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Part 4 — Scope of Rules

4:1 Scope of Rules

Part 4 — Pretrial Discovery

4:10-1 Discovery Methods
4:10-2 Scope of Discovery; Treating Physician
4:10-3 Protective Orders
4:10-4 Sequence and Timing of Discovery

Part 4 — Civil Docket

4:100 Civil Docket

Part 4 — Docketing of Judgments; Recording of Transcript

4:101-1 Abstracts to Be Entered
4:101-2 Entries
4:101-3 Effect of Entry; Date of Judgment or Order
4:101-4 Docketing of Judgments; Recording of Transcript and Other Documents
4:101-5 Assignments of, Postponement of Lien of, or Warrant to Satisfy Judgments; Entry of Satisfaction

Part 4 — Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal or for Use

4:11-1 Before Action D
4:11-2 Pending Appeal
4:11-3 Perpetuation of Testimony
4:11-4 Testimony for Use in Foreign Jurisdictions
4:11-5 Depositions Outside the State

Part 4 — Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken; Authority

4:12-1 Within the State
4:12-2 Without the State but Within the United States
4:12-3 In Foreign Countries
4:12-4 Disqualification for Interest

Part 4 — Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure

4:13 Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure

Part 4 — Depositions Upon Oral Examination

4:14-1 When Depositions May Be Taken D
4:14-2 Notice of Examination; General Requirements; Deposition of Organization D
4:14-3 Examination and Cross-Examination; Record of Examination; Oath; Objections
4:14-4 Motion or Application to Terminate or Limit Examination or for Sanctions
4:14-5 Submission to Witness; Changes; Signing
4:14-6 Certification and Filing by Officer; Exhibits; Copies
4:14-7 Subpoena for Taking Depositions D
4:14-8 Failure to Attend or Serve Subpoena; Expenses
4:14-9 Audiovisual Recording of Depositions D

Part 4 — Depositions Upon Written Questions

4:15-1 Serving Questions; Notice D
4:15-2 Officer to Take Responses and Prepare Record

Part 4 — Use of Depositions; Objections; Effect; Errors and Irregularities

4:16-1 Use of Depositions
4:16-2 Objections to Admissibility
4:16-3 Effect of Taking or Using Deposition
4:16-4 Effect of Errors and Irregularities in Depositions D

Part 4 — Interrogatories to Parties

4:17-1 Service, Scope of Interrogatories D
4:17-2 Time to Serve Interrogatories D
4:17-3 Number of Copies Served; Form of Interrogatories
4:17-4 Form, Service and Time of Answers D
4:17-5 Objections to Interrogatories D
4:17-6 Limitation of Interrogatories
4:17-7 Amendment of Answers D
4:17-8 Use, Filing and Effect of Interrogatories

Part 4 — Discovery and Inspection of Documents and Property;

4:18-1 Production of Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes; Pre-Litigation Discovery D
4:18-2 Copies of Documents Referred to in Pleading D

Part 4 — Physical and Mental Examination of Persons

4:19 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons D

Part 4 — Form; Commencement of Action

4:2-1 Form of Action
4:2-2 Commencement of Action

Part 4 — 4:21A. Arbitration of Certain Personal Injury Actions

4:21A-1 Actions Subject to Arbitration; Notice and Scheduling of Arbitration D
4:21A-2 Qualification, Selection, Assignment and Compensation of Arbitrators D
4:21A-3 Settlements; Offer of Judgment
4:21A-4 Conduct of Hearing D
4:21A-5 Arbitration Award D
4:21A-6 Entry of Judgment; Trial De Novo D
4:21A-7 Arbitration of Minor's and Mentally Incapacitated Person's Claims
4:21A-8 Administration

Part 4 — Requests for Admissions

4:22-1 Request for Admission D
4:22-2 Effect of Admission

Part 4 — Failure to Make Discovery; Sanctions

4:23-1 Motion for Order Compelling Discovery
4:23-2 Failure to Comply With Order
4:23-3 Expenses on Failure to Admit
4:23-4 Failure of Party to Attend at Own Deposition
4:23-5 Failure to Make Discovery D
4:23-6 Electronically Stored Information

Part 4 — Time for Completion of Discovery and Other Pretrial

4:24-1 Time for Completion of Discovery D
4:24-2 Motions Required to Be Made During Discovery Period
4:24-3 Discovery After Judgment

