{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-23-12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:23-12","heading":"Abatement generally.","body":"Except as provided in N.J.S.3B:23-14 and except as provided in connection with the share of a surviving spouse who elects to take an elective share, shares of distributees abate, without any preference or priority as between real and personal property, in the following order:\na.\tProperty passing by intestacy;\nb.\tResiduary devises;\nc.\tGeneral devises;\nd.\tSpecific devises; and\ne.\tAbatement within each classification is in proportion to the amount of property each of the beneficiaries would have received if full distribution of the property had been made in accordance with the terms of the will.\nAmended 2004, c.132, s.86.","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":"b73cffe937d32be4d9f8cde7b0d5569961eb3682d2cfbe6b91358c302a33e4c2","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-23-11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-23-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}