3B:5-1 - Requirement that heir survive decedent by 120 hours - New Jersey Statutes

3B:5-1  Requirement that heir survive decedent by 120 hours.

3B:5-1.  For the purposes of intestate succession an individual who is not established by clear and convincing evidence to have survived the decedent by 120 hours is deemed to have predeceased the decedent.  This section is not to be applied where its application would result in a taking of intestate estate by the State.

L.1981, c.405, s.3B:5-1, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.44.