{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-3","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:3-3","heading":"Writings intended as wills.","body":"Writings intended as wills.\nAlthough a document or writing added upon a document was not executed in compliance with N.J.S.3B:3-2, the document or writing is treated as if it had been executed in compliance with N.J.S.3B:3-2 if the proponent of the document or writing establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the decedent intended the document or writing to constitute: (1) the decedent's will; (2) a partial or complete revocation of the will; (3) an addition to or an alteration of the will; or (4) a partial or complete revival of his formerly revoked will or of a formerly revoked portion of the will.\nL.1981, c.405, s.3B:3-3, eff. May 1, 1982; amended 2004, c.132, s.10; 2005, c.160, s.3.","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":"2c6a0dd4df6a6ffe173cb8df7e6fff78e16fc4911288d7acc18621686d933ab6","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-2.2","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}