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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:22-4

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Claims: include liabilities whether arising in contract, or in tort or otherwise, and liabilities of the estate which arise at or after the death of the decedent, including funeral expenses and expenses of administration, but does not include estate or inheritance taxes, demands or disputes regarding title to specific assets alleged to be included in the estate. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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
3B:22-4. Creditors of the decedent shall present their claims to the personal representative of the decedent’s estate in writing and under oath, specifying the amount claimed and the particulars of the claim, within nine months from the date of the decedent’s death. If a claim is not so presented to the personal representative within nine months from the date of the decedent’s death, the personal representative shall not be liable to the creditor with respect to any assets which the personal representative may have delivered or paid in satisfaction of any lawful claims, devises or distributive shares, before the presentation of the claim.

Amended 2004, c.132, s.84.