In re the Estate of Reiner

S. Samuel Di Falco, S.

This is a motion by respondent, Dr. Ernest van den Haag, to dismiss a discovery proceeding upon the ground that this court lacks subject matter jurisdiction and upon the further ground that a complete defense is founded upon documentary evidence.

It is alleged in- the petition that respondent purportedly treated decedent as a "psychotherapist or psychoanalyst” over a period of years and maintained in that capacity a "highly sensitive confidential relationship with the decedent”. It is further alleged that during the period when this confidential relationship existed,…