---
title: "Prepare a contentious NSW estate affidavit or submission under SC Gen 23"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession/prepare-a-contentious-nsw-estate-affidavit-or-submission-under-sc-gen-23"
type: "task"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A17-B14-1"
practice_area: "Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-10"
---

# Prepare a contentious NSW estate affidavit or submission under SC Gen 23

> Prepare a chronology from the disclosed documents for the lawyer to use in a Supreme Court estate proceeding.

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-10

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Wills, Estates, Probate & Succession](https://ailawframework.com/practice/wills-estates-probate-and-succession.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Prepare a chronology from the disclosed documents for the lawyer to use in a Supreme Court estate proceeding. |
| What the lawyer must review | Practice Note SC Gen 23 applies to all Supreme Court proceedings from 3 February 2025, including probate and family-provision litigation in that Court. Gen AI must not generate the content of an affidavit, witness statement, character reference, or other material meant to reflect a witness's evidence. Where Gen AI is used for written submissions, the author must verify in the body of the submissions that citations and references to evidence exist, are accurate and are relevant, and that verification must not be done solely with a Gen AI tool. |
| Written for / versions | New South Wales |

## Checking plan

**Source-by-source verification**

Trace relied-on content to independent sources and check for relevant material the output has missed.

- What the AI does: Prepare a chronology from the disclosed documents for the lawyer to use in a Supreme Court estate proceeding.
- What the lawyer does: Practice Note SC Gen 23 applies to all Supreme Court proceedings from 3 February 2025, including probate and family-provision litigation in that Court. Gen AI must not generate the content of an affidavit, witness statement, character reference, or other material meant to reflect a witness's evidence. Where Gen AI is used for written submissions, the author must verify in the body of the submissions that citations and references to evidence exist, are accurate and are relevant, and that verification must not be done solely with a Gen AI tool.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Planning guidance checked against the linked public sources on 10 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of an error and how much of the output the lawyer must check before it is used.
- Written for: NSW

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open the cited source and confirm it is the current instrument for this forum and this date.
2. Practice Note SC Gen 23 applies to all Supreme Court proceedings from 3 February 2025, including probate and family-provision litigation in that Court. Gen AI must not generate the content of an affidavit, witness statement, character reference, or other material meant to reflect a witness's evidence. Where Gen AI is used for written submissions, the author must verify in the body of the submissions that citations and references to evidence exist, are accurate and are relevant, and that verification must not be done solely with a Gen AI tool.
3. Compare the output with the source and the instructions, including material the output left out.
4. The responsible lawyer approves the exact output for its intended use, or sends it back.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public sources. Read the source and confirm it applies to this forum and this date. The checks do not approve software or record that the work is done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales

**Deliverable**: Prepare a contentious NSW estate affidavit or submission under SC Gen 23

**Inputs**

- Practice Note SC Gen 23
- The matter instructions and the documents the output will rely on.

**Example**: Stop before the result is filed, sent or relied on. Practice Note SC Gen 23 applies to all Supreme Court proceedings from 3 February 2025, including probate and family-provision litigation in that Court. Gen AI must not generate the content of an affidavit, witness statement, character reference, or other material meant to reflect a witness's evidence. Where Gen AI is used for written submissions, the author must verify in the body of the submissions that citations and references to evidence exist, are accurate and are relevant, and that verification must not be done solely with a Gen AI tool.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The cited source is not the instrument that applies to this forum or this date.
- The output states a fact, date, citation, figure or commitment that is not in the instructions or the source.
- The responsible lawyer has not approved the exact output for its intended use.

Checked 2026-10-10.

## Sources

- [Practice Note SC Gen 23](https://supremecourt.nsw.gov.au/documents/Practice-and-Procedure/Practice-Notes/general/current/PN_SC_Gen_23.pdf) (checked 2026-10-10)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*