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When she leaves, Sharon Rocha will take with her dozens of her daughter's possessions, including her wedding dress.
Rocha got the go-ahead after weeks of bitter fighting with her daughter's former in-laws over access to the Modesto, Calif., house that Laci shared with her husband until she disappeared around Christmas Eve, according to lawyers for the Rocha family.
"Sharon was notified last night by the [Stanislaus County district attorney's] office that she can go in on Tuesday," lawyer Albert Clark told the Daily News.
The family wanted several of Laci's personal items, including jewelry, her journals, the crib, a glass memento box containing sea shells and a set of salt and pepper shakers shaped like snails, Clark said.
"More importantly to Laci's family," a statement from the Rochas' lawyers said, "is the opportunity to be inside Laci's home. ... They need to have the freedom and opportunity to sit in her chair that she used to sit in, to walk on the floor that she used to walk on, to sit in Conner's room in the rocking chair Laci had purchased to rock him in, and just to have the opportunity to feel her presence."
Jackie Peterson, Scott Peterson (news - web sites)'s mother, said she had tried to call the Rochas but they wouldn't return her phone calls.
She also said she had been inside the house recently, but only to "keep it clean." Originally published on May 30, 2003