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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:12B-20 - Effect of registration.

3B:12B-20 Effect of registration.
20. Effect of registration.
a. Upon registration of a guardianship or protective order from another state, the guardian or conservator may exercise in this State all powers authorized in the order of appointment except as prohibited under the laws of this State, including maintaining actions and proceedings in this State and, if the guardian or conservator is not a resident of this State, subject to any conditions imposed upon nonresident parties.
b. A court of this State may grant any relief available under P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-1 et al.) and other law of this State to enforce a registered order.
c. A court of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, except in accordance with P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-1 et al.), a registered order.
L.2012, c.36, s.20.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:12B-21 - Uniformity of application and construction.

3B:12B-21 Uniformity of application and construction.
21. Uniformity of application and construction.
In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.
L.2012, c.36, s.21.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:12B-22 - Transitional provision.

3B:12B-22 Transitional provision.
24. Transitional provision.
a. P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-1 et al.) applies to guardianship and protective proceedings filed on or after the effective date.
b. Sections 1 through 4 of P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-1 through C.3B:12B-4); sections 6 through 8 of P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-6 through C.3B:12B-8); sections 17 through 21 of P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-17 through C.3B:12B-21); apply to proceedings begun before the effective date of P.L.2012, c.36 (C.3B:12B-1 et al.), regardless of whether a guardianship or protective order has been issued.
L.2012, c.36, s.24.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-1 - Short title

3B:13-1. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Law."
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-1, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-2 - Definitions.

3B:13-2 Definitions.
3B:13-2. As used in this chapter:
a. "Federal agency" means any bureau, office, board, or officer of the United States by whatever name known, now or hereafter charged by Congress:
(1) With payment of pensions, bounties, and allowances to veterans of the military service of the United States, their widows, widowers, children, mothers, and fathers; or
(2) With the administration of the affairs of any of the aforesaid persons who may be minors or persons who are incapacitated or with the management of pensions, bounties, and allowances payable to them.
b. "Military" has reference to the army, navy, marine, air, and coast guard services.
c. "Estate" and "income" include only moneys received by the guardian from a Federal agency and earnings, interest, and profits derived therefrom.
d. "Benefits" means moneys payable by the United States to the aforesaid persons or their guardians through a Federal agency.
e. "Chief officer" means an officer of a Federal agency, charged by the laws of the United States with the particular duty in connection with which the term is used.
f. "Ward" means a beneficiary of a Federal agency.
g. "Guardian" means a person acting as fiduciary for a ward.
amended 2013, c.103, s.25.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-3 - General rules of construction

3B:13-3. General rules of construction
This chapter shall be liberally construed to secure the beneficial intent and purpose thereof and shall apply only to beneficiaries enumerated in N.J.S. 3B:13-2. This chapter shall also be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact the "Uniform Veterans' Guardianship Act."
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-3, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-4 - Fees and costs

3B:13-4. Fees and costs
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no costs or fees shall be charged or taxed by the surrogates of the respective counties or by the Superior Court for accounts rendered or other proceedings had under this chapter.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-4, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-5 - No charges to be made for copies of certain records

3B:13-5. No charges to be made for copies of certain records
When a copy of a public record is required by a Federal agency for use in determining the eligibility of a person to participate in benefits made available by the agency, the official charged with the custody of the public record shall furnish a certified copy of the record without charge.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-5, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-6 - Determination of incapacity by Superior Court.

3B:13-6 Determination of incapacity by Superior Court.
3B:13-6. For the purpose of appointing a guardian pursuant to this chapter, the incapacity of a beneficiary of a Federal agency shall be determined by the Superior Court.
amended 2013, c.103, s.26.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-7 - Guardians; when and how appointed.

3B:13-7 Guardians; when and how appointed.
3B:13-7. When, pursuant to any law of the United States or regulation of a Federal agency, the chief officer of the agency requires, prior to payment of benefits, that a guardian be appointed for a ward, the appointment for a person who is incapacitated shall be made in the Superior Court, and the appointment for a minor shall be made in the Superior Court or in the surrogate's court.
amended 2013, c.103, s.27.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-8 - Guardian to have no more than five wards; exceptions.

