N.J. Stat. § 3B:16-5

Current through L. 2023, c. 336.
Section 3B:16-5 - Exemption for benefit of decedent's family

The wearing apparel of any person who shall die leaving a family residing in this State, and his personal property to the value of $5,000.00, shall be reserved to and for the use of his family against all creditors, and before any distribution or other disposition thereof. This section and N.J.S. 3B:16-3 and N.J.S. 3B:16-7 of this title shall not be permitted to conflict with the will of the decedent. Every person residing in this State at the time of his death and leaving surviving him a widow or child who shall reside in his family at his death, shall be deemed to have left a family entitled to the benefits of this section.

N.J.S. § 3B:16-5

L.1981, c.405, s.3B:16-5, eff. 5/1/1982.