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NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-18 - Expenditures to be made by conservator out of conservatee's estate

3B:13A-18. Expenditures to be made by conservator out of conservatee's estate  A conservator may expend or distribute so much or all of the income or principal of the conservatee for his support, maintenance, education, general use and benefit and for the support, maintenance, education, general use and benefit of his dependents, in the manner, at the time or times and to the extent that the conservator, in an exercise of a reasonable discretion, deems suitable and proper, with or without court order, with or without regard to the duty or ability of any person to support or provide for the conservatee, and with or without regard to any other funds, income or property which may be available for any of those purposes. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-19 - Recommendations to be considered by conservator in making expenditures

3B:13A-19. Recommendations to be considered by conservator in making expenditures  In making expenditures under N.J.S. 3B:13A-18, a conservator shall consider recommendations relating to the appropriate standard of support, education and benefit for the conservatee made by any party set forth in N.J.S. 3B:13A-6. He may not be surcharged for sums paid to persons or organizations actually furnishing support, education or care to the conservatee pursuant to the recommendations of a parent, spouse or heir of the conservatee unless he knows that the parent, spouse or heir of the conservatee is deriving personal financial benefit therefrom, or unless the recommendations are clearly not in the best interests of the conservatee. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-20 - Other factors to be considered by conservator in making expenditures

3B:13A-20. Other factors to be considered by conservator in making expenditures  In making expenditures under N.J.S. 3B:13A-19, the conservator shall expend or distribute sums reasonably necessary for the support, education, care or benefit of the conservatee with due regard to: a. The size of the conservatee's estate; b. The probable duration of the conservatorship and the likelihood that the conservatee, at some future time, may be fully able to manage his affairs and the estate which has been conserved for him; and c. The accustomed standard of living of the conservatee and members of his household. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-21 - Persons for whose benefit expenditures may be made

3B:13A-21. Persons for whose benefit expenditures may be made  The conservator may expend funds of the conservatee's estate for the support of persons legally dependent on the conservatee and others who are members of the conservatee's household who are unable to support themselves, and who are in need of support. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-22 - Persons to whom funds may be paid

3B:13A-22. Persons to whom funds may be paid  Funds expended under N.J.S. 3B:13A-18 may be paid by the conservator to any person, including the conservatee, to reimburse the conservator for expenditures which he has made, or in advance for services to be rendered to the conservatee when it is reasonable to expect that they will be performed and where advance payments are customary or reasonably necessary under the circumstances. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-23 - Powers conferred upon conservator

3B:13A-23. Powers conferred upon conservator  A conservator has all of the powers conferred upon him by law and the terms of this chapter, except that a conservator's powers over the property of the conservatee are limited to the investment of income or the expenditure and distribution of income and principal as set forth in N.J.S. 3B:13A-18 and N.J.S. 3B:13A-21, unless other powers are specifically conferred upon the conservator by the court or by the conservatee in an acknowledged writing. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-24 - Expansion or limitation of conservator's powers

3B:13A-24. Expansion or limitation of conservator's powers  The court may, at the time of appointment or later, expand or limit the powers of a conservator otherwise conferred by this chapter, or previously conferred by the court, and may at any time relieve him of any expansion or limitation. If the court expands or limits any power conferred on the conservator, the expansion or limitation shall be stated in certificates of letters of conservatorship thereafter issued. The court shall confer powers to the conservator authorizing only that intervention which it finds to be least restrictive of the conservatee's rights while consistent with the conservatee's welfare and safety. The basis for the finding shall be in the record of the court. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-25 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-25 - Formal accounting

3B:13A-25. Formal accounting  A conservator shall settle his account in the Superior Court at intervals as the court may require, except that a conservator may settle his first account within 1 year after his appointment, or as soon thereafter as may be practicable. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-26 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-26 - Effect of judgment allowing intermediate account

3B:13A-26. Effect of judgment allowing intermediate account  A judgment, made upon notice and hearing, allowing an intermediate account of a conservator, shall have the same effect as a judgment allowing an intermediate account of any other fiduciary. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-27 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-27 - Annual informal report or accounting

3B:13A-27. Annual informal report or accounting  The conservator shall present to the conservatee an annual informal report or accounting setting forth the collection and disposition of income and other assets within the conservator's control. The annual informal report or accounting shall be filed with the court and available for inspection by any party set forth in N.J.S. 3B:13A-6. In addition, the court may order, upon a showing of good cause by the conservatee, a full accounting by the conservator of all the conservatee's assets within the conservator's control. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-28 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-28 - Personal liability of conservator on contracts

3B:13A-28. Personal liability of conservator on contracts  Unless otherwise provided in the contract, a conservator is not individually liable on a contract properly entered into in his fiduciary capacity in the course of administration of the estate unless he fails to reveal his representative capacity and identify the estate in the contract. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-29 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-29 - Personal liability of conservator for obligations arising from control of estate

