New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-3. Devolution of property upon death
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-3
- 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.
- Testate: To die leaving a will.
3B:1-3. Upon the death of an individual, his real and personal property devolves to the persons to whom it is devised by his will or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances affecting the devolution of testate estates, or in the absence of testamentary disposition, to his heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for them in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting devolution of intestate estates, subject to rights of creditors and to administration.
L.1981, c.405, s.3B:1-3, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.3.