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NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-15 - Revival of revoked will.

3B:3-15 Revival of revoked will.  3B:3-15. a. Except as otherwise provided in N.J.S.3B:3-14 or as provided in subsections b., c. and d. of this section, a revoked will or codicil shall not be revived except by reexecution or by a duly executed codicil expressing an intention to revive it. b. If a subsequent will that wholly revoked a previous will is thereafter revoked by a revocatory act described in N.J.S.3B:3-13, the previous will remains revoked unless it is revived. The previous will is revived if there is clear and convincing evidence from the circumstances of the revocation of the subsequent will or from the testator's contemporary or subsequent declarations that the testator intended the previous will to take effect as executed. c. If a subsequent will that partly revoked a previous will is thereafter revoked by a revocatory act described in N.J.S.3B:3-13, a revoked part of the previous will is revived unless there is clear and convincing evidence from the circumstances of the revocation of the subsequent will or from the testator's contemporary or subsequent declarations that the testator did not intend the revoked part to take effect as executed. d. If a subsequent will that revoked a previous will in whole or in part is thereafter revoked by another, later will, the previous will remains revoked in whole or in part, unless it or its revoked part is revived. The previous will or its revoked part is revived to the extent it appears from the terms of the later will that the testator intended the previous will to take effect. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-15, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-16 - Methods of altering will

3B:3-16. Methods of altering will  No devise in, or clause of a will may be altered, except by another will or codicil or other writing declaring the alteration executed in the manner in which wills are required by law to be executed. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-16, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-17 - Probate of will and grant of letters.

3B:3-17 Probate of will and grant of letters.  3B:3-17. The surrogates of the several counties or the Superior Court may take depositions to wills, admit the same to probate, and grant thereon letters testamentary or letters of administration with the will annexed. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-17, eff. may 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-18 - Necessity to probate will to transfer property or nominate executor

3B:3-18. Necessity to probate will to transfer property or nominate executor  To be effective to prove the transfer of any property or to nominate an executor, a will must be admitted to probate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-18, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-19 - Proof required to probate will.

3B:3-19 Proof required to probate will.  3B:3-19. A will executed as provided in N.J.S.3B:3-2 may be admitted to probate by the surrogate upon the proof of one of the attesting witnesses or by some other individual having knowledge of the facts relating to the proper execution of the will by the testator and its attestation by one of the witnesses. A will executed and acknowledged in the manner provided in N.J.S.3B:3-4, or N.J.S.3B:3-5 may be admitted to probate by the surrogate without further affidavit, deposition or proof. A writing intended as a will may be admitted to probate only in the manner provided by the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-19, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.20.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-20 - Probate of a will of testator who died in military service or within 2 years of discharge.

3B:3-20 Probate of a will of testator who died in military service or within 2 years of discharge.  N.J.S.3B:3-20. When a resident of this State dies while a member of the armed forces of the United State or within 2 years from the date of his discharge from the armed forces and no witness to his will is available in this State to prove the will, either because of death, incapacity, nonresidence, absence, or for any other reason, the will shall be admitted to probate upon proof of the signature of the testator by any two individuals, provided the will was validly executed as provided in N.J.S.3B:3-9, and the will would have been admitted to probate if the witnesses were dead. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-20, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.21.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-21 - Probate of will where witnesses are in service in time of war

3B:3-21. Probate of will where witnesses are in service in time of war  When the only living subscribing witness or witnesses, to the will of a resident of this State, is not or are not available in this State to prove the will, because of absence from the State while in the armed forces of the United States or of any ally of the United States, or while in the merchant marine, in time of war or national emergency, the will shall be admitted to probate upon proof of the signatures of the witnesses to the will, provided the will would then have been admitted to probate if the witnesses were dead. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-21, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-22 - Time for probate of will; preliminary filing

3B:3-22. Time for probate of will; preliminary filing  No will shall be admitted to probate until after 10 days from the death of the testator; but the complaint and other papers in any action for the probate of a will may be filed, and the depositions of the witnesses thereto and the qualification of the executor or administrator with the will annexed may be taken at any time subsequent to the death of the testator and before the will is admitted to probate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-22, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-23 - Proof of execution required in contested probate action

3B:3-23. Proof of execution required in contested probate action  If an issue as to the execution of a will arises in a contested probate action, the testimony of at least one of the attesting witnesses, if within the State, competent and able to testify, is required. Other evidence is admissible as to the due execution of a will. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-23, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-24 - Where a will of a resident is to be probated; effect of failure to probate.

