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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 3B, ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS

    Chapter 9:

      Section: 3B:9-9: Bar of right to disclaim.

          3B:9-9. Bar of right to disclaim.

a. The right of an individual to disclaim property or any interest therein is barred by:

(1) an assignment, conveyance, encumbrance, pledge or transfer of the property or interest or a contract therefor; or

(2) a written waiver of the right to disclaim; or

(3) an acceptance of the property or interest or a benefit under it after actual knowledge that a property right has been conferred; or

(4) a sale of the property or interest that was seized under judicial process before the disclaimer is made; or

(5) the expiration of the permitted applicable perpetuities period; or

(6) a fraud on the individual's creditors as set forth in the "Uniform Voidable Transactions Act" (R.S.25:2-20 et seq.).

b. The disclaimant shall not be barred from disclaiming all or any part of the balance of the property where the disclaimant has received a portion of the property and there still remains an interest which the disclaimant is yet to receive.

c. A bar to the right to disclaim a present interest in joint property does not bar the right to disclaim a future interest in that property.

d. The right to disclaim may be barred to the extent provided by other applicable statutory law.

amended 1988, c.74, s.2; 2004, c.132, s.72; 2005, c.160, s.11; 2021, c.92, s.19.

This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2021-07-06 15:45:37.






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