Fulton Cnty. Sup. Ct. (Ga.): Standing Case Management Order, Family Division 2, Paragraph…
Hon. Robert C.I. McBurney · Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, Family Division
Verified October 1, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Case Management Order, Family Division 2, Paragraph 13 (AI) (Fulton County Superior Court, Judge McBurney)
- Order date
- July 13, 2026
Summary
'You are free to rely on AI in drafting your pleadings and preparing your work product; you do not need to disclose your reliance on AI in your filings.'
What does the order require?
- 'You are free to rely on AI in drafting your pleadings and preparing your work product; you do not need to disclose your reliance on AI in your filings.'
- 'If there are bad cites, misleading quotes, or other errors or omissions, those will be attributed to you and not to your AI tool (or your junior associate). ChatGPT and Claude will not be found in contempt or referred to the State Bar; you will.'
- Failure to comply with the order may result in sanctions including exclusion of evidence or witnesses, striking of pleadings, entry of final disposition, and fines, attorney's fees, and costs.
- Applies to cases in Family Division 2.
Practice areas: state family
What the order provides
Paragraph 13 of Judge Robert C.I. McBurney’s Standing Case Management Order, Family Division 2, No. 26EX 000840 (Fulton Cnty. Super. Ct. July 13, 2026) addresses AI directly. It treats AI use as “a matter of personal choice”: filers may rely on AI in drafting pleadings and preparing work product, and “you do not need to disclose your reliance on AI in your filings.”
The paragraph places responsibility on the signer: “the name at the bottom of the pleading is yours.” Bad cites, misleading quotes, and other errors or omissions in an AI-assisted filing “will be attributed to you and not to your AI tool (or your junior associate),” and “ChatGPT and Claude will not be found in contempt or referred to the State Bar; you will.”
The order’s sanctions paragraph applies to violations of the order generally, including exclusion of evidence or witnesses, striking of pleadings, entry of final disposition, and fines, attorney’s fees, and costs. No disclosure, certification, or separate verification step is required.
Related orders
The approach is close to Judge Steven D. Grimberg’s N.D. Ga. standing order, which also requires no disclosure and holds the filer responsible for AI errors.
Quotable language
“Just know that the name at the bottom of the pleading is yours and not Sam Altman’s or Sundar Pichai’s.”