{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-47","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:3-47","heading":"Penalty clause for contesting will","body":"A provision in a will purporting to penalize any interested person for contesting the will or instituting other proceedings relating to the estate is unenforceable if probable cause exists for instituting proceedings.\nL.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:3-47, 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":"c691f0f139335f83fdfd3b8b619a211201a64e6237dd14f5477f0ae762ec16b0","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-46","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-3-48"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}