Advise on a member of a couple decision
Key facts
- Human involvement
- RedLawyer-led
- How AI is used
- From the client's documents and instructions, extract the facts relevant to each of the five factors the Act uses to form an opinion about a relationship into a table with sources. The tool does not write the advice.
- What the lawyer must review
- The lawyer decides whether the client is a member of a couple, whether they are living separately and apart, whether the s 24 special reason discretion could apply, and writes the advice.
- 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. From the client's documents and instructions, extract the facts relevant to each of the five factors the Act uses to form an opinion about a relationship into a table with sources. The tool does not write the advice. 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
- Check each fact in the table against its source and mark facts resting only on the client's account.
- Confirm the advice addresses all five factors rather than one or two.
- Consider family violence and safety before advising on contact with the other person or their records.
- Where s 24 is raised, confirm the circumstances are unusual enough and that other avenues have been explored.
Forms and precedents for this task
| Form or precedent | Kind | AI use | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member of a couple: factors worksheet | Checklist | AI use Yellow | A worksheet of the five factors in Social Security Guide topic 2.2.5.30, used to gather documents before anyone forms an opinion about whether two people are a couple. |
Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one. All precedents.
Sources
- Guide to Social Security Law 1.1.M.120: Member of a couple · 2026-10-18
- Guide to Social Security Law 2.2.5.40: Discretion to treat a person as not a member of a couple (s 24) · 2026-10-18
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.