Probate

[Janezsz]

Jurisdiction

New Jersey

If you go to probate your will with a general power of appointment, are all the properties subject to the power counted to calculate your probate fees?

 

[zddoodah]

If you go to probate your will

It is impossible to probate one's own will.

are all the properties subject to the power counted to calculate your probate fees?

Per N.J.R.S. section 3B:18-14, if there is a single executor, he/she is entitled to 5% "on the first $200,000 of all corpus received by the fiduciary," plus 3.5% on the excess over $200k up to $1M, plus 2% on the excess over $1M (subject to the court's power to order additional or reduced commission in appropriate circumstances.