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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:15-9

  • Estate: means all of the property of a decedent, minor or incapacitated individual, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as the property is originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • 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
If it appears that the security given by a fiduciary at the time of his appointment was insufficient or has become insufficient or the sureties appear to be in failing circumstances or insufficient for the security of the estate, the court may order the fiduciary to give other or further security to the Superior Court, by bond in the usual form, and other sureties as the court, after hearing persons interested, including creditors, shall approve.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:15-9, eff. May 1, 1982.