New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-7. Guardians; when and how appointed
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-7
- Benefits: means moneys payable by the United States to the aforesaid persons or their guardians through a Federal agency. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-2
- Chief officer: means an officer of a Federal agency, charged by the laws of the United States with the particular duty in connection with which the term is used. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:13-2
- 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
- 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
3B:13-7. When, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of a Federal agency, the chief officer of the agency requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, the appointment for a person who is incapacitated shall be made in the Superior Court, and the appointment for a minor shall be made in the Superior Court or in the surrogate’s court.
amended 2013, c.103, s.27.