{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-17","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:8-17","heading":"Value of surviving spouse's or domestic partner's interest in any life estate.","body":"Value of surviving spouse's or domestic partner's interest in any life estate.\nIn an action for an elective share, the electing spouse's or domestic partner's total or proportional beneficial interest in any life estate in real or personal property or in any trust shall be valued at one-half of the total value of the property or trust or of the portion of the property or trust subject to the life estate.\nAmended 2005, c.331, s.20.","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":"92c18cc7ece3a4acc86eb0f535d0d3e2cdc131c6ad4982f822f1c5bb29dd7dba","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-16","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-18"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}