Montgomery County, Texas (Probate Court No. 1): Standing Order on Use of Generative Artif…
Judge Claudia L. Laird, Presiding Judge · Probate Court No. 1 of Montgomery County, Texas
Verified October 1, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Probate Court No. 1, Montgomery County, Texas)
- Order date
- April 2, 2026
Status and former requirement
No longer in force (rescinded); this order does not state current filing practice. While it was operative it required: Any attorney or self-represented litigant 'that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting must include the following verification in bold in their pleadings', a 'Verification Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence' sworn under penalties of perjury that lists the generative AI programs used and represents that the pleading 'contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.'
What the order required while in force
- Any attorney or self-represented litigant 'that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting must include the following verification in bold in their pleadings', a 'Verification Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence' sworn under penalties of perjury that lists the generative AI programs used and represents that the pleading 'contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.'
- A pleading prepared with generative AI that 'fails to contain the above verbatim verification in bold' will 'not be considered by the Court.'
- Attorneys and self-represented litigants 'are prohibited from entering any sensitive, confidential information of any person involved in the case into a Generative AI program.'
- Rescinded by an undated order of Judge Claudia Laird: 'On this day the Court rescinds the Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence signed on 4/2/26. It is therefore ordered that said Order is rescinded.'
Practice areas: state probate
What the order required
Judge Claudia L. Laird of Probate Court No. 1 of Montgomery County signed a Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Montgomery Cnty. Prob. Ct. No. 1 Apr. 2, 2026) on April 2, 2026, in the same words as the 457th District Court’s order of the day before.
While it was in force, it required any attorney or self-represented litigant “that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting” to “include the following verification in bold in their pleadings”: a sworn Verification Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence listing the generative AI programs used and representing that the pleading “contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.” A pleading without it would “not be considered by the Court.” The order also prohibited entering confidential information into generative AI and using AI to create or alter evidence.
Rescission
Judge Laird then entered an order rescinding it: “On this day the Court rescinds the Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence signed on 4/2/26. It is therefore ordered that said Order is rescinded.” The rescinding order is undated. The OCA local-rules portal lists it as posted April 7, 2026.
Related orders
The same order remains in place, as far as the portal shows, in the 457th and 284th District Courts and County Court at Law No. 6.
Primary sources
How this order changed
Dated record of this order's own lifecycle. Where it was amended or withdrawn, the badge shows its standing after that step.
- activeJudge Claudia L. Laird signs the Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Probate Court No. 1, in the same words as the 457th District Court's April 1, 2026 order. source