3B:3-24 Where a will of a resident is to be probated; effect of failure to probate.  3B:3-24. The will of any individual resident within any county of this State at his death may be admitted to probate in the surrogate's court of the county or in the Superior Court. If the will of any individual resident within the State at his death is probated outside the State, it shall be without effect unless or until probate is granted within the State. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-24, eff. may 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.22.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-25 - Filing probate record with surrogate of any county

3B:3-25. Filing probate record with surrogate of any county  When a will devising real estate has been duly admitted to probate by the Superior Court, any person interested therein may file with the surrogate of any county a certified copy of the will, the complaint or application for probate, the proofs, the judgment or order for probate and the letters testamentary issued thereon. The surrogate shall thereupon record them which record, or a certified copy thereof, shall be received in evidence in any cause involving the title to real estate in that county as if the will had been originally admitted to probate before the surrogate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-25, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-26 - Probate of will of nonresident probated in another state or country.

3B:3-26 Probate of will of nonresident probated in another state or country.  3B:3-26. When the will of any individual not resident in this State at his death shall have been admitted to probate in any state of the United States or other jurisdiction or country, the surrogate's court of any county may admit it to probate for any purpose and issue letters thereon, provided the will is valid under the laws of this State. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-26, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.23.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-27 - Recording of will of nonresident probated in another state or country

3B:3-27. Recording of will of nonresident probated in another state or country  A copy of any will or of the record of any will of a decedent not resident in this State at his death, admitted to probate in any state of the United States or other jurisdiction or country, and of the certificate or judgment for probate, and if title to real estate of the decedent depends on the conveyance by an executor, administrator with the will annexed, substituted administrator with the will annexed, trustee or substituted trustee, of the record of the grant of letters testamentary thereon, or of administration, or substitutionary administration, with the will annexed, or of a copy of the letters, attested and certified pursuant to the rules of the Supreme Court or, if it be a record of any state of the United States, exemplified and authenticated according to the act of Congress, heretofore or hereafter filed and recorded in the office of the surrogate of any county in this State, shall have the same force and effect in respect to all real estate whereof the testator died seized, as if the will had been admitted to probate and the letters aforesaid had been issued in this State, provided it appears either from the deposition in the record or the attestation clause, or by a deposition taken under a commission or otherwise, that the will is valid under the laws of this State. All conveyances of the real estate heretofore or hereafter made by any executor, administrator with the will annexed, substituted administrator with the will annexed, trustee, substituted trustee, or the survivor or survivors of them, or by any devisee or persons claiming under the devisee shall be as valid as if the will had been admitted to probate and letters aforesaid had been issued in this State. Certified copies of the will, deposition, judgment for probate and letters, or of the record thereof, shall be received in evidence in all the courts of this State. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-27, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-28 - Probate of will of nonresident decedent where property situated in New Jersey.

3B:3-28 Probate of will of nonresident decedent where property situated in New Jersey.  3B:3-28. Where the will of any individual not resident in this State at his death has not been admitted to probate in the state, jurisdiction or country in which he then resided and no proceeding is there pending for the probate of the will, and he died owning real estate situate in any county of this State or personal property, or evidence of the ownership thereof, situate therein at the time of probate, the Superior Court or the surrogate's court may admit the will to probate and grant letters thereon. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-28, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 1997, c.20; 2004, c.132, s.24.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-28.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-28.1 - Probate of will of nonresident where laws of decedent's domicile are discriminatory.

3B:3-28.1 Probate of will of nonresident where laws of decedent's domicile are discriminatory.  3B:3-28.1. Where the will of any individual who is not resident in this State at the time of his death has not been admitted to probate in the state in which he resided and no proceeding is there pending for the probate of the will, the Superior Court may admit the will to probate and grant letters thereon if the laws of that state discriminate against residents of New Jersey either as a beneficiary or as a fiduciary. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-28.1, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.25.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-29 - Order to compel production of purported will

3B:3-29. Order to compel production of purported will  The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction to compel discovery as to the existence or whereabouts of any paper purporting to be a will of any decedent who died a resident of the county, which has not been offered for probate, and to require the paper to be lodged with the surrogate of the county for probate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-29, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-30 - Allowances by Superior Court to spouse or children pending contest over probate of will

3B:3-30. Allowances by Superior Court to spouse or children pending contest over probate of will  If a contest is pending over the probate of any paper purporting to be a will, the Superior Court may, on application by the widow or widower of the decedent, by any of decedent's children, or by any children of any of decedent's deceased children, order the person having the custody of the decedent's estate to pay out of the income of the estate, pending the contest, an allowance for the support and maintenance of the widow, widower, child or children as the court may deem just; and any further allowance out of the income, or, if need be, out of the corpus, of the estate as may be necessary to meet the expenses incurred or to be incurred in conducting the contest. To entitle a widow or widower to the benefit of this section the applicant must have been ceremonially married to the decedent and been living with him or her as his or her spouse at decedent's death. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-30, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-31 - Judgment for probate; conclusive effect on title to real property after 7 years.

