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NJ A3421
Bill
Status
2/1/2024
Primary Sponsor
Pamela Lampitt
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AI Summary
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Creates a new priority class for child support judgments against insolvent estates, placing them ahead of medical/hospital expenses, other judgments, and general claims in the payment order
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Requires personal representatives of insolvent estates to conduct a search through a private judgment search company to determine if the decedent owed child support
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Mandates that the judgment search company provide a certification identifying whether the decedent was a child support judgment debtor, which must be filed with the court
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Authorizes the New Jersey Supreme Court to adopt rules and procedures to implement the new requirements
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Amends N.J.S.3B:22-2 to modify the existing priority order for paying claims against estates with insufficient assets
Legislative Description
Establishes separate class of claims against insolvent estates for child support judgments; modifies order for payment of claims by representative of insolvent estate.
Judiciary
Last Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
2/1/2024