Judge Melinda Brown — AI disclosure/certification mandate… — Broward County, FL · BenchPath

Judge Melinda Brown — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division MA) [PREEMPTED]

Medium — verify before relying· verified July 19, 2026Divisional Instructions17th Jud. Cir. (Broward), Division MA Procedures — AI filing requirement; see AO 2026-03-Gen; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2), AOSC26-12

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Summary

Division MA (Judge Melinda Brown) published an AI-use disclosure/certification requirement. Preempted eff. 6/15/2026 by Rule 2.515(d)(2) + AOSC26-12; still posted as of 7/5/2026.

Source of truth

Any attorney or pro se party who used Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the preparation of the complaint, answer, motion, brief, or other paper filed with the court MUST disclose in a clear and plain factual statement that AI was used.

Official source: 17th Circuit — Division MA procedures (Judge Melinda Brown)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 24, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: July 19, 2026Live fetch 2026-07-05; dual-researcher dossier (Opus 4.8 + ChatGPT 5.5), Fable 5 hash-verified

Reviewer note: Parent AO vacated 6/15/2026 (AO 2026-19-Gen) + statewide preemption (AOSC26-12); division doc still posts mandate as of 7/5/2026 | Current procedure document re-fetched + sha256-hashed 2026-07-20 (17th upgrade pass). Confidence set to medium 2026-09-08 (H3 re-verification): the live official document no longer carries this text verbatim — see the open change_detected task on its source.

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High confidence· verified September 9, 202617th Jud. Cir., Division 52 divisional procedures — captured and sha256-hashed 2026-07-24

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Judge Melinda Brown — AI disclosure/certification mandate (Division MA) [PREEMPTED]

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