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CN 11800, the EZ Accounting Form

New Jersey’s yearly report for a guardian of the estate. The court’s judgment says whether you use this form or the longer Comprehensive one.

By Fidura staff. Last reviewed .

Who files
The guardian of the estate, unless the judgment waives it
R. 4:86-6(e)(3) (opens in a new tab)
When it’s due
Within 14 days of each anniversary of your appointment
CN 11797 (opens in a new tab)
Where
The Surrogate in the county of the guardianship
The fee is $5 a page, cover page included.
The form
Form CN 11800
The court’s copy (PDF) (opens in a new tab)

The judge may set a different due date. CN 11797 (opens in a new tab)

What you need

First, read your judgment. It names the report: this EZ form, the Comprehensive form (CN 11801), a copy of your Social Security payee report, or a formal accounting. If it names none, file the EZ form.

Then have the year’s bank statements and the inventory or last report. The appointment date is the day the judgment was entered, not the day letters issued. Guide §2 (opens in a new tab)

The form opens with three questions. Did a bond cover the period? Were all assets found and collected? Were all tax returns filed and the taxes paid? Explain a No to either of the last two.

The example follows Lorraine Pascoe, an invented ward whose judgment was entered 07/15/2024 and names no form. This report covers 07/16/2025 to 07/15/2026. It was due by 07/29/2026.

Line 4 is lines 1 and 2, less line 3

Part I counts cash only. Her cash on the first day, plus what came in, less what went out, is her cash on the last day.

Lorraine Pascoe, invented ward · Part I summary
1. Beginning cash balance$16,618.35
2. Schedule A-EZ: Income21,462.44
3. Schedule B-EZ: Disbursements17,733.73
4. Ending cash balance$20,347.06

Where the figures came from

Schedule A-EZ, income
Social Security, 12 × $1,462.00$17,544.00
Pension, 12 × $318.503,822.00
Savings interest96.44
Total income received$21,462.44
Schedule B-EZ, disbursements
Assisted living, 12 × $1,375.0016,500.00
Pharmacy486.20
Cell phone, 12 × $29.99359.88
Clothing212.65
Bond premium175.00
Total disbursements$17,733.73
Cash on the last day
Checking6,050.62
Savings14,296.44
Line 4$20,347.06

Line 1 was $2,418.35 in checking and $14,200.00 in savings. A bill that is the same every month, like a phone plan, may go on one line as 12 × the monthly amount. A bill that varies, like groceries, goes on a line for each month. Occasional purchases get their own date and payee.

Pharmacy and clothing are shown as year totals here. On the form, pharmacy goes on a line for each month, and each clothing purchase gets its own date and payee.

Part II

Part II asks, for asset schedules A to E, whether the ward’s ownership changed since the inventory or last report. It takes no values. Describe any change there, and leave the Part I figures as they are.

The Comprehensive form

If the judgment names CN 11801 (opens in a new tab), the same year is split finer. Fees a court order approved go on Schedules B-1 to B-3, with the order’s date. Everything else goes on B-4, with the account and check number.

Lorraine Pascoe, invented ward · CN 11801 summary, Part I
1. Schedule A: Income$21,462.44
2–4. Schedules B-1 to B-3: court-ordered fees0.00
5. Schedule B-4: All other disbursements(17,733.73)
6. Total disbursements(17,733.73)
7. Schedule C-1: Sales proceeds0.00
8. Schedule C-2: Purchases0.00
9. Increase in cash (1 + 7 − 6 − 8)$3,728.71
Cash at the beginning (Schedule BC)16,618.35
Cash at the end (Schedule D)$20,347.06

A sale’s proceeds go on Schedule C-1 and line 7, never Schedule A. The asset then drops off Schedule G, Part II’s list of what is left at the end.

Schedule F, account by account

Checking
Beginning balance2,418.35
Income and sales proceeds21,366.00
Disbursements and purchases(17,733.73)
Ending balance$6,050.62
Savings
Beginning balance14,200.00
Income and sales proceeds96.44
Disbursements and purchases0.00
Ending balance$14,296.44

Each ending balance should match that account’s statement. Transfers between the ward’s accounts go on Schedule E, where the money in and out should match.

After you file

The Surrogate records the report. If one is late, the Surrogate sends a notice to you and to the court. R. 4:86-6(f) (opens in a new tab)

The county’s Guardianship Monitoring Program reviews each financial report and takes any problem to the judge. R. 4:86-1(c) (opens in a new tab)

When the guardianship ends

If the ward dies, or her status or health changes in a major way, tell the Surrogate within 30 days. After a death, send a copy of the death certificate within 7 days of receiving it. R. 4:86-6(e)(5) (opens in a new tab)

Your duty to account outlasts the guardianship. You hand over the property only after the court allows your final account. N.J.S.A. 3B:12-63 (opens in a new tab)

Common mistakes

No cover page

Every periodic report is attached to CN 11797, with the reporting period in its caption. CN 11797 (opens in a new tab)

Income the bond left out

List all income, even Social Security that was left out when the bond was set.

A Comprehensive form with no statements

Attach each account’s statements for the start and the end of the period. Without them the accounting is not complete.

Sources

Also for New Jersey: CN 11799, Guardian Inventory

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