3B:13A-29. Personal liability of conservator for obligations arising from control of estate  A conservator is individually liable for obligations arising from control of property of the estate or for any act or omission committed in the course of administration of the estate only if he is personally at fault. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-30 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-30 - Asserting claims against estate

3B:13A-30. Asserting claims against estate  Claims based on contracts entered into by a conservator in his fiduciary capacity, on obligations arising from control of the estate, or on any act or omission committed in the course of administration of the estate may be asserted against the estate by proceeding against the conservator in his fiduciary capacity, whether or not the conservator is individually liable therefor. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-31 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-31 - Determining issues of liability between estate and conservator

3B:13A-31. Determining issues of liability between estate and conservator  Any question of liability between the estate and the conservator individually may be determined in a proceeding for accounting, surcharge, or indemnification, or other appropriate proceeding or action. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-32 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-32 - Liability of conservator for improper exercise of power concerning estate

3B:13A-32. Liability of conservator for improper exercise of power concerning estate  If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the conservator is liable to the conservatee or interested persons for damage or loss resulting from breach of his fiduciary duty to the same extent as a trustee of an express trust. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-33 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-33 - Termination of conservatorship by conservatee

3B:13A-33. Termination of conservatorship by conservatee  Upon application of the conservatee, the court shall terminate the conservatorship, and the conservator, after the allowance of his final account, shall pay over and distribute all funds and property in his hands and under his control to the former conservatee. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-34 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-34 - Termination of conservatorship.

3B:13A-34 Termination of conservatorship.  3B:13A-34. A conservatorship shall terminate upon the death of the conservatee or upon adjudication of the conservatee to be incapacitated as provided by law, but the termination shall not affect the conservator's liability for prior acts nor obligation to account funds and property of the conservatee. amended 2013, c.103, s.42.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-35 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-35 - Substituted conservator

3B:13A-35. Substituted conservator  Upon the death of the conservator or his removal by the court for good cause or if he resigns with court approval and after filing his account, the court may appoint another conservator in the manner provided for by this chapter. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:13A-36 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:13A-36 - Conservator's compensation.

3B:13A-36 Conservator's compensation.  3B:13A-36. A conservator shall be compensated for services in the same manner as a guardian for a minor or for a person who is incapacitated. amended 2013, c.103, s.43.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-1 - Survivorship and succession among cofiduciaries; duties and powers

3B:14-1. Survivorship and succession among cofiduciaries; duties and powers  There shall be survivorship and succession between and among cofiduciaries. If only one fiduciary survives or remains qualified to act, no substituted fiduciary need be appointed to act in the place of any cofiduciary who may have died or may have been removed, discharged or otherwise disabled to act. The surviving fiduciary or cofiduciaries shall proceed with the duties of the office and shall be entitled to the property and assets, and to sue for and recover them, and to sell and convey them, as if the remaining fiduciary or cofiduciaries had been solely appointed to the office. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-1, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-2 - Appointment of substituted fiduciary in place of one deceased or removed

3B:14-2. Appointment of substituted fiduciary in place of one deceased or removed  A substituted fiduciary may be discharged or removed in the same manner and for the same causes as an originally named or appointed fiduciary. Upon the death or removal of a substituted fiduciary, a substituted fiduciary may be appointed in his stead with the same powers, authority, duties and liabilities as his predecessor in office. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-2, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-3 - Powers and duties of substituted fiduciary

3B:14-3. Powers and duties of substituted fiduciary  A substituted fiduciary may demand, receive and recover the property and assets of the estate, and maintain all proper actions for the recovery thereof, and do all acts necessary for the administration and settlement of the estate and execution of the powers and performance of the trusts contained in the will or other instrument, in the same manner and to the same effect as if he had been appointed or named in the first instance. The fiduciary shall in the same manner be liable for any neglect or failure to perform the duties of his appointment. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-3, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-4 - Actions of succeeding or substituted fiduciary to recover assets misapplied by predecessor

3B:14-4. Actions of succeeding or substituted fiduciary to recover assets misapplied by predecessor  A fiduciary appointed in the place of a removed or discharged fiduciary, or the cofiduciary remaining in office after the discharge or removal of the fiduciary, may sue for assets as shall have come into the possession of the discharged or removed fiduciary for any breach of trust, waste, embezzlement or misapplication thereof and may sue for the recovery of the assets of the estate against the discharged or removed fiduciary or against any other person in possession of the assets. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-4, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-5 - Removed or discharged fiduciary to deliver assets to successor

3B:14-5. Removed or discharged fiduciary to deliver assets to successor  A fiduciary when removed or discharged shall forthwith deliver to his cofiduciary or the substituted fiduciary succeeding him all the assets of the estate which he holds, and shall, within 60 days after the accounting and settlement as provided in N.J.S. 3B:14-7, pay over to the cofiduciary or substituted fiduciary, as the circumstances of the case may require or the court may order, any balance shown to be due. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-5, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-6 - Penalty for failure of removed or discharged fiduciary to account or deliver assets

