Need help with a review of a will?
Have it reviewed by a lawyer, get answers to your questions and move forward with confidence.
Connect with a lawyer now

Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:6-6

  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • 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
This chapter shall not apply to a devolution of property of a decedent under a will or upon intestacy, where the law provides that in order to take on the devolution, a person shall survive the decedent by 120 hours, living trusts, deeds, or contracts of insurance, wherein provision has been made for distribution of property different from the provisions of this chapter.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:6-6, eff. May 1, 1982.