A 985 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Exempts homestead from attachment in medical malpractice judgment.

This bill exempts a healthcare provider's primary residence (homestead) from being seized or sold to satisfy a medical malpractice judgment. It applies specifically to healthcare providers who are defendants in medical malpractice cases. The law protects their primary home - including single-family houses, condos, and manufactured homes used as their permanent residence - from being attached or forced sold due to such judgments. This change takes effect immediately upon passage.
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Jan 2024
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee
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Nancy Muñoz
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