Access to Justice for New Jersey Consumers
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There is no Affidavit procedure available in New Jersey. There is a summary probate procedure, but only if there's no valid Will:
1. If the value of all property is less than $50,000, and the surviving spouse or registered domestic partner is entitled to all of it.
2. If the value of all property is less than $20,000, and there is no surviving spouse or registered domestic partner, one heir, with the consent of the others, can file an Affidavit with the court and receive all of the assets.
New Jersey, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
New Jersey does NOT offer a statutory transfer on death deed (TODD), (despite incorrect statements you may find on some internet websites).
Most states in the northeast do not have statutory TODDs.
However, as of 2023, New Jersey now allows TOD registration for motor vehicles.
Yes. Federal exemptions are available.
None, but survivorship interest of a spouse in property held as tenancy by the entirety is exempt from creditors of a single spouse. And New Jersey residents can use the Federal Bankruptcy exemptions.
no specific exemption
In New Jersey, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
The minimum wage in New Jersey is $15.13 an hour. Because this is higher than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, employees in The Garden State must be paid at least $15.13 an hour. (Employers with five or fewer employees may pay a slightly lower minimum wage; long-term care workers have a slightly higher minimum wage.)
The minimum wage in Morris County is $15.13 an hour, the state minimum wage. To find out if Morris County has passed its own minimum wage law, visit https://www.morriscountynj.gov/Home.
In New Jersey, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $5.26 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $15.13 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.