[PREEMPTED] Mandatory AI Disclosure and Certification — Judge… — Pasco County, FL · BenchPath

[PREEMPTED] Mandatory AI Disclosure and Certification — Judge Robens (Pasco)

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Divisional InstructionsHon. Mark F. Robens, Judicial Practices and Procedures § D (6th Jud. Cir., Pasco County), last modified Feb. 3, 2026; preempted by Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