In re the Estate of Peck

GANNON, J.S.C.

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 on July 11, 2011.

This matter arises on plaintiff, Robert M. Peck’s application on an order to show cause on a verified complaint seeking entitlement to his statutory spousal elective share of the Estate of Pakdee B. Peck in accordance with N.J.S.A. 3B:8-1 to -19; and to include in the decedent’s augmented…