{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13-8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:13-8","heading":"Guardian to have no more than five wards; exceptions.","body":"Except as provided in this section, no person shall accept appointment as guardian of a ward if acting as guardian for five wards.\nIn an action brought by an attorney of a Federal agency, establishing that a guardian is acting in a fiduciary capacity for more than five wards, the Superior Court shall require a final accounting forthwith from the guardian and shall discharge the guardian.\nThe limitation of this section shall not apply where the guardian is a bank or trust company or a public guardian of veterans who are incapacitated, and an individual may be guardian of more than five wards if they are all members of the same family.\namended 2013, c.103, s.28.","path":["TITLE 3B ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES--DECEDENTS AND OTHERS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"65ddfca77a3e5000e36e8627ce406bac2d20573dc58df4a1ae001a8b50ec52f4","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}