3B:3-31 Judgment for probate; conclusive effect on title to real property after 7 years.  3B:3-31. Where judgment has been or shall be entered by any surrogate's court in this State or Superior Court of the State, admitting to probate the will of any individual whether or not a resident of the State at his death and 7 years have elapsed after the judgment, the judgment unless set aside, shall, as to all matters adjudicated thereby, be conclusive upon the title to real estate. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-31, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.26.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-32 - Requirement of survival by 120 hours; exceptions; survivorship with respect to future interests.

3B:3-32 Requirement of survival by 120 hours; exceptions; survivorship with respect to future interests.  3B:3-32. a. Except as provided in subsections b. and c., for purposes of construing a will, trust agreement, or other governing instrument, an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived an event, including the death of another individual, by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the event. b. If it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that one of two co-owners with right of survivorship survived the other co-owner by 120 hours, one-half of the property passes as if one had survived by 120 hours and one-half as if the other had survived by 120 hours. c. If there are more than two co-owners and it is not established by clear and convincing evidence that at least one of them survived the others by 120 hours, the property passes in the proportion that one bears to the whole number of co-owners. d. The 120 hour survival requirement of subsections a., b. and c. shall not apply if: (1) the will, trust agreement, or other governing instrument, contains some language applicable to the event dealing explicitly with simultaneous deaths or deaths in a common disaster, or requiring survival for a stated time period; (2) application would cause a non-vested property interest or power of appointment to be invalid under a rule against perpetuities concerning an interest created prior to the enactment of P.L. 1999, c. 159 (effective on July 8, 1999); or (3) it is established by clear and convincing evidence that application to multiple governing instruments would result in an unintended failure or duplication of a disposition. e. For purposes of this section, "co-owners with right of survivorship" includes joint tenants, tenants by the entireties, and other co-owners of property or accounts held under circumstances that entitle one or more to the whole of the property or account on the death of the other or others. To the extent this section is inconsistent with the "Uniform Simultaneous Death Law" (N.J.S.3B:6-1 et seq.), the provisions of this section shall apply. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-32, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.27.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-33 - Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills; testator's intention; rules of construction.

3B:3-33 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills; testator's intention; rules of construction.  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.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-33.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-33.1 - Testator's intention; settlor's intention; rules of construction applicable to wills, trusts and other governing instruments.

3B:3-33.1 Testator's intention; settlor's intention; rules of construction applicable to wills, trusts and other governing instruments.  28. a. The intention of a testator as expressed in his will controls the legal effect of his dispositions, and the rules of construction expressed in N.J.S.3B:3-34 through N.J.S.3B:3-48 shall apply unless the probable intention of the testator, as indicated by the will and relevant circumstances, is contrary. b. The intention of a settlor as expressed in a trust, or of an individual as expressed in a governing instrument, controls the legal effect of the dispositions therein and the rules of construction expressed in N.J.S.3B:34 through N.J.S.3B:3-48 shall apply unless the probable intent of such settlor or of such individual, as indicated by the trust or by such governing instrument and relevant circumstances, is contrary. For purposes of this Title, when construing each of these rules of construction the word "testator" shall include but not be limited to a settlor or a creator of any other governing instrument; the word "will" shall include a trust or other governing instrument; the word "devise" shall include any disposition in a trust or other governing instrument; and the word "devisee" shall include a beneficiary of a trust or other governing instrument. L.2004,c.132,s.28.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-34 - Will construed to pass all property of testator including after-acquired property.

3B:3-34 Will construed to pass all property of testator including after-acquired property.  3B:3-34. Unless a will expressly provides otherwise, it is construed to pass all property the testator owns at death including property acquired after the execution of the will, and all property acquired by the estate after the testator's death. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-34, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.30.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-35 - Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.

3B:3-35 Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.  3B:3-35 Anti-lapse; deceased devisee; class gifts.  If a devisee who is a grandparent, stepchild or a lineal descendant of a grandparent of the decedent is dead at the time of the execution of the governing instrument, fails to survive the decedent, or is treated as if he predeceased the decedent, any descendants of the deceased devisee who survives the decedent by 120 hours take by representation in place of the deceased devisee. One who would have been a devisee under a class gift if he had survived the decedent is treated as a devisee for purposes of this section whether his death occurred before or after the execution of the governing instrument. For purposes of this section, a"stepchild" means a child of the surviving, deceased or former spouse who is not a child of the decedent. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-35, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.31; 2005, c.160, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:3-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:3-36 - Failure of testamentary provision; residuary devise to two or more residuary devisees; death of one or more before testator.

3B:3-36 Failure of testamentary provision; residuary devise to two or more residuary devisees; death of one or more before testator.  3B:3-36. Except as provided in N.J.S.3B:3-35:  a. a devise, other than a residuary devise, that fails for any reason becomes a part of the residue. b. if the residue is devised to two or more persons, unless a contrary intention shall appear by the will, the share of a residuary devise that fails for any reason passes to the other residuary devisee, or to other residuary devisees in proportion to the interest of each in the remaining part of the residue. L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-36, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.32.