{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13a-8","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:13A-8","heading":"Designation of conservator","body":"The court may appoint a person or a financial institution, qualified under the laws of this State to act as a fiduciary, as the conservator of the conservatee's estate.  If the court appoints a conservator, it shall do so in the following order of priority:\na.  A person or financial institution nominated or designated by the conservatee;\nb.  The conservatee's spouse;\nc.  One or more of the conservatee's adult children, or where there are none, the person or persons closest in degree of kinship to the conservatee; or\nd.  Some other proper person or financial institution as the court shall determine.\nThe court may, in its discretion, deviate from this order of priority if a potential conservator is unable or unwilling to serve or for some other good cause.\nL.1983, c. 192, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1983.","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":"2ec40953284e16c4e4c94df5636119e018e18b5daadaa961038b8e5a02a22505","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13a-7","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-13a-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}