§ 3B:10-1 Grant of letters of administration
§ 3B:10-2 To whom letters of administration granted
§ 3B:10-3 When spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner entitled to assets without administration
§ 3B:10-4 When heirs entitled to assets without administration
§ 3B:10-5 Discharge of corporations or persons making payments or delivering assets under N.J.S. 3B:10-3 or N.J.S. 3B:10-4
§ 3B:10-6 Acts of administrator before notice of will
§ 3B:10-7 Ancillary administration on estate of nonresident intestate
§ 3B:10-8 Administration by creditor of nonresident decedent
§ 3B:10-9 Record of appointment of personal representative; evidentiary effect
§ 3B:10-10 Executor de son tort
§ 3B:10-11 Administration ad prosequendum on death by wrongful act
§ 3B:10-12 Temporary administration
§ 3B:10-13 Duty to apply in this State for original letters of administration
§ 3B:10-14 Appointment of debtor as executor; debt not discharged
§ 3B:10-15 Appointment of substituted administrators
§ 3B:10-16 Decedent’s will to be observed
§ 3B:10-17 Manner in which appointment shall be made
§ 3B:10-18 When appointment unnecessary
§ 3B:10-19 Commencement of duties and powers of a personal representative
§ 3B:10-20 Ratification of prior acts
§ 3B:10-21.1 Appointment of person to control funeral, disposition of remains
§ 3B:10-22 Priority among letters
§ 3B:10-23 Duty of personal representative to settle and distribute estate
§ 3B:10-24 Liability for acts of administration or distribution
§ 3B:10-25 Standing to sue and be sued
§ 3B:10-26 Standards of care to be observed
§ 3B:10-27 Right to possession of property transferred in fraud of creditors
§ 3B:10-28 Expeditious settlement and distribution
§ 3B:10-29 Possession and control of estate
§ 3B:10-30 Power over title to property
§ 3B:10-30.1 Voluntary discharge of personal representative for an estate
§ 3B:10-31 Powers and duties of successor representative
§ 3B:10-32 Powers of surviving copersonal representative
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 3B > Chapter 10 - Grant of Letters of Administration

  • Administrator: includes general administrators of an intestate and unless restricted by the subject or context, administrators with the will annexed, substituted administrators, substituted administrators with the will annexed, temporary administrators and administrators pendente lite. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Devisee: means any person designated in a will to receive a devise. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Domestic partner: means a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of the person or estate of a minor or incapacitated individual pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Heirs: means those persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse, the domestic partner and the descendants of the decedent, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • 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.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • 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
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Pleadings: Written statements of the parties in a civil case of their positions. In the federal courts, the principal pleadings are the complaint and the answer.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • 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
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.