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What changes when the file is a family law matter: the Federal Circuit and Family Court practice direction, and tools firms compare. A name links to a profile only when one is published. Not a ranking.
Family law documents filed in the Federal Circuit and Family Court follow that Court’s practice direction on artificial intelligence. It is not the Federal Court’s GPN-AI and it is not a state Supreme Court note.
The direction, as read for this site on 22 September 2026, treats a protected address, medical information, and information about a child as a safety problem, and it restricts subpoenaed, discovery and suppressed material unless the closed-environment conditions are met. A general chatbot is the wrong place to “try a draft” of that material.
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| Tool | Australian data hosting | Profile region | Pricing model | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FamilyProperty | Not in the 10 October 2026 comparison set | yes | Not established | Document automation, Intake and triage, Chronology building, Matter management |
| amica | Not in the 10 October 2026 comparison set | yes | Per document · Pricing | Public legal guidance, Document automation, Correspondence and document drafting, Intake and triage |
| LEAP | See the comparison that lists it | yes | Per seat · Pricing | Matter management, Legal research, Document summarisation, Contract drafting, Chronology building, Case-law summarisation, Document automation, Agentic workflows |
| Archie (Archie AI Assistant) | Not established | unknown | Per seat · Pricing | Document summarisation, Knowledge search, Contract drafting, Contract review and redlining, Clause libraries and playbooks, Legal research, Chronology building, Transcription |
| Clio | See the comparison that lists it | yes | Per seat · Pricing | Matter management, Legal research, Case-law summarisation, Document summarisation, Contract drafting, Document automation, Chronology building, Intake and triage |
FCFCOA AI practice direction · Australian data hosting guide · Practice areas · All guides
Not for a protected address, medical information, information about a child, or subpoenaed, discovery or suppressed material, unless the FCFCOA direction’s closed-environment conditions are met. Read the direction before any upload.
Tools firms compare for family work. A name links to a profile only when that profile is published here. The table is not a ranking and does not approve a tool for a parenting or property file.
The FCFCOA practice direction for proceedings in that Court. Open the plain-English page, then the Court’s own direction.