3B:13-8 Guardian to have no more than five wards; exceptions.
3B:13-8. Except as provided in this section, no person shall accept appointment as guardian of a ward if acting as guardian for five wards.
In an action brought by an attorney of a Federal agency, establishing that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards, the Superior Court shall require a final accounting forthwith from the guardian and shall discharge the guardian.
The limitation of this section shall not apply where the guardian is a bank or trust company or a public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated, and an individual may be guardian of more than five wards if they are all members of the same family.
amended 2013, c.103, s.28.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-9 - Filing account with the court

3B:13-9. Filing account with the court
Every guardian appointed by the surrogate of any county or by the Superior Court, who receives any moneys from a Federal agency for the benefit of his ward, shall, at intervals as the court may require, render to the Superior Court a true account of all moneys received by him, as guardian, by way of pension, bounty or other allowance from the United States. The account shall be submitted in duplicate.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-9, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-10 - Filing account with Federal agency

3B:13-10. Filing account with Federal agency
Each year when not required to render an account to the court, the guardian shall render an account to the regional office of the Veterans' Administration on forms to be supplied by the Federal agency.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-10, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-11 - Times for accounting

3B:13-11. Times for accounting
The times for rendering accounts shall be as follows:
a. In the counties of Hudson, Somerset or Sussex, on or before January 5;
b. In the counties of Warren or Essex, on or before February 5;
c. In the counties of Bergen, Morris or Passaic, on or before March 5;
d. In the counties of Union, Hunterdon or Middlesex, on or before April 5;
e. In the counties of Mercer, Burlington, Monmouth or Gloucester, on or before May 5;
f. In the counties of Camden, Atlantic or Salem, on or before June 5;
g. In the counties of Cape May, Cumberland or Ocean, on or before July 5.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-11, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-12 - Notice to Federal agency

3B:13-12. Notice to Federal agency
The clerk of the court shall, within 5 days of the date of filing of the account, mail a copy of the account to the office of the Veterans' Administration having jurisdiction over the area in which the county lies.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-12, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-13 - Accounting without filing vouchers

3B:13-13. Accounting without filing vouchers
The Superior Court may allow the account without proof or the submission of vouchers if the written approval of the attorney in this State for the Veterans' Administration shall be filed with the account. The approval shall set forth the facts upon which the approval is based.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-13, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-14 - Removal of guardian for failure to account; costs

3B:13-14. Removal of guardian for failure to account; costs
If the Federal agency, the sureties on the guardian's bond, any person interested in the benefits in the hands of the guardian or any person as next friend of the ward serves notice upon the guardian that his account has not been filed in accordance with this article, and if the guardian fails to render his account within 30 days from the date of mailing of the notice or from the time of service or within the time as the court may otherwise provide, the court shall remove him. The notice may be mailed to the guardian's last known address.
The cost of the proceedings, as well as the cost incident to an order to show cause when it is necessary to obtain an accounting, shall be paid by the guardian out of his own estate, unless the court shall otherwise order.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-14, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-15 - Investments

3B:13-15. Investments
A guardian shall invest the funds of the estate in a manner and in securities, in which the guardian has no interest, as allowed by law or approved by the court.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-15, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-16 - Support of dependents

3B:13-16. Support of dependents
When directed in writing by the proper Federal agency, the guardian shall apply that portion of the estate to the ward's spouse, child, father or mother as may be set forth in the direction. The direction shall be submitted to the Superior Court when an account is filed as proof of the guardian's authority for those payments.
Except as permitted by this section, a guardian shall not apply any of the estate of his ward to the support of any person other than his ward.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-16, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-17 - Compensation of guardian

3B:13-17. Compensation of guardian
Compensation payable to a guardian shall not exceed 5% of the income of the ward during any year.
For extraordinary services rendered by the guardian, the Superior Court may, after hearing upon the settlement of his account, authorize additional compensation payable from the estate of the ward, but no compensation shall be allowed on the corpus of an estate received from a preceding guardian.
The guardian may be allowed from the estate of his ward reasonable premiums paid by him to a corporate surety upon his bond.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-17, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-18 - Authorization for guardian of incapacitated ward to receive additional personal property not exceeding $10,000.

