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Code · New Jersey · Title 3B — Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others · Chapter 3

3B:3-33 Choice of law as to meaning and effect of wills; testator's intention; rules of construction.

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The meaning and legal effect of a disposition in a will, trust or other governing instrument shall be determined by the local law of a particular state selected in the will, trust or other governing instrument, unless the application of that law is contrary to the provisions relating to the elective share described in N.J.S.3B:8-1 et seq. or any other public policy of this State otherwise applicable to the disposition.
L.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-33, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.29.
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