---
title: "Client notice: how we use AI, and keeping your family law matter confidential and safe"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/ai-use-and-confidentiality-client-notice"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a16-ai-use-and-confidentiality-client-notice"
area_id: "A16"
kind: "notice"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-17"
---

# Client notice: how we use AI, and keeping your family law matter confidential and safe

> Plain-language client notice explaining how the firm uses AI under the Court's PD-AI, what it will never put into AI, and what the client must not do with AI, social media and court documents.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/ai-use-and-confidentiality-client-notice  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-17

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## Key facts

- Kind: Notice. A formal notice to serve or publish.
- Practice area: [Family Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Australia, Commonwealth
- AI level: Yellow. AI can help in set ways. A lawyer checks specific points before use.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-17
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-17 against the 5 authorities it cites, for Australia and Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Give with the costs agreement or at the first meeting in every family law matter, and again if the firm changes its AI tools. Adapt the tone for clients experiencing family violence, and give it in a safe way.

## How AI may be used

AI may help produce plain-language or translated versions of this notice for the lawyer to check. The firm's actual AI practices must be described accurately, so a lawyer confirms every statement before it is given.

**AI may:**

- Produce an easy-English or translated version of the approved notice for checking by a lawyer and, for translations, a qualified translator
- Check the notice for jargon and reading level

**AI must not:**

- Must not describe AI tools, data locations or safeguards the firm does not actually have
- Must not be personalised by putting the client's or children's details into a public AI tool
- Must not replace a conversation with the client about consent and safety

**The lawyer checks:**

- Every statement about the firm's tools and data handling is true today
- The client has been told how to withdraw or limit consent
- Delivery of the notice is safe for the client (no shared email or devices)

## Authorities

- [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia, Practice Direction: Use of Artificial Intelligence (PD-AI), issued 29 May 2026, paras 3.3, 4.6(b), 4.9, 4.11, 4.20, 5.1–5.5](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/pd/pd-ai)
- [Family Law Act 1975 (Cth) s 114Q (communicating an account of proceedings that identifies a party, witness or child)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A00275/latest/text)
- [Legal Profession Uniform Law Australian Solicitors' Conduct Rules 2015 r 9 (confidentiality)](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2015-0244)
- [Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Sch 1, APPs 6 and 11 (use, disclosure and security of personal information)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2004A03712/latest)
- [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Family Law) Rules 2021 (Cth) r 6.04 (documents received may be used for the proceeding only)](https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2021L01197/latest/text)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.fcfcoa.gov.au/pd/pd-ai)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/family-law/ai-use-and-confidentiality-client-notice and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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