The Claim After A Death
N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7.2 — a lien and recovery from the estate for services received at 55 or older
The age. For a recipient who died on or after April 1, 1995, a lien may be filed against and recovery sought from the estate for assistance correctly paid for services received at 55 years of age or older, except as another section provides.
The estate is wide. The estate includes the probate estate and any other property in which the recipient had legal title or interest at death, including assets passed to a survivor through joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, or a living trust.
What it does not include. Reparations or restitution to victims of National Socialist persecution, and the return of property seized because of it, are not part of the estate.
The federal law the section follows, the agency's own rules on hardship, and probate procedure are not on this page. Whether a particular estate owes a claim, or qualifies for a waiver, is a question for a licensed New Jersey attorney.
Sources for this section (1)
- N.J.S.A. 30:4D-7.2 — Lien against and recovery from the estate of a recipient
Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of September 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed New Jersey attorney.