Application for financial provision
3.—(1) Any originating summons by which an application under Article 3 is made shall be issued out of the Chancery Office.
(2) No appearance need be entered to the summons.
(3) An affidavit shall be filed by the applicant in support of the summons, exhibiting an official copy of the grant of representation to the deceased's estate and of every testamentary document admitted to proof, and a copy of the affidavit shall be served on every defendant with the summons.