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Code · New Jersey · Title 3B — Administration of Estates--Decedents and Others · Chapter 8

3B:8-2 Elective share of surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, domestic partner of person dying not domiciled in this State.

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Elective share of surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner of person dying not domiciled in this State.
If a married person, partner in a civil union, or person in a domestic partnership not domiciled in this State dies, the right, if any, of the surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner to take an elective share in property in this State is governed by the law of the decedent's domicile at death.
Amended 2005, c.331, s.8; 2023, c.238, s.5.
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