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New Jersey Inheritance Law & Probate Procedure

New Jersey PROBATE COURT FINDER:
- Probate Court for Somerset County: Key information about your local probate court (Superior Court in New Jersey) for Somerset County.
How Probate Works in New Jersey: How to handle the probate of an inheritance at Somerset County's probate court.
- Here are links to:
  - New Jersey Probate Forms and the
  - New Jersey State Probate Court Website.
Small Estates Procedures in New Jersey: Learn how to use New Jersey's Small Estate procedures that can save you time and money.
- 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.
  
  N.J. Stat. Ann. 3B:10-3.
  
  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.
  
  N.J. Stat. Ann. 3B:10-4.
New Jersey Estate Taxes:
- New Jersey, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
Avoiding Probate in New Jersey. Find out what property bypasses probate death and goes directly to beneficiaries. such as:
- Transfer on Death Deeds (TODDs)

Bankruptcy & Debt

MEANS TEST CALCULATOR
- for Somerset County, New Jersey (applies the state and county income and expense standards into your means test calculation. Updated with the latest median income and expense standards for May 15, 2024)
New Jersey BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTION FINDER: Search detailed listings of bankruptcy exemptions under New Jersey law and Federal law, for use in filing out Schedule C, when you file for bankruptcy.
- Federal Exemptions available in New Jersey?:
  - Yes. Federal exemptions are available.
- New Jersey Homestead Exemption
  - 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.
- New Jersey Vehicle Exemption
  - no specific exemption
New Jersey BANKRUPTCY COURT ESSENTIAL INFO: Get information about using your local bankruptcy court.
FREE BANKRUPTCY FORMS:
We'll tell you which bankruptcy forms you need and where to find them.

New Jersey Unemployment Benefits

Benefit Amounts in New Jersey: Learn how unemployment works, how much you'll get, and for how long.
- Minimum:
  - $144 per week
- Maximum:
  - $830 per week
- Duration:
  - In New Jersey, you can receive unemployment benefits for a maximum of 26 weeks under state law.
Eligibility: >Whether you qualify for unemployment.
How to Apply: How to apply for unemployment in New Jersey.
- New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development
  - 609-292-2460
Unemployment Office Near Me? How to find your local unemployment office.
COVID-19 Benefits: We tracked the rise and fall of COVID-19 unemployment benefit payments.
New Jersey Wage & Hour Law
- New Jersey Minimum Wage:
  - 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.)
    
    Somerset County Minimum Wage
    
    The minimum wage in Somerset County is currently $15.13 an hour, the state minimum wage. However, cities and counties in New Jersey are free to adopt their own higher local minimum wage, and dozens of local governments across the country have done so. To find out whether Somerset County has passed its own minimum wage law since we last updated, visit the county’s website at https://www.co.somerset.nj.us/.
- Overtime Pay: Every state has rules about weekly maximum hours and overtime. Learn about the overtime laws in New Jersey and whether they apply to you.
- Wage Claims: If you're being unlawfully underpaid, you need to learn how to file a "Wage Claim" in New Jersey.
- Tips : Every state has special pay rates for tipped workers. Find out the rules for tipped workers in New Jersey.
  - 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.