Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in New Jersey

Should be, although the FL witnessing and self-proving language for a Will, being different from that used in NJ might make the probate of the Will somewhat difficult. The trust should be good regardless of the language used by the Notary. I would suggest doing a Codicil to the Will wherein the original Will is republished in its entirety by reference to it, and have the NJ self-proving language in the Codicial. This would be a lot less expensive than redoing the document.

Almost always a Will from somewhere else is going to be valid in New Jersey. The bigger question might be whether you would benefit from some tax advise as the estate and inheritance tax laws are very different compared to Florida.

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