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Here's the thing.

Banks are notified by Social Security of deaths automatically and they freeze accounts and will deny you access to the box until probate is complete.

Some people unwisely place things like their wills, funersl instructions and the like in their bank boxes.

If Sis's intention was to safeguard mom's stuff from being inaccessible for many months, she did a good thing.

If she wanted to kerp mom's stuff for herself and avoid the directions of the will, that's another story.
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I am sorry this happened. What’s your question?
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This should not be done. It is a way to hide assets and to keep them from being distributed to others. Those assets should be distributed to her heirs according to her will.
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