MERCER COUNTY SURROGATE’S COURT
Diane Gerofsky, Surrogate
INFORMATION SHEET FOR ANCILLARY ADMINISTRATION
(This form is used when the decedent had no Last Will and Testament and the estate is over
$20,000 leaving a Surviving Spouse or the estate is over $ 10,000 with no surviving spouse and no
appointment was made in the state of domicile)
The following must be provided at time of application:
1. Certificate from the equivalent of the Surrogate’s Court from the county of domicile that no
proceedings or caveat have been filed in the county of domicile in that state.
2. Certified copy of the death certificate
3. Copy of the deed of real property or proof of person property located in the County of Mercer in
the State of New Jersey
NAME OF DECEASED:________________________________Date of Death_____________________
Residence of Deceased at Time of Death:________________________________________________
(Indicate borough, township, town, or city or county)
___________________________________________________________________________________
Name(s) of Person seeking to qualify as administrator:________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Address(es) of Adminstrator(s):_________________________________________________________
(Indicate borough, township, town, or city or county)
_________________________________________________Telephone No:______________________
Attorney of Record: ______________________________________ Telephone No:_________________
Address:____________________________________________________________________________
SPOUSE, DOMESTIC PARTNER OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER AND NEXT OF KIN
NAME
ADDRESS
RELATIONSHIP TO
AGE IF
TO DECEASED
UNDER 18
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________
Note: If surviving spouse, domestic partner or civil union partner and there are child(ren) please
indicate if child(ren) is/are of both decedent and surviving spouse or only of the decedent.
Names of all adult persons whose right to administration is prior or equal to that of applicant and who will
sign renunciations in favor of applicant if choosing not to co-administer
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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