New Jersey Statutes 3B:2-3. Jurisdiction of Superior Court over surrogate’s proceedings
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:2-3
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine disputes or doubts arising before the surrogate or in the surrogate’s court of a county, to review any order, determination or judgment of the surrogate or the surrogate’s court of a county and upon the review to hear and determine the matter, and to grant relief from or to direct the entry of, as of a former time, any order, determination or judgment of the surrogate or the surrogate’s court of a county.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:2-3, eff. May 1, 1982.