New Jersey Estate Planning
Get your own affairs in order in New Jersey, for yourself or an aging parent. Compare the documents most adults need (a will, a power of attorney, and a healthcare directive), decide whether you need a trust, and see how to keep your estate out of probate.
Which document do I need?
The core documents at a glance. Each row links to its New Jersey guide.
- Will
- New Jersey will requirements: age 18 and sound mind, a signed writing, two witnesses, plus handwritten wills, self-proved wills, and how a will is revoked. Read the guide
- Living trust
- How a New Jersey revocable living trust works under the Uniform Trust Code: creating it, funding it, and the pour-over will that catches what you miss. Read the guide
- Power of attorney
- 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. Read the guide
- Healthcare directive
- New Jersey advance directive rules: name a health care representative, add an instruction directive, and sign before two witnesses or a notary. Read the guide
New Jersey estate planning guides
New Jersey Estate Planning Basics
New Jersey estate planning basics: the will, power of attorney, advance directive, and trust, plus the inheritance tax that reaches siblings and friends.
New Jersey Will Requirements
New Jersey will requirements: age 18 and sound mind, a signed writing, two witnesses, plus handwritten wills, self-proved wills, and how a will is revoked.
New Jersey Power of Attorney
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 Advance Directive
New Jersey advance directive rules: name a health care representative, add an instruction directive, and sign before two witnesses or a notary.
New Jersey Guardianship Planning
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 Revocable Living Trust
How a New Jersey revocable living trust works under the Uniform Trust Code: creating it, funding it, and the pour-over will that catches what you miss.
New Jersey Trust Administration
New Jersey trust administration under the Uniform Trust Code, N.J.S.A. 3B:31: no notice deadline, an optional report, and an inheritance tax no trust avoids.
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Information current as of 2026-06-18
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