Family provision claims in the ACT should be commenced by Originating Application with supporting affidavits, not by Statement of Claim, because the nature of the inquiry — a single question of objective fact requiring wide-ranging evidence — does not lend itself to pleadings. An eligible applicant who is not a beneficiary lacks standing to seek orders requiring executors to collect estate property or to provide accounts, absent a specific statutory provision conferring such power.
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