OCEAN COUNTY OFFICE
March 20, 2024
Exploring New Jersey’s Elective Share: Essential Insights for Spouses and Partners
The Spouse’s Safety Net in New Jersey Inheritance The Elective Share Ensures a Fair Inheritance for a Surviving Spouse or Partner, Regardless of the Deceased’s Allocation of Assets in a Will or Trust. An elective share prevents one spouse or domestic partner from disinheriting the other. So long as both spouses were married and living