Prepare the parent's or carer's affidavit in the care proceedings
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- The tool writes nothing into the affidavit. It indexes the exhibits and annexures, compares the lawyer's draft against the proofing note and the source documents to list every fact with no source and every source not yet deposed to, and checks the document's form against the court's requirements.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer takes the evidence, drafts it in the deponent's words, and confirms the deponent has read and adopted every paragraph before it is sworn.
- Written for / version
- US
Open a jurisdiction version of this task to see which instruments apply: US
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | Supporting preparation only. The tool writes nothing into the affidavit. It indexes the exhibits and annexures, compares the lawyer's draft against the proofing note and the source documents to list every fact with no source and every source not yet deposed to, and checks the document's form against the court's requirements. The tool writes nothing into the document. Substantive advice, judgement and any restricted content remain with the responsible human. |
| Lawyer | Perform the substantive analysis and decisions. Independently check any permitted supporting work and approve the exact output for its intended use. |
Checklist
- Confirm every paragraph is within the deponent's own knowledge, and that anything the deponent was told is identified as such with the source named.
- Strip argument, conclusions about the child's best interests and characterisations of the other parent, and keep the deponent's account of what happened.
- Check the exhibit index against the affidavit's references and against the actual annexures, and confirm the deponent can speak to every exhibit.
- Confirm no subpoenaed, health, police or departmental record was put through a tool without the permission check, and that no placement address or carer identity appears.
- Read the facts-needing-a-source list with the deponent and either obtain the source or remove the fact before the affidavit is sworn.
Sources
- Judicial Commission of NSW: Children's Court — care and protection jurisdiction · 2026-09-27
- Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld) · 2026-09-27
- Children, Youth and Families Act 2005 (Vic) · 2026-09-27
These are suggested working checks. Confirm the required checking with the responsible lawyer before work starts; the checking approach does not establish permission to use AI.