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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:13A-5

  • Administrator: includes general administrators of an intestate and unless restricted by the subject or context, administrators with the will annexed, substituted administrators, substituted administrators with the will annexed, temporary administrators and administrators pendente lite. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • 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
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3B:13A-5. By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought. An action for the appointment of a conservator may be brought by the conservatee as provided in section 3B:13A-2 or in the conservatee’s behalf by:

a. His spouse;

b. His adult children or, where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee;

c. Any person having concern for the financial or personal well-being of the conservatee;

d. A public agency or a social services official of the State or of the county in which the conservatee resides regardless of whether or not the conservatee is a recipient of public assistance; or

e. The chief administrator of a State licensed hospital, school or institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.

f. The chief administrator of a non-profit charitable institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.

Amended 1989,c.329,s.1.