{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-18","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:8-18","heading":"Satisfaction of elective share.","body":"Satisfaction of elective share.\nThe amount of the surviving spouse's or domestic partner's elective share shall be satisfied by applying:\na.\tThe value of all property, estate or interest therein, owned by the surviving spouse or domestic partner in his own right at the time of the decedent's death from whatever source acquired, or succeeded to by the surviving spouse or domestic partner as a result of decedent's death notwithstanding that the property, estate or interest or part thereof, succeeded to by the surviving spouse or domestic partner as the result of decedent's death has been renounced by the surviving spouse or domestic partner;\nb.\tThe value of the property described in subsection b. of N.J.S. 3B:8-6, and\nc.\tThe remaining property of the augmented estate is so applied that liability for the balance of the elective share of the surviving spouse or domestic partner is equitably apportioned among the recipients of the augmented estate in proportion to the value of their interests therein.\nAmended 2005, c.331, s.21.","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":"1a3af614047f7d6daffb035002f02204ae0fbe3480107826f1d7acfaed604578","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-17","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}