3B:14-6. Penalty for failure of removed or discharged fiduciary to account or deliver assets  A fiduciary who fails to account as provided by N.J.S. 3B:14-7 or who fails to comply with the provisions of N.J.S. 3B:14-5, or any order entered thereunder, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding the amount of the estate in the hands of the fiduciary and shall also be liable for contempt for disobeying or failing to perform any court order or for failing to pay the fine. All fines hereunder shall be collected by execution against the real or personal property of the defaulting fiduciary and shall be collected in favor of the person to whom the defaulting fiduciary should have made the payment or delivery and shall be received as assets by the cofiduciary or substituted fiduciary succeeding to the management of the estate. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-6, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-7 - Account of removed or discharged fiduciary

3B:14-7. Account of removed or discharged fiduciary  A removed or discharged fiduciary shall, within 60 days after removal or discharge or within a shorter or longer period as the court may direct, state and settle his account before the Superior Court for all the assets of the estate in his charge. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-7, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-8 - "Engaged in war service" defined

3B:14-8. "Engaged in war service" defined  For the purposes of this article, a fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary shall be deemed to be engaged in war service if in time of war: a. He is a member of the armed forces of the United States or of any of its allies or has been accepted for service and is awaiting induction into the service; or b. He is engaged in any work abroad in connection with a governmental agency of the United States or in connection with the American Red Cross Society or any other body with similar objects; or c. He is interned in an enemy country or is in a foreign country or a possession or dependency of the United States and is unable to return to this State. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-8, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-9 - Appointment of substitute for fiduciary engaged in war service

3B:14-9. Appointment of substitute for fiduciary engaged in war service  If a person is named to act as a fiduciary in a will or in any instrument creating a trust, who has not accepted the appointment or has not qualified, or if a person acting as a fiduciary is engaged in war service, the court may suspend the right of that person to be appointed as the fiduciary or suspend the powers of the fiduciary while he is engaged in war service and until the further order of the court. The court may appoint a substituted fiduciary until the termination of the suspension and reinstatement of the fiduciary or the person named to act as fiduciary is appointed. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-9, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-10 - Cofiduciaries; terms of instrument

3B:14-10. Cofiduciaries; terms of instrument  If the fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary is one of several cofiduciaries or one of several named to act as cofiduciaries, the court may appoint a substituted cofiduciary or may appoint the fiduciary's cofiduciary or cofiduciaries or the person or persons named to act as cofiduciaries to act as the substituted fiduciary. If the will or other instrument under which the fiduciary is appointed or person is named to act as fiduciary provides for a substitute or alternate fiduciary in the event of his death or otherwise, the court shall appoint as substituted fiduciary the substitute or alternate fiduciary or person named to act as substitute or alternate fiduciary to act if he is willing to act and can qualify. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-10, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-11 - Substituted fiduciary; bond

3B:14-11. Substituted fiduciary; bond  The substituted fiduciary shall give bond in the same terms as to condition, security and amount as were required of the fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary in whose stead he is appointed or as the court shall direct. If the fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary was not required to give bond the court may, in its discretion, require the substituted fiduciary to give bond in such terms as to condition, security and amount as the court may determine. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-11, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-12 - Substituted fiduciary; powers and duties

3B:14-12. Substituted fiduciary; powers and duties  The substituted fiduciary, upon qualifying in accordance with the order of the court, shall be entitled to the control and possession of all of the unadministered assets of the estate, trust or fund, and shall be vested with title to and powers over the estate, trust or fund as the fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary, in whose place and stead the substituted fiduciary is appointed, had or would have had except for the suspension of rights or powers and shall have power to administer the estate, trust or fund and shall be required to administer the estate, trust or fund and to account for his administration according to law. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-12, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-13 - Reinstatement of original fiduciary

3B:14-13. Reinstatement of original fiduciary  When the fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary in whose place a substituted fiduciary is appointed ceases to be engaged in war service, he may apply to the court to be reinstated as fiduciary or may be appointed to act as fiduciary if any part of the estate, trust or fund remains unadministered and if any of the duties of the office of fiduciary remain unexecuted, except the duty to account. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-13, eff. May 1, 1982.
NJ Rev Stat § 3B:14-14 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others|Section 3B:14-14 - Termination of substituted fiduciary's powers and duties; accounting and delivery of assets

3B:14-14. Termination of substituted fiduciary's powers and duties; accounting and delivery of assets  Upon reinstatement of the original fiduciary or person named to act as fiduciary, any substituted fiduciary of the estate, trust or fund, appointed by the court shall be removed and all of his powers as substituted fiduciary shall cease, except the power and duty to account for his administration of the estate, trust or fund. The substituted fiduciary shall deliver to the reinstated fiduciary all of the unadministered assets of the estate, trust or fund remaining in his possession and control and shall promptly account to the court for his administration of the estate, trust or fund. L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:14-14, eff. May 1, 1982.