Legal Question in Real Estate Law in New Jersey

That depends on how you hold title. If the deed says that you are joint tenants with the other owners or if the other owner is a spouse and you took title as husband and wife or as tenants by the entirety, any gift in a will cannot have effect. The property would pass automatically by operation of law to the survivor. If you are tenants in common, the other owner's interest in it can be passed by will. � See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm