decedent, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
If full payment of debts and claims is made, and there remains a residue, the residue shall be divided among the heirs of an intestate in the proportions as provided by law, or in case of a will, to the devisees as the will directs.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:22-37, eff. May 1, 1982.