My mom recently passed away and she has passcodes on her iPhone and iPad which we cannot find the passcodes for, she was young and her death was super unexpected, so she didn’t have any kind of will or documentation with passwords.. I really only want access for the years worth of photos she has stored in her iCloud account. On the Apple support website I found information about needing a court order to release their information. Here is what it says:

“Request access with a court order or other legal documentation In the U.S. and other locales, you can request access to a deceased person’s Apple ID and data with a court order that names you as the rightful inheritor of your loved one’s personal information. In some jurisdictions, such as France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, alternative documentation and process instead of a court order are accepted. Where applicable, the court order needs to specify: The name and Apple ID of the deceased person. The name of the next of kin who is requesting access to the decedent’s account. That the decedent was the user of all accounts associated with the Apple ID. That the requestor is the decedent’s legal personal representative, agent, or heir, whose authorization constitutes "lawful consent." That Apple is ordered by the court to assist in the provision of access to the decedent’s information from the deceased person's accounts. The court order should be addressed to the relevant Apple entity.”

Can anyone explain if this would be possible, and if so, what steps do I need to take and what kind of lawyer I would need to contact about doing this? Thank you!