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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:15-23

  • Administrator: includes general administrators of an intestate and unless restricted by the subject or context, administrators with the will annexed, substituted administrators, substituted administrators with the will annexed, temporary administrators and administrators pendente lite. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiduciary: includes executors, general administrators of an intestate estate, administrators with the will annexed, substituted administrators, substituted administrators with the will annexed, guardians, substituted guardians, trustees, substituted trustees and, unless restricted by the subject or context, temporary administrators, administrators pendente lite, administrators ad prosequendum, administrators ad litem and other limited fiduciaries. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
3B:15-23. Proof of order to limit creditors required in certain cases. An order of discharge shall not be made in cases in which the fiduciary is an executor, administrator with the will annexed, substituted administrator with the will annexed, administrator or substituted administrator except upon proof that nine months have elapsed after the entry of an order to limit creditors pursuant to N.J.S. 3B:22-4, and that there are not any unpaid or pending claims of creditors of the decedent presented to the fiduciary pursuant to chapter 22 of this title.

Amended 2005, c.160, s.15.