In re the Estate of Sanchez

OPINION OF THE COURT

Lee L. Holzman, S.

Decedent’s mother petitions pursuant to SCPA 2003 for the entry of an order permitting her to open and examine the contents of a safe-deposit box in the name of the decedent and his spouse. Petitioner alleges that, after decedent’s death, his wife initially resisted her efforts to examine the contents of the box and thereafter opened an empty box in her presence. *274Petitioner candidly states that she wants to ascertain the contents of the box and when they were removed.

SCPA 2003 is eloquently silent on the subject of the status which a petitioner must have…