KY 17th Judicial Circuit (Campbell County), Family Court Division III: Campbell Family Co…

What the rule requires

Rule 11 of the Campbell Family Court, Division III rules, titled “Artificial Intelligence,” has two parts.

Rule 11(A), certification. “Parties shall not file pleadings drafted (partially or in whole) by generative artificial intelligence unless a certification is filed with the Court stating:”

“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 submission to 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.”

Rule 11(B), consequences. Failure to comply with Rule 11(A) “will result in a show cause hearing before this Court,” and “any attorney failing to comply, will be reported to the Office of Bar Counsel.”

The rule does not prohibit generative AI. It conditions filing an AI-drafted pleading on the certification, which is filed only when a pleading was drafted in whole or part by generative AI.

Context

Judge Abigail E. Voelker signed the rules on March 6, 2026, and the Supreme Court of Kentucky approved them by order entered March 16, 2026. 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 the 5th Judicial Circuit Family Court’s Rule 203(E). Kentucky has no statewide AI rule for court filings. See the Kentucky tracker page.

Primary source

Rules of Court Practice and Procedure for the 17th Judicial Circuit Family Court Division III, Campbell County, with the Supreme Court of Kentucky’s approving order entered March 16, 2026 (Rule 11 at PDF pages 9-10), published by the Kentucky Court of Justice.