ASSEMBLY JUDICIARY COMMITTEE

 

STATEMENT TO

 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1673

 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

 

DATED: MARCH 11, 1996

 

      The Assembly Judiciary Committee reports favorably Assembly Bill No. 1673.

      This bill amends N.J.S.3B:3-28 to include the surrogate's court as having the authority to admit to probate the will of a person who is not resident in New Jersey at the time of his death but who owns real or personal property in this State, if there is no proceeding pending where the person did live at the time of his death. Currently this statute only gives the Superior Court this authority.