My question involves bankruptcy in the state of: New Jersey
I filed Chapter 7 in May of this year. At the 341 meeting, the Trustee asked me if I owned or rented and I told her I was living in my mother-in-law's house and paying taxes in lieu of rent. My mother-in-law passsed away in 2010 and my husband recently passed away in 2016. The Trustee then asked if my MIL had a will. My MIL allegedly had a will and my husband didn't. I've never seen the will, but I was told by my SIL the will stipulated that her mother's house be sold and the proceeds split between her and her two brothers, one of them my husband. When my MIL died, the house was never probated. Nevertheless, my Chapter 7 was discharged in August.
The Trustee still wants to see my MIL's will. I explained to SIL everything, and at first she said she would have to look for it, but now she's now saying there is no will and the lawyer who handled her mother's estate has died. After doing research on my own, I found out the lawyer's son still has MIL's file but he won't release it without authorization from SIL, because she's the executrix. The lawyer handling my Chapter 7 says we should subpoena SIL for a deposition and force her to produce the will. He said otherwise the Trustee is going to dismiss my Chapter 7.
My first question is, why can't my lawyer subpoena the lawyer who has the MIL's will? I didn't understand why he couldn't do that instead of trying to get it from my SIL, who I already told him was a high-strung, mentally unstable person.
The other question, which I already suspect the answer to, is will the Trustee dismiss my Chapter 7 for not getting her the will?

