Administrator’s affidavit
9 Administrator’s affidavit
An application for administration of the estate of a deceased person dying intestate shall be supported by an affidavit setting forth —
that the applicant (if a natural person) has attained the age of 18 years;
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, a person who was in a de facto relationship with the intestate immediately before the death of the intestate, or dying a bachelor, widower, spinster, widow, or divorced person;
that the deceased died intestate;
that the applicant has made careful search and inquiry to ascertain whether the deceased left a will;
that the intestate left estate within Western Australia, and, where the applicant is a natural person, the gross value thereof;
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;
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;
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;
that the applicant if given a grant will administer the estate according to law; and
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: Gazette 17 October 1986 p. 3894; amended: Gazette 30 June 2003 p. 2619.]
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