In the Matter of the Estate of Peck, P-825-12; Chancery Division, Probate Part, Sussex County; opinion by Gannon, J.S.C.; decided February 6, 2012; approved for publication January 24, 2013. DDS No. 38-4-8808 [6 pp.]
This case requires that the court examine the impact of the elective-share statute, N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1 to -19, on the actual intent of the decedent expressed in a foreign will disposing of her assets in Thailand, prior to the execution of a last will and testament in New Jersey.