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New Jersey rarely bonds an executor named in a will and usually bonds an administrator. N.J.S.A. 3B:15-1 lists every appointment that triggers a bond.
New Jersey executor duties in order: qualify before the County Surrogate, mail the notice of probate within 60 days, then clear the 9-month creditor claim bar.
New Jersey guardianship runs on two tracks: the county Surrogate appoints a guardian for a minor, the Superior Court decides adult incapacity under Rule 4:86.
New Jersey inheritance tax is charged on who inherits, not on estate size. Class A pays nothing. The New Jersey estate tax ended for 2018 deaths forward.
Who inherits when there is no will in New Jersey: the spouse, civil union partner, or domestic partner share under N.J.S.A. 3B:5-3, then the order of heirs.
New Jersey pet trusts run on N.J.S.A. 3B:31-24. Name a caregiver, a trustee, and an enforcer who holds qualified-beneficiary rights over the animal's fund.
New Jersey power of attorney rules: the durability words your document needs, notarizing with no witnesses, why gifts take express authority, and how it ends.
New Jersey probate accounting: no routine inventory, no periodic court account. Most estates close on an informal account and a Refunding Bond and Release.
New Jersey probate opens at your County Surrogate on the 11th day after death. Here are the three tracks, the $100 will fee, and the 9-month creditor bar.
New Jersey probate timeline by phase: the 10-day wait, the 60-day Notice of Probate, the 8-month inheritance tax date, the 9-month creditor bar.
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