ARTICLE
III [OLD]



PROBATE OF
WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION



 



§§560:3-101 to 560:3-1215  REPEALED.  L
1996, c 288, pt of §6.



 



 



ARTICLE
III



PROBATE OF
WILLS AND ADMINISTRATION



 



Cross References



 



  Effect and transition of L 1996, c 288 amendments, see
§560:8-201.



 



PART 1. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS



 



§560:3-101 
Devolution of estate at death; restrictions.  The power of a person to
leave property by will, and the rights of creditors, devisees, and heirs to the
decedent's property are subject to the restrictions and limitations contained
in this chapter to facilitate the prompt settlement of estates.  Upon the death
of a person, the decedent's real and personal property devolves to the persons
to whom it is devised by the decedent's last will or to those indicated as substitutes
for them in cases involving lapse, renunciation, or other circumstances
affecting the devolution of testate estates, or in the absence of testamentary
disposition, to the decedent's heirs, or to those indicated as substitutes for
them in cases involving renunciation or other circumstances affecting
devolution of intestate estates, subject to homestead allowance, exempt
property and family allowance, to rights of creditors, elective share of the
surviving spouse, and to administration. [L 1996, c 288, pt of §1]