28.-(1) Every application under section 27 (1) of the Law for an order of contribution by relatives shall be accompanied by a copy of the order of adjudication or confinement and by a copy of any order made under section 26 (1) or of any previous order made under section 27 of the Law. (Forms 24 and 25.)
(2) A copy of the application with notice of the day fixed for the hearing shall be served on the persons against whom the order of contribution is sought.
(3) At the hearing the applicant shall, if necessary, prove service and furnish evidence showing that the patient for whose maintanance the order is sought has no property or that his property is not sufficient for his full maintenance or that his property is insufficient to justify an order under section 26. (1) [*437] of the Law, and that the persons against whom the order is sought possess the means and are able to make contribution.
(4) An order of contribution may be enforced as if the applicant were a judgment creditor and the persons ordered to contribute were judgment debtors.