Part 4 — Pretrial Conferences

4:25-1 Pretrial Conferences D
4:25-2 Notices; Filing of Pretrial Memorandum D
4:25-3 Form of Pretrial Memoranda
4:25-4 Designation of Trial Counsel D
4:25-5 Scheduling of Pretrial Conferences
4:25-6 Pretrial Conference After Grant of New Trial
4:25-7 Attorney Conferences D

Part 4 — Parties Plaintiff and Defendant

4:26-1 Real Party in Interest
4:26-2 Minor or Mentally Incapacitated Person D
4:26-3 Virtual Representation of Future Interest
4:26-4 Fictitious Names; In Personam Actions
4:26-5 Unknown Defendants: In Rem Actions D
4:26-6 Initials or Contractions of First Name or Names; Effect on Filing of Complaints; Entry of Judgment; Notice or Certificate of Indebtedness
4:26-7 Public Officers

Part 4 — Joinder of Claims and Remedies

4:27-1 Joinder of Claims
4:27-2 Joinder of Remedies; Fraudulent Conveyances

Part 4 — Joinder of Parties

4:28-1 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
4:28-2 Claims by or Against Fiduciaries
4:28-3 Claims by or Against Spouse
4:28-4 Notice to Attorney General and Attorneys for Other Governmental Bodies D

Part 4 — Joinder of Multiple Parties

4:29-1 Permissive Joinder
4:29-2 Separate Trials

Part 4 — Divisions; Venue; Transfer of Actions

4:3-1 Divisions of Court; Commencement and Transfer of Actions D
4:3-2 Venue in the Superior Court
4:3-3 Change of Venue in the Superior Court D
4:3-4 Transfer and Removal of Actions

Part 4 — Misjoinder and Non-joinder of Parties

4:30 Misjoinder and Non-joinder of Parties

Part 4 — Entire Controversy Doctrine

4:30A Entire Controversy Doctrine

Part 4 — Interpleader

4:31 Interpleader

Part 4 — Class Actions

4:32-1 Requirements for Maintaining Class Action
4:32-2 Determining by Order Whether to Certify a Class Action; Appointing Class Counsel; Notice and Membership in the Class; Multiple Classes and Subclasses
4:32-3 Derivative Action by Shareholders

Part 4 — Intervention

4:33-1 Intervention as of Right
4:33-2 Permissive Intervention
4:33-3 Procedure

Part 4 — Substitution of Parties

4:34-1 Death
4:34-2 Mental Incapacity
4:34-3 Transfer of Interest
4:34-4 Public Officers; Death or Separation From Office

Part 4 — Trial by Jury or by the Court

4:35-1 Demand for Jury Trial D
4:35-2 Advisory Jury and Trial by Consent
4:35-3 Trial by the Court
4:35-4 Continuous Trials

Part 4 — Assignment for Trial in the Superior Court

4:36-1 County Where Tried
4:36-2 Notice of Expiration of Discovery Period D
4:36-3 Trial Calendar D

Part 4 — Dismissal of Actions

4:37-1 Voluntary Dismissal; Effect Thereof
4:37-2 Involuntary Dismissal; Effect Thereof D
4:37-3 Dismissal of Counterclaim, Cross-Claim or Third-Party Claim
4:37-4 Costs of Previously Dismissed Action

Part 4 — Consolidation; Separate Trials

4:38-1 Consolidation
4:38-2 Separate Trials

Part 4 — Centralized Management of Mass Torts

4:38A Centralized Management of Mass Torts

Part 4 — Verdicts

4:39-1 Special Verdicts
4:39-2 General Verdict Accompanied by Answer to Interrogatories
4:39-3 Omissions in Verdict in Action to Recover Personal Property

Part 4 — Process

4:4-1 Summons; Issuance D
4:4-2 Summons: Form
4:4-3 By Whom Served; Copies
4:4-4 Summons; Personal Service; In Personam Jurisdiction D
4:4-5 Summons; Service on Absent Defendants; In Rem or Quasi In Rem Jurisdiction D
4:4-6 General Appearance; Acknowledgment of Service
4:4-7 Return
4:4-8 Amendment

Part 4 — Motion for Judgment

4:40-1 Motion for Judgment at Trial
4:40-2 Reservation of Decision on Motion; Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict D