3B:13-18 Authorization for guardian of incapacitated ward to receive additional personal property not exceeding $10,000.
3B:13-18. When a ward for whom a guardian has been appointed is incapacitated and becomes entitled to personal property amounting to not more than $10,000.00 from any source other than the United States Government, the court may authorize the guardian to receive the personal property for conservation and administrative care. On payment of any money or delivery of property to the guardian, a release executed by the guardian to the person or persons paying the money or delivering the property shall be valid and effective.
amended 2013, c.103, s.29.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-19 - Direction of court for expenditure required; investment

3B:13-19. Direction of court for expenditure required; investment
The guardian shall not expend any portion of the personal property received from any source other than the United States Government, except as directed by the court to which he is accountable; but he may invest the personal property as provided by N.J.S. 3B:13-15.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-19, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-20 - Fees

3B:13-20. Fees
The fees allowed by law shall be applicable to proceedings with respect to personal property received from sources other than the United States Government, and may be taxed by the clerk of the court.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-20, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-21 - "Public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated."

3B:13-21 "Public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated."
3B:13-21. There may be appointed in each county a person to be known as "public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated for the county of (naming county)", who shall be appointed by the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court in the county. The person appointed shall hold office for the term of five years from the date of appointment and until a successor is appointed and qualified.
amended 2013, c.103, s.30.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-22 - Guardian's bond.

3B:13-22 Guardian's bond.
3B:13-22. Before entering upon the duties of office, a public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated shall execute a bond to the Superior Court in an amount and with sureties as shall be approved by the Superior Court, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all duties imposed by law upon the person appointed public guardian.
The bond shall be renewed annually and shall, from time to time, be increased or reduced as the court may direct.
The expense of procuring the bond shall be paid by the county treasurer upon presentation of a proper voucher approved by the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court in the county.
amended 2013, c.103, s.31.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-23 - Salary of public guardian.

3B:13-23 Salary of public guardian.
3B:13-23. A public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated shall receive an annual salary to be fixed by the Assignment Judge of the Superior Court of the county for which the guardian is appointed, with the approval of the board of freeholders or governing body of the county.
The salary shall be paid by the county treasurer in semimonthly payments and shall be in lieu of all other charges, compensation, and commissions. A guardian shall not accept any other money whatsoever by way of fee, compensation, gratuity, or present for any services provided by the guardian.
amended 2013, c.103, s.32.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-24 - Duties of public guardian as adviser of other guardians.

3B:13-24 Duties of public guardian as adviser of other guardians.
3B:13-24. The public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated shall, in each county, assist, supervise, advise, and otherwise aid the duly appointed guardians of these veterans and give help as may be necessary in preparing and drawing papers and documents, and also help them to work in conjunction with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, so that their wards may be fully protected.
amended 2013, c.103, s.33.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-25 - Discharge and removal of public guardian.

3B:13-25 Discharge and removal of public guardian.
3B:13-25. The public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated shall be subject to discharge or removal, by the court, on the grounds and in the manner in which other guardians of persons who are incapacitated are discharged or removed.
amended 2013, c.103, s.34.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-26 - Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran.

3B:13-26 Public guardian may be appointed general guardian for veteran.
3B:13-26. Where an action is brought in the Superior Court for the appointment of a guardian for a person who, while in the military, naval, marine, air, or coast guard service of the United States, or after discharge therefrom, is determined to be incapacitated, whether or not committed or confined to an institution for the care of persons who are incapacitated, and the heirs of the person are unwilling, unable, or unqualified for the appointment, or if the best interests of the person require it, the Superior Court may appoint the public guardian of the county in which the person resides as guardian of the person.
amended 2013, c.103, s.35.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-27 - Powers of public guardian as guardian of veterans' estates.

3B:13-27 Powers of public guardian as guardian of veterans' estates.
3B:13-27. The public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated shall have, in respect of any veteran and the estate of any veteran for whom the public guardian is appointed, the same power and authority as any other duly appointed guardian of a person who is incapacitated.
amended 2013, c.103, s.36.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-28 - Settlement of accounts.

