3B:16-5 - Exemption for benefit of decedent's family - New Jersey Statutes

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.

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