The share of a surviving spouse depends upon what other of the decedent s heirs also survive. Surviving spouse receives entire estate. Issue share the other half. Surviving spouse and parents share the remaining estate 50-50. Further Distribution is Set Forth In The Statutes.
Parents receive entire estate.
Further distribution is set forth in the statutes, but if no issue of grandparents survive, the State of New Jersey receives entire estate. The closest living intestate heir of the decedent is entitled to be appointed administrator of the estate. Any person who is first entitled to serve may renounce the office by filing a Renunciation with the Surrogate. If the affiant is domiciled outside the state of New Jersey, the Surrogate may authorize, in writing, execution of the affidavit before a proper authority in the other jurisdiction. This procedure is only available in cases where no valid will exists.