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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 3B:12-31

Consent by surviving parent to guardian's appointment

Known as the New Jersey Standby Guardianship Act

The act spans §§ 3B:12-1 to 3B:12-9 (76 sections).

Consent by surviving parent to guardian's appointment.

Where an appointment of a testamentary guardian is made by a parent under N.J.S.3B:12-30 and the other parent survives the appointing parent, the appointment shall be effective only when the surviving parent, at or before the issuance of letters, consents to the appointment in writing and signs and acknowledges the consent in the presence of two witnesses present at the same time who subscribe their names as witnesses thereto in the presence of the surviving parent, unless the surviving parent has been adjudged an incapacitated person.

Amended 2005, c.304, s.19.

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