New Jersey § 3B:13A-8 Designation of conservator

New Jersey Statutes

§ 3B:13A-8 — Designation of conservator

New Jersey § 3B:13A-8

Title 3BADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS

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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:13A-8 (2026).

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The court may appoint a person or a financial institution, qualified under the laws of this State to act as a fiduciary, as the conservator of the conservatee's estate. If the court appoints a conservator, it shall do so in the following order of priority: a. A person or financial institution nominated or designated by the conservatee; b. The conservatee's spouse; c. One or more of the conservatee's adult children, or where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee; or d. Some other proper person or financial institution as the court shall determine. The court may, in its discretion, deviate from this order of priority if a potential conservator is unable or unwilling to serve or for some other good cause. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.

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The court may appoint a person or a financial institution, qualified under the laws of this State to act as a fiduciary, as the conservator of the conservatee's estate. If the court appoints a conservator, it shall do so in the following order of priority: a. A person or financial institution nominated or designated by the conservatee; b. The conservatee's spouse; c. One or more of the conservatee's adult children, or where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee; or d. Some other proper person or financial institution as the court shall determine. The court may, in its discretion, deviate from this order of priority if a potential conservator is unable or unwilling to serve or for some other good cause. L.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.