Part 4 — References

4:41-1 Reference
4:41-2 Compensation
4:41-4 Proceedings D
4:41-5 Report D

Part 4 — Judgment; Orders; Damages; Costs

4:42-1 Form; Settlement D
4:42-10 Search Fees
4:42-11 Interest; Rate on Judgments; in Tort Actions D
4:42-2 Judgment Upon Multiple Claims
4:42-3 Declaratory Judgment
4:42-4 Effect of Unsatisfied Judgment Against One or More of Several Persons Jointly Liable
4:42-5 Effect of Judgment for Possession
4:42-6 Effect of Demand for Judgment
4:42-7 Damages in Continuing Cause
4:42-8 Costs D
4:42-9 Attorney's Fees D

Part 4 — Default

4:43-1 Entry of Default D
4:43-2 Final Judgment by Default D
4:43-3 Setting Aside Default
4:43-4 Plaintiffs, Counterclaimants, Cross-Claimants

Part 4 — Proceedings to Approve Settlements

4:44-1 Venue; Filing
4:44-2 Medical Testimony
4:44-3 Hearing; Order; Expenses

Part 4 — Proceedings to Approve Transfer Rights of Structured Settlement Payment Rights

4:44A-1 Venue; Complaint; Service D
4:44A-2 Hearing

Part 4 — Judgment by Confession

4:45-1 Warrant of Attorney
4:45-2 Procedure to Confess Judgment

Part 4 — Summary Judgment

4:46-1 Time for Making, Filing, and Serving Motion D
4:46-2 Motion and Proceedings Thereon
4:46-3 Case Not Adjudicated on Motion
4:46-4 Leave to Proceed Upon Terms
4:46-5 Affidavits
4:46-6 Attorneys Fees

Part 4 — Entry of Judgment

4:47 Entry of Judgment

Part 4 — Satisfaction or Cancellation of Judgment

4:48-1 Execution and Delivery of Warrant of Satisfaction
4:48-2 Entry of Satisfaction
4:48-3 Entry of Satisfaction on Payment of Moneys Into Court
4:48-4 Recourse by Some Judgment Debtors Against Other Judgment Debtors

Part 4 — Judgments for Minors and Incompetents

4:48A Judgments for Minors and Incompetents

Part 4 — New Trials; Amendment of Judgments

4:49-1 Motion for New Trial D
4:49-2 Motion to Alter or Amend a Judgment or Order D

Part 4 — General Rules of Pleading

4:5-1 General Requirements for Pleadings
4:5-2 Claim for Relief D
4:5-3 Answer; Defenses; Form of Denials
4:5-4 Affirmative Defenses; Misdesignation of Defense and Counterclaim
4:5-5 Effect of Failure to Deny
4:5-6 Consistency
4:5-7 Pleadings to Be Concise and Direct; Construction
4:5-8 Pleading Special Matters

Part 4 — Relief From Judgment or Order

4:50-1 Grounds of Motion
4:50-2 Time of Motion D
4:50-3 Effect of Motion

Part 4 — Ne Exeat; Capias

4:51-1 Issuance; Service D
4:51-2 Execution; Bond D
4:51-3 Motion to Discharge Writ
4:51-4 Capias; Fraud in Inception of Contract
4:51-5 Effect of Prior Writ of Attachment

Part 4 — Injunctions

4:52-1 Temporary Restraint and Interlocutory Injunction-Application on Filing of Complaint D
4:52-2 Temporary Restraint and Interlocutory Injunction-During Pendency of Action
4:52-3 Security
4:52-4 Form and Scope of Injunction or Restraining Order
4:52-5 Denial of Application
4:52-6 Stay of Action in Superior Court
4:52-7 Labor Disputes

Part 4 — Receivers and Liquidating Trustees

4:53-1 Notice; Dismissal; Appeal D
4:53-2 Venue
4:53-3 Employment of Attorney or Accountant D
4:53-4 Allowances to Receivers and Attorneys
4:53-5 Attorney for the Plaintiff
4:53-6 Partnership Receivers and Liquidating Trustees D
4:53-7 Inventory and Account; Audit D
4:53-8 Accounting Upon Liquidation of a Financial Institution
4:53-9 Destruction of Records

Part 4 — Assignments for Benefit of Creditors

4:54 Assignments for Benefit of Creditors

Part 4 — Discharge of Insolvent Debtors

4:55 Discharge of Insolvent Debtors

Part 4 — Action to Approve a Plan of Bank Reorganization

4:56-1 Summary Action; Complaint
4:56-2 Order to Show Cause to Approve Plan; Service D

Part 4 — Deposit in Court

4:57-1 Deposit in Court
4:57-2 Procedure for Deposit and Withdrawal of Moneys
4:57-3 Accounts; Audit
4:57-4 Income and Interest on Deposits
4:57-5 Notice of Withdrawals; Order

