{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-16-5","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:16-5","heading":"Exemption for benefit of decedent's family","body":"The wearing apparel of any person who shall die leaving a family residing in  this State, and his personal property to the value of $5,000.00, shall be reserved to and for the use of his family against all creditors, and before any  distribution or other disposition thereof.  This section and N.J.S. 3B:16-3 and  N.J.S. 3B:16-7 of this title shall not be permitted to conflict with the will  of the decedent.  Every person residing in this State at the time of his death  and leaving surviving him a widow or child who shall reside in his family at  his death, shall be deemed to have left a family entitled to the benefits of  this section.\nL.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:16-5, eff. May 1, 1982.","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":"c3826c68fce97874aa70d8f7d44db6da408fe02bb2bf1291242a9305e44bf679","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-16-4","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-16-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}