§ 3B:12-1 Power of the court to order a protective arrangement
§ 3B:12-2 Matters within a protective arrangement
§ 3B:12-3 Factors to be considered before approving a protective arrangement
§ 3B:12-4 Appointment of special guardian
§ 3B:12-5 Right of alleged incapacitated person to trial on issue of incapacity
§ 3B:12-6 Circumstances under which money may be paid or personal property delivered
§ 3B:12-7 When payment of money or delivery of property prohibited
§ 3B:12-8 Application of money and property; reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses
§ 3B:12-9 Preservation of excess sums; payment and delivery to minor upon attaining 18 years of age
§ 3B:12-10 Persons paying money or delivering property not liable for application
§ 3B:12-11 Affidavit of receipt; contents; filing
§ 3B:12-12 Jurisdiction of surrogate to appoint guardians for minors
§ 3B:12-13 Power to designate testamentary guardian
§ 3B:12-14 Consent of surviving parent; formal requisites
§ 3B:12-15 Appointment of testamentary guardian by surviving parent
§ 3B:12-16 Bond of testamentary guardian
§ 3B:12-17 Determination into fitness of a testamentary guardian of a minor’s person
§ 3B:12-18 Effect of a testamentary appointment
§ 3B:12-19 Guardian for property of nonresident minor
§ 3B:12-20 Special guardian for consent to enlist; bond; fees
§ 3B:12-21 Persons entitled to appointment
§ 3B:12-22 Appointment when heirs are nonresidents
§ 3B:12-23 Guardian for child of absconding or absent parent
§ 3B:12-24 Issue of incapacity triable without jury unless jury is demanded
§ 3B:12-24.1 Determination by the court of need for guardianship services, specific services
§ 3B:12-25 Appointment of guardian
§ 3B:12-26 Action against incapacitated person when guardian newly appointed; leave of court required
§ 3B:12-27 Distribution of property of an incapacitated person as intestate property
§ 3B:12-28 Return to competency; restoration of estate
§ 3B:12-30 Appointment of guardian of adult by parents or spouse or domestic partner; judgment confirming appointment
§ 3B:12-31 Consent by surviving parent to guardian’s appointment
§ 3B:12-32 Temporary appointment of guardian if person not adjudicated an incapacitated person
§ 3B:12-33 Bond of testamentary guardian
§ 3B:12-34 Determination into fitness of a testamentary guardian of the person of an incapacitated person
§ 3B:12-35 Effect of a testamentary appointment
§ 3B:12-36 Authority of court with respect to ward’s person and estate
§ 3B:12-37 Letters of guardianship to state any limitations at the time of appointment or later
§ 3B:12-38 Title to ward’s property vested in guardian as trustee
§ 3B:12-39 Delegation of parent’s, custodian’s, or guardian’s powers regarding child’s or minor ward’s care, custody or property; limitations
§ 3B:12-40 Duty of guardian of ward’s person to account to guardian of his estate
§ 3B:12-41 Guardian of ward’s person entitled to reimbursement for expenses; payments to third persons
§ 3B:12-42 Reporting condition of ward’s person and property to court
§ 3B:12-43 Expenditures to be made by guardian out of ward’s estate
§ 3B:12-44 Recommendations to be considered by guardian of ward’s estate in making expenditures
§ 3B:12-45 Other factors to be considered by guardian of ward’s estate in making expenditures
§ 3B:12-46 Persons for whose benefit expenditures may be made by guardian of ward’s estate
§ 3B:12-47 Persons to whom funds may be paid
§ 3B:12-48 Powers conferred upon a guardian
§ 3B:12-49 Powers conferred upon the court
§ 3B:12-50 Additional powers which may be exercised by the court
§ 3B:12-51 Powers and responsibilities of a guardian of the person of a minor generally
§ 3B:12-52 Powers and duties of a guardian of the person of a minor
§ 3B:12-53 Powers and duties of a guardian of the estate of an unmarried minor as guardian of the minor’s person
§ 3B:12-54 Duty of guardian to deliver property when minor attains 18 years of age
§ 3B:12-54.1 Trusts for certain beneficiaries providing deferred distribution of funds
§ 3B:12-55 When authority and responsibility of guardian terminate
§ 3B:12-56 Powers, rights and duties of a guardian of the person of a ward generally
§ 3B:12-57 Powers and duties of a guardian of the person of a ward
§ 3B:12-58 Gifts to charities and other objects
§ 3B:12-59 Purchase of real property for use of an incapacitated person and his dependents
§ 3B:12-60 Guardian’s duty with respect to will of deceased incapacitated person
§ 3B:12-61 Power of guardian to act as personal representative of the estate of a deceased incapacitated person
§ 3B:12-62 Factors to be considered by the court or guardian in exercising certain powers
§ 3B:12-63 Guardian’s final account and delivery of property upon termination of guardianship
§ 3B:12-64 When authority and responsibility of guardian terminate
§ 3B:12-65 Vacancy in guardianship
§ 3B:12-66 Filling vacancy in guardianship
§ 3B:12-66.1 Removal from New Jersey after appointment of guardian
§ 3B:12-66.2 Transfer into New Jersey of guardianship established in another state
§ 3B:12-67 Short title
§ 3B:12-68 Findings, declarations
§ 3B:12-69 Definitions
§ 3B:12-70 Jurisdiction
§ 3B:12-71 Applicability
§ 3B:12-72 Appointment of standby guardian by court
§ 3B:12-73 Immediate assumption of duties of appointed standby guardian; revocation in writing
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes > Title 3B > Chapter 12 - Power of the Court to Order a Protective Arrangement

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • Child: means any individual, including a natural or adopted child, entitled to take by intestate succession from the parent whose relationship is involved and excludes any individual who is only a stepchild, a resource family child, a grandchild or any more remote descendant. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Domestic partner: means a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Donee: The recipient of a gift.
  • Dower: A widow
  • 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
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Guardian: means a person who has qualified as a guardian of the person or estate of a minor or incapacitated individual pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Heirs: means those persons, including, but not limited to, the surviving spouse, the domestic partner and the descendants of the decedent, who are entitled under the statutes of intestate succession to the property of a decedent. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
  • Inter vivos: Transfer of property from one living person to another living person.
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • month: means a calendar month, and the word "year" means a calendar year. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Personal property: includes goods and chattels, rights and credits, moneys and effects, evidences of debt, choses in action and all written instruments by which any right to, interest in, or lien or encumbrance upon, property or any debt or financial obligation is created, acknowledged, evidenced, transferred, discharged or defeated, in whole or in part, and everything except real property as herein defined which may be the subject of ownership. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Revocable trust: A trust agreement that can be canceled, rescinded, revoked, or repealed by the grantor (person who establishes the trust).
  • Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • State: extends to and includes any State, territory or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia and the Canal Zone. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Tenancy by the entirety: A type of joint tenancy between husband and wife that is recognized in some States. Neither party can sever the joint tenancy relationship; when a spouse dies, the survivor acquires full title to the property.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.