New Jersey Statutes Appendix - Former Title 3A Administration of Estates Decedents and Others 3A § 38-3

a. If the dower or curtesy estate is consummate the interest shall go for life to the person entitled to such estate; or

b. If the dower or curtesy right or estate is inchoate, the interest shall go during the joint lives of husband and wife to the spouse of the person entitled to such right or estate. If the right or estate thereafter becomes consummate, the interest shall go as provided in paragraph “a.”