An application for administration of the estate of a deceased person dying intestate shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth ¾

(i) that the applicant (if a natural person) has attained the age of 18 years;

(ii) the death of the intestate and the date and place of his death and the status of the intestate, that is whether leaving a widow or widower, or dying a bachelor, widower, spinster, widow, or divorced person;

(iii) that the deceased died intestate;

(iv) that the applicant has made careful search and inquiry to ascertain whether the deceased left a will;

(v) that the intestate left estate within Western Australia, and, where the applicant is a natural person, the gross value thereof;

(vi) that the applicant has a right to the administration of the estate of the intestate, and the names and addresses of all persons who have a right thereto prior to or equal with the right of the applicant;

(vii) the names, addresses and ages of the persons entitled in distribution to the estate of the intestate, and whether the deceased had adopted any child;

(viii) the facts relied on to show who are the persons entitled to the administration of the estate of the intestate, and who are the persons entitled in distribution thereto;

(ix) that the applicant if given a grant will administer the estate according to law; and

(x) that no application for probate or administration in the matter has previously been made, or if there has been a previous application, the full particulars thereof.

[Rule 9 inserted in Gazette 17 October 1986 p.3894.]