New Jersey Statutes 3B:14-40. No actions against personal representatives within 6 months of grants of letters; exceptions; execution
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:14-40
- 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
To enable personal representatives to examine into the condition of the estate and to ascertain its amount and value and the debts to be paid, no actions, except for funeral expenses, shall be brought or maintained against personal representatives within 6 months after letters testamentary or of administration have been granted, as the case may be, unless by special leave of the court in which the action is brought; and, if leave is given, no execution shall issue within the period of 6 months.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-40, eff. May 1, 1982.