3B:13-28 Settlement of accounts.
3B:13-28. The public guardian shall settle accounts in each estate in which the guardian is appointed at the times and in the same manner as other guardians of persons who are incapacitated.
amended 2013, c.103, s.37.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-29 - Termination of guardianship; settlement of account.

3B:13-29 Termination of guardianship; settlement of account.
3B:13-29. Upon the termination of a guardianship, by death of the ward or otherwise, the public guardian shall settle the account in the same manner as other guardians of persons who are incapacitated.
amended 2013, c.103, s.38.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-30 - Settlement of accounts upon expiration of public guardian's term

3B:13-30. Settlement of accounts upon expiration of public guardian's term
The public guardian shall proceed to settle the accounts of all estates of which he is duly appointed guardian upon the expiration of his term of office.
L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:13-30, eff. May 1, 1982.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13-31 - Counsel to represent public guardian; compensation.

3B:13-31 Counsel to represent public guardian; compensation.
3B:13-31. The public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated may, when authorized by the Superior Court, employ counsel to represent the public guardian.
The compensation of counsel shall be fixed by the court and paid from moneys in the guardian's control belonging to the estate involved in litigation.
amended 2013, c.103, s.39.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-1 - Definitions.

3B:13A-1 Definitions.
a. "Conservatee" means a person who has not been adjudicated incapacitated but who by reason of advanced age, illness, or physical infirmity, is unable to care for or manage property or has become unable to provide self-support or support for others who depend upon that support.
b. "Conservator" means a person appointed by the court to manage the estate of a conservatee.
amended 2013, c.103, s.40.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-2 - Civil action to appoint conservator

3B:13A-2. Civil action to appoint conservator
The Superior Court may, in a civil action brought by the conservatee or some other person in his behalf, appoint a conservator to manage the estate of a conservatee, except that if the conservatee objects to the imposition of a conservatorship, a conservator shall not be appointed.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-3 - Appointment of counsel to represent conservatee

3B:13A-3. Appointment of counsel to represent conservatee
The court shall have the right to appoint counsel for the proposed conservatee if it believes that counsel is necessary to adequately protect the interests of the conservatee.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-4 - Conservatee to be present at hearing; court ordered investigation if conservatee unable to attend

3B:13A-4. Conservatee to be present at hearing; court ordered investigation if conservatee unable to attend
The conservatee shall be present at the hearing unless he is unable to attend by reason of physical or other inability, and that inability is established to the satisfaction of the court. If the conservatee is found to be unable to attend, the court shall, subject to rules of court, order an investigation to be conducted to assure the conservatee does not object to the conservatorship unless the court believes, in its discretion, that the interests of the conservatee are adequately protected by counsel representing the conservatee.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-5 - By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought

3B:13A-5. By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought
3B:13A-5. By whom action for appointment of conservator in behalf of conservatee may be brought. An action for the appointment of a conservator may be brought by the conservatee as provided in section 3B:13A-2 or in the conservatee's behalf by:
a. His spouse;
b. His adult children or, where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee;
c. Any person having concern for the financial or personal well-being of the conservatee;
d. A public agency or a social services official of the State or of the county in which the conservatee resides regardless of whether or not the conservatee is a recipient of public assistance; or
e. The chief administrator of a State licensed hospital, school or institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.
f. The chief administrator of a non-profit charitable institution in which the conservatee is a patient or from which he receives services.
Amended 1989,c.329,s.1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-6 - Service of notice to appoint conservator

3B:13A-6. Service of notice to appoint conservator
Notice of the action to appoint a conservator shall be served upon the following persons:
a. The conservatee unless he is the plaintiff;
b. The spouse and adult children of the conservatee or, where there are none, upon the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee;
c. The person with whom the conservatee resides, or if the conservatee resides in an institution, upon the chief administrator of that institution.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-7 - Right of persons to be heard

3B:13A-7. Right of persons to be heard
The persons receiving notice pursuant to N.J.S. 3B:13A-6 may, upon approval of the court and in the interest of the conservatee, appear and be heard concerning all matters relating to the conservatorship.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-8 - Designation of conservator