Part 4 — Offer of Judgment

4:58-1 Time and Manner of Making and Accepting Offer D
4:58-2 Consequences of Non-Acceptance of Claimant's Offer
4:58-3 Consequences of Non-Acceptance of Offer of Party Not a Claimant
4:58-4 Multiple Claims; Multiple Parties
4:58-5 Application for Fee; Limitations D
4:58-6 Application for Fee; Limitations D

Part 4 — Process to Enforce Judgments

4:59-1 Execution D
4:59-2 Judgment for Specific Acts; Writ of Possession D
4:59-3 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties

Part 4 — Tracks Defined

4:5A-1 Tracks Defined
4:5A-2 Notice of Track Assignment; Change of Assignment D

Part 4 — Case Management; Conferences

4:5B-1 Assignment for Case Management
4:5B-2 Case Management Conferences D
4:5B-3 Settlement Conferences

Part 4 — Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; By Pleading

4:6-1 When Presented D
4:6-2 How Presented
4:6-3 Required Motions; Preliminary Hearings D
4:6-4 Motion for More Definite Statement or to Strike or Dismiss for Impropriety of Pleading D
4:6-5 Motion to Strike for Insufficiency D
4:6-6 Consolidation of Defenses
4:6-7 Waiver or Preservation of Defenses

Part 4 — Attachment and Sequestration

4:60-1 Definitions
4:60-10 Time to Defend D
4:60-11 Motion to Vacate Writ or Levy
4:60-12 Appearance; Judgment
4:60-13 Discharge From Attachment
4:60-14 Claim of Property
4:60-15 Applying Claimants D
4:60-16 Consolidation of Actions
4:60-17 Auxiliary Proceedings
4:60-18 Order for Dismissal
4:60-19 Sequestration
4:60-2 Commencement of Action; Venue
4:60-3 Attachment and Summons D
4:60-4 Attachment and Arrest D
4:60-5 Order Directing Issuance of Writ D
4:60-6 Issuance of Writ; Further Writs
4:60-7 Levy D
4:60-8 Inventory and Return D
4:60-9 Notice to Defendant; Defense D

Part 4 — Replevin

4:61-1 Writ of Replevin D
4:61-2 Allegations of Demand and Refusal; Title
4:61-3 Defenses; Counterclaim
4:61-4 Judgment for Plaintiff
4:61-5 Judgment for Defendant

Part 4 — Quiet Title

4:62-1 Complaint
4:62-2 Answer
4:62-3 Tender; Deposit in Court
4:62-4 Judgment by Default or for Failure to Appear

Part 4 — Waste; Partition; Account; Dower; Curtesy

4:63-1 Partition; Dower; Curtesy
4:63-2 Notice of Motion for Sale Free From Dower and Curtesy D
4:63-3 Calculation of Gross Sum in Lieu of Dower or Curtesy
4:63-4 Calculation of Investment in Lieu of Dower or Curtesy

Part 4 — Motion and Hearing on Filing of Notice of Lis Pendens

4:63A Motion and Hearing on Filing of Notice of Lis Pendens D

Part 4 — Foreclosure of Mortgages, Condominium Association Liens

4:64-1 Foreclosure Complaint, Uncontested Judgment Other Than In Rem Tax Foreclosures D
4:64-2 Proof; Affidavit D
4:64-3 Surplus Moneys
4:64-4 Abandonment of Action by Plaintiff; Right of Defendants to Proceed
4:64-5 Joinder of Claims in Foreclosure
4:64-6 Action to Foreclose Tax Sale Certificates; Answer as Stay; Redemption
4:64-7 In Rem Tax Foreclosure D
4:64-8 Dismissal of Foreclosure Actions for Lack of Prosecution D
4:64-9 Motions in Uncontested Matters D

Part 4 — Sales of Property; In General

4:65-1 Compensation
4:65-2 Notice of Sale; Posting and Mailing D
4:65-3 Advertisement of Diagram or Statement in Lieu
4:65-4 Place of Public Sale; Adjournments
4:65-5 Sheriff's Sale; Objections D
4:65-6 Report and Confirmation of Sales D

Part 4 — Summary Actions

4:67-1 Applicability
4:67-2 Complaint; Order to Show Cause; Motion
4:67-3 Service of Order to Show Cause D
4:67-4 Answers; Objections; Demand for Jury Trial D
4:67-5 Hearing; Judgment; Briefs D
4:67-6 Summary Proceedings to Enforce Agency Orders

