There is a court in Atlantic County
which is almost certain to touch the lives of every person in
the county at one time or another. The Surrogate’s Court renders
services as valuable as your life savings and as dear to you
as your loved ones. As long as there have been wills, estates,
minors and incompetents, there have been judicial officers to
protect the people and serve the law with regard to those matters.
In New Jersey, this judicial officer is the County Surrogate who
is elected by the voters of each county every five years. The Surrogate’s
primary functions relate to the determination of validity of wills,
appointments of administrators of estates and guardians of minors.
The Surrogate can provide assistance on all matters affecting estates,
guardianships and similar probate matters, New Jersey laws, rules
of the court and case law involved in this area. The Surrogate’s
office is open to all and available to assist every member of the
public in this regard.
The Surrogate is available to review your will at any time to determine
whether or not it is validly executed.
The Surrogate also acts as a Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court in
handling adoptions, incompetencies, formal accountings and similar
Superior Court matters.
The Atlantic County Surrogate can provide assistance
on all matters affecting estates, guardianships, and other probate
matters. The Surrogate is responsible for determining the validity
of wills, appoints administrators for the estates and guardians for
minors.
The Surrogate also acts as Deputy Clerk of
the Superior Court, Chancery Division - Probate Part. In that capacity
the Surrogate is responsible for estate accountings, incompetencies,
insolvencies, actions to remove fiduciaries and similar actions brought
in the probate part. The Surrogate also acts as the Clerk in the filing
and processing of adoption actions.
For Further
Information or for a speaker, contact: (609) 343-2341 or (609)
645-5800.
James A. Carney, Atlantic County Surrogate,
is available to speak to any group as a free public service. |
