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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-16

  • 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
  • Federal agency: means any bureau, office, board, or officer of the United States by whatever name known, now or hereafter charged by Congress: (1) With payment of pensions, bounties, and allowances to veterans of the military service of the United States, their widows, widowers, children, mothers, and fathers. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-2
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: means a person acting as fiduciary for a ward. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-2
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Ward: means a beneficiary of a Federal agency. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-2
When directed in writing by the proper Federal agency, the guardian shall apply that portion of the estate to the ward‘s spouse, child, father or mother as may be set forth in the direction. The direction shall be submitted to the Superior Court when an account is filed as proof of the guardian‘s authority for those payments.

Except as permitted by this section, a guardian shall not apply any of the estate of his ward to the support of any person other than his ward.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-16, eff. May 1, 1982.