Part 4 — Actions in Lieu of Prerogative Writs

4:69-1 Actions in Superior Court, Law Division
4:69-2 Motion for Summary Judgment
4:69-3 Motion to Law Division for Stay
4:69-4 Filing and Management for Actions in Lieu of Prerogative Writs D
4:69-5 Exhaustion of Remedies
4:69-6 Limitation on Bringing Certain Actions D
4:69-7 Interlocutory Appeals

Part 4 — Counterclaim and Cross-Claim

4:7-1 Mandatory or Permissive Counterclaims
4:7-2 Counterclaim Exceeding Opposing Claim
4:7-3 Counterclaim Maturing or Acquired After Pleading
4:7-4 Omitted Counterclaim
4:7-5 Cross-Claim Against Co-party; Claim for Contribution or Claim for Indemnity D
4:7-6 Additional Parties May Be Brought In
4:7-7 Separate Trials; Separate Judgment

Part 4 — Summary Proceedings for Collection of Statutory Penalties

4:70-1 Applicability; Scope
4:70-2 Complaint; Verification; Process
4:70-3 Hearing; Penalties; Payment
4:70-4 Commitment
4:70-5 [deleted July 28, 2004 effective September 1, 2004]

Part 4 — Appeals From Local Agencies

4:71-1 Summary Action
4:71-2 Order to Show Cause; Form, Service
4:71-3 Filing of Record of Proceedings D

Part 4 — Actions for Change of Name

4:72-1 Complaint D
4:72-2 Guardian Ad Litem
4:72-3 Notice of Application D
4:72-4 Hearing; Judgment; Publication; Filing D

Part 4 — Condemnation; Appeals From Assessments

4:73-1 Complaint
4:73-10 Appeals From Assessments for Improvements and Awards of Damages
4:73-11 Pretrial Discovery, Exchange of Experts' Reports, Comparable Sales and Leases; Expert Testimony D
4:73-2 Parties; Trial of Dispute as to Title
4:73-3 Service of Process D
4:73-4 Report of Commissioners; Service D
4:73-5 Fees and Costs
4:73-6 Appeal From Report of Commissioners D
4:73-7 Jury; View of Property
4:73-8 Costs on Appeal
4:73-9 Payment Into Court; Disputes as to Allocation; Withdrawal; Review

Part 4 — Special Proceedings in the Superior Court, Law Division

4:74-10 Money Judgments Rendered in Special Proceedings
4:74-2 General Provisions or Appeal to Superior Court, Law Division D
4:74-3 Appeals From Penalties Imposed by Municipal Courts D
4:74-4 Appeal From Judgment of a Municipal Court for Confiscation or Forfeiture of a Chattel
4:74-5 Appeals From Municipal Court Judgments in Civil Actions
4:74-7 Civil Commitment - Adults D
4:74-7A Civil Commitment-Minors D
4:74-8 Notice of Appeal From Wage Collection Section
4:74-9 Fixing Time and Place of Birth of Person of Unknown Parentage D

Part 4 — Third Party Practice

4:8-1 Third Party Brought in by Defendant D
4:8-2 Third Party Brought in by Plaintiff

Part 4 — Application to Surrogate's Court for Probate or Administration

4:80-1 Application
4:80-2 Proof of Will: Nonresident or Deceased Witnesses
4:80-3 Renunciation by or Notice to Next of Kin and Others D
4:80-4 Qualifications
4:80-5 Residents Preferred Over Nonresidents
4:80-6 Notice of Probate of Will D
4:80-7 Use of Photostatic Copy Where Will Is Probated in Another State
4:80-9 Testamentary Trustee

Part 4 — Application to Surrogate's Court for Guardianship of

4:81-1 Application
4:81-2 Renunciation or Notice
4:81-3 Signature to Application D
4:81-4 Residents Preferred Over Nonresidents
4:81-5 Acceptance

Part 4 — Matters in Which the Surrogate's Court May Not Act

4:82 Matters in Which the Surrogate's Court May Not Act

Part 4 — Probate Actions in the Superior Court, Chancery Division,

4:83-1 Method of Proceeding
4:83-2 Filing of Papers
4:83-3 Title of Action
4:83-4 Venue
4:83-5 Verification

