KY 5th Judicial Circuit (Crittenden, Union and Webster Counties), Family Court: Kentucky…
Court · Kentucky Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, Family Court Division (Crittenden, Union, and Webster Counties)
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Kentucky 5th Judicial Circuit Family Court (Crittenden, Union, and Webster Counties), Local Rule 203(E): AI Certification
- Order date
- January 13, 2026
Summary
'All pleadings, motions, and documentation which include any material generated by artificial intelligence (AI) shall also include the following certification language within the document,' quoted below.
What does the order require?
- 'All pleadings, motions, and documentation which include any material generated by artificial intelligence (AI) shall also include the following certification language within the document,' quoted below.
- The certification states that 'no portion of any filing in this case will be drafted by generative artificial intelligence' or that any language drafted by generative AI, including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and legal analysis, 'will be checked for accuracy, using print reporters or traditional legal databases, by a human being before it is submitted to the Court.'
- The certification states: 'Failure to comply will result in sanctions by the Court.'
- Under Rule 106, 'The Court may assess costs and fees or impose any appropriate sanctions, including using its full contempt powers against a party or attorney not complying with one or more of these rules.'
Practice areas: state family
What the rule requires
Rule 203(E) of the 5th Judicial Circuit’s Local Rules of the Family Court (LRFC), in the rule on filing, notice, and service of motions, provides that “All pleadings, motions, and documentation which include any material generated by artificial intelligence (AI) shall also include the following certification language within the document:”
“I further certify that no portion of any filing in this case will be drafted by generative artificial intelligence or that any language drafted by generative artificial intelligence—including quotations, citations, paraphrased assertions, and legal analysis—will be checked for accuracy, using print reporters or traditional legal databases, by a human being before it is submitted to the Court. Failure to comply will result in sanctions by the Court. I understand that any attorney or pro se litigant who signs any filing in this case will be held responsible for the contents thereof according to applicable rules of attorney discipline, regardless of whether generative artificial intelligence drafted any portion of that filing.”
The rule does not prohibit AI. The certification goes inside the document itself, and only in filings that include AI-generated material.
Separately, Rule 106 (“Penalties”) provides that “The Court may assess costs and fees or impose any appropriate sanctions, including using its full contempt powers against a party or attorney not complying with one or more of these rules.”
Context
The Supreme Court of Kentucky approved the rules by order entered January 13, 2026. They cover the family courts of Crittenden, Union, and Webster Counties and rescind all previous 5th Circuit family division rules. This is one of three AI provisions located in the Kentucky circuit court local rules published on the Kentucky Court of Justice’s rules-of-practice page as of September 2026, alongside the 56th Judicial Circuit’s Rule 12 and Campbell Family Court Division III’s Rule 11. Kentucky has no statewide AI rule for court filings. See the Kentucky tracker page.
Primary source
Rules of Court Practice and Procedure for the 5th Judicial Circuit, Family Court Division, with the Supreme Court of Kentucky’s approving order entered January 13, 2026 (Rule 203(E) at PDF page 9), published by the Kentucky Court of Justice.