{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-2","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 3B:8-2","heading":"Elective share of surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, domestic partner of person dying not domiciled in this State.","body":"Elective share of surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner of person dying not domiciled in this State.\nIf a married person, partner in a civil union, or person in a domestic partnership not domiciled in this State dies, the right, if any, of the surviving spouse, partner in a civil union, or domestic partner to take an elective share in property in this State is governed by the law of the decedent's domicile at death.\nAmended 2005, c.331, s.8; 2023, c.238, s.5.","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":"4a0aa2638bf312917cb6a87b17c854938d7350803f2c52598a1e594da6d8e84e","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-1","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-3b-8-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}