Part 4 — Complaints in Cases in Which Surrogate's Court Not Able

4:84-1 In General
4:84-2 Probate in the Superior Court
4:84-3 Contested Administration
4:84-4 Appointment of Substituted Trustees
4:84-5 Appointment of Administrator Pendente Lite or Other Limited Administrator D

Part 4 — Review by Superior Court of Actions by Surrogate's Court:

4:85-1 Complaint; Time for Filing D
4:85-2 Enlargement of Time D
4:85-3 After-Discovered Will

Part 4 — Action for Guardianship of an Incompetent or for the

4:86-1 Complaint
4:86-10 Appointment of Guardian for Persons Receiving Services From the Division of Developmental Disabilities
4:86-11 Appointment of Conservator
4:86-12 Special Medical Guardian
4:86-2 Accompanying Affidavits D
4:86-3 Disqualification of Affiant
4:86-4 Order for Hearing D
4:86-5 Proof of Service; Appearance of Mentally Incapacitated Person at Hearing; Answer D
4:86-6 Hearing; Judgment D
4:86-7 Regaining Mental Capacity
4:86-8 Appointment of Guardian for Nonresident Mentally Incapacitated Person
4:86-9 Guardians for Mentally Incapacitated Persons Under Uniform Veterans Guardianship Law D

Part 4 — Actions for the Settlement of Accounts

4:87-1 Procedure
4:87-2 Complaint D
4:87-3 Form of Account; Statement of Assets to Be Annexed to Account
4:87-4 Service D
4:87-5 Vouchers
4:87-6 Audit and Report on Accounts D
4:87-7 Report of Guardian Ad Litem D
4:87-9 Dispensing With Accounting by Agreement

Part 4 — Commissions and Attorney's Fee

4:88-1 Affidavit of Accountant's Services D
4:88-2 Commission Payments Before Settlement
4:88-3 Notice as to Apportionment of Commissions D
4:88-4 Affidavit of Attorney's Services D

Part 4 — Distribution

4:89-1 Where an Account Is About to Be Settled
4:89-2 Complaint
4:89-3 Inquiry for Unknown Distributees D

Part 4 — Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

4:9-1 Amendments D
4:9-2 Amendments to Conform to the Evidence
4:9-3 When Amendments Relate Back
4:9-4 Supplemental Pleadings

Part 4 — Sale of Property Subject to Escheat to Pay Debts

4:90-1 Complaint by Personal Representative for Sale
4:90-2 Complaint by Creditor for Sale D
4:90-3 Order to Show Cause D
4:90-4 Objections to Claim D
4:90-5 Judgment for Sale
4:90-6 Notice of Application for Prosecution of Bonds of Heirs and Devisees

Part 4 — Insolvent Estates

4:91-1 Proceedings When Estate Is Insolvent D
4:91-2 Service on Creditors and Other Interested Persons of Insolvent Estate D
4:91-3 Exceptions to Account, Inventory and Claims; Determination
4:91-4 Excepted Claims; Plenary Action; Recovery
4:91-5 Actions Pending May Proceed to Judgment

Part 4 — Proceedings to Apply Toward Decedent's Debts Moneys

4:92-1 Motion
4:92-2 Statement of Assets and Liabilities
4:92-3 Bond

Part 4 — Declaration of Death

4:93-1 Complaint
4:93-2 Declaration of Death D
4:93-3 Parties Defendant
4:93-4 Hearing
4:93-5 Letters Issued

Part 4 — Sale or Mortgage of Minor's and Incompetent's Lands

4:94-1 Action for Sale
4:94-2 Complaint; Supporting Affidavits; Notice
4:94-3 Order to Sell
4:94-4 Bond
4:94-5 Confirmation of Sale; Conveyance D
4:94-6 Mortgage of Lands
4:94-7 Costs and Expenses of Proceedings

Part 4 — Miscellaneous Actions

4:95-1 Order to Compel Production of Purported Will
4:95-2 Summary Action by Fiduciary for Instructions
4:95-3 Approval of Compromise
4:95-4 Certificate as to Further Security; Death Act, etc

Part 4 — Miscellaneous

4:96-1 Qualifications; Acceptances
4:96-2 Renunciations
4:96-3 Money Judgments in the Chancery Division, Probate Part
4:96-4 Notice to Surety
4:96-5 Bond From Corporate Fiduciary

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Part 4 · Form; Commencement of Action

Rule 4:2-1. Form of Action

Amended September 1, 2025 (current)

There shall be one form of action in civil practice to be known as a "civil action".

Source: N.J. Ct. R. 4:2-1

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