§ 36B. Examination of Documents or Safe Deposit Box With Court Order
36B. Examination of Documents or Safe Deposit Box With Court Order
(a) A judge of a court having probate jurisdiction of a decedent's estate may order a person to permit a court representative named in the order to examine a decedent's documents or safe deposit box if it is shown to the judge that:
(1) the person may possess or control the documents or that the person leased the safe deposit box to the decedent; and
(2) the documents or safe deposit box may contain a will of the decedent, a deed to a burial plot in which the decedent is to be buried, or an insurance policy issued in the decedent's name and payable to a beneficiary named in the policy.
(b) The court representative shall examine the decedent's documents or safe deposit box in the presence of:
(1) the judge ordering the examination or an agent of the judge; and
(2) the person who has possession or control of the documents or who leased the safe deposit box or, if the person is a corporation, an officer of the corporation or an agent of an officer.