New Jersey Statutes 3B:3-33. Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills; testator’s intention; rules of construction
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:3-33
- Governing instrument: means a deed, will, trust, insurance or annuity policy, account with the designation "pay on death" (POD) or "transfer on death" (TOD), security registered in beneficiary form with the designation "pay on death" (POD) or "transfer on death" (TOD), pension, profit-sharing, retirement or similar benefit plan, instrument creating or exercising a power of appointment or a power of attorney, or a dispositive, appointive, or nominative instrument of any similar type. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
- 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:3-33. The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will, trust or other governing instrument shall be determined by the local law of a particular state selected in the will, trust or other governing instrument, unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in N.J.S. 3B:8-1 et seq. or any other public policy of this State otherwise applicable to the disposition.
L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-33, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.29.