Could families and professionals benefit from the use of artificial intelligence (‘AI’) in the Family Court?
AI covers a wide definition however, the undermining concept is that technology simulates human intelligence.
Consideration is being taken as to whether there could be a benefit of using AI to improve the family justice system and for the benefit of both families and professionals.
AI could assist and provide practical benefits in a number of ways, such as to draft documents to assist professionals. Additionally, there could be a number of benefits to families, including language translations, risk assessments and legal advice.
Families could benefit from AI having access to a wide range of sources to enable assistance to be provided in drafting documents and supporting those acting as a litigant in person through the court process.
Families could save legal costs with the use of AI. AI could be used to scan large bundles of documents to identify relevant sections applicable to a case. This would save a significant amount of time and legal costs instead of having a human legal representative reviewing the documents.
There would certainly be risks in using AI across the family justice system in terms of safety and accountability.
The adoption of AI would be challenging due to the fact that people have a difference in access to technology and training, resulting in there being a disparity in AI use.
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