New Jersey Statutes Appendix - Former Title 3A Administration of Estates Decedents and Others 3A § 39-3

If a war absentee should return, the trustee shall restore to him the property, after deduction of the reasonable expenses of the trust and the compensation of the trustee;  or the court may direct the transfer or other disposition of the property to any person exhibiting a sufficient power of attorney signed by the absentee, or to the fiduciary of the absentee, or to the conservator of the property of a nonresident war absentee appointed or acting under the laws of the nonresident's domicile, or to any person who shall establish his right to the control, possession or ownership of the property by reason of the death of the war absentee, or otherwise.