3B:13A-8. Designation of conservator
The court may appoint a person or a financial institution, qualified under the laws of this State to act as a fiduciary, as the conservator of the conservatee's estate. If the court appoints a conservator, it shall do so in the following order of priority:
a. A person or financial institution nominated or designated by the conservatee;
b. The conservatee's spouse;
c. One or more of the conservatee's adult children, or where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee; or
d. Some other proper person or financial institution as the court shall determine.
The court may, in its discretion, deviate from this order of priority if a potential conservator is unable or unwilling to serve or for some other good cause.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-9 - Acceptance of appointment

3B:13A-9. Acceptance of appointment
Before letters of conservatorship are issued, the conservator shall accept the appointment in accordance with the Rules Governing the Courts of the State of New Jersey.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-10 - Power of attorney; filing; contents

3B:13A-10. Power of attorney; filing; contents
Every conservator, whether or not a resident of this State, who is granted letters of conservatorship within this State shall, at the time of the grant of letters of conservatorship to him, file a power of attorney with the clerk of the court. The power of attorney shall be duly executed in writing, shall set forth the post office address, street and number of the conservator and, by sufficient language, constitute the clerk with whom the power of attorney is filed and his successors in office, his true and lawful attorney to receive process affecting the estate in his charge, or any interest therein, with the same force and effect as if the process were duly served on the conservator within this State.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-11 - Service of process

3B:13A-11. Service of process
Service of process under N.J.S. 3B:13A-10 shall be made by leaving a copy of the process with the clerk of the court together with a fee of $2.00 to be taxed in the costs.
The clerk shall forthwith notify the conservator of the service by mailing a letter, with a copy of the process served enclosed, with full postage prepaid, directed to the conservator at the post office address given in the power of attorney.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-12 - "Process" defined

3B:13A-12. "Process" defined
The word "process" as used in N.J.S. 3B:13A-10 and N.J.S. 3B:13A-11 shall have the same meaning as set forth in N.J.S. 3B:14-46.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-13 - Bond

3B:13A-13. Bond
The court may, upon appointing a conservator in order to secure the faithful performance of the duties of his office, require him to furnish bond to the Superior Court in a sum and with proper conditions and sureties having due regard to the value of the estate in his charge and the extent of his authority, as the court shall approve.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-14 - Conditions of bond

3B:13A-14. Conditions of bond
If a bond is required of a conservator, it shall be conditioned substantially as follows:
a. To well and truly take care of the estate of the conservatee and all writings and evidences concerning his real estate and to deliver them to the person or persons who by law are or may be entitled to receive them;
b. To improve the real estate to the best advantage and to commit no waste or destruction thereof or thereon;
c. To make a just and true account of the rents, issues and profits of the real estate and of the proceeds of the sale of any real estate that may be ordered to be sold;
d. To make a just and true account of the expenditures and disbursements of the goods, chattels and personal estate of the conservatee that shall come into his hands; and
e. If required by court, to settle those accounts therein within the time so required.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-15 - Bond premium

3B:13A-15. Bond premium
A conservator may include as a part of the lawful expense of executing his trust a reasonable sum, not exceeding 1% per annum on the amount of any bond, paid a company authorized under the laws of this State to become a surety on his bonds, as may be allowed by the court in which he is required to account.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-16 - Limitations on appointment of conservator.

3B:13A-16 Limitations on appointment of conservator.
3B:13A-16. The appointment of a conservator shall not:
a. Be evidence of the capacity or incapacity of a conservatee; or
b. Transfer title of the conservatee's real and personal property to the conservator; or
c. Deprive or modify any civil right of the conservatee, including but not limited to civil service status and appointment or rights relating to the granting, forfeiture, or denial of a license, permit, privilege, or benefit pursuant to any law.
amended 2013, c.103, s.41.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 3B - Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others › Section 3B:13A-17 - Inventory

3B:13A-17. Inventory
A conservator may, and if required by the court shall, file with the clerk of the court an inventory, under oath, of all the real and personal property which has come into his hands or control or into the hands of any other person for him. The court shall not require an inventory and appraisement to be filed until 3 months have elapsed after the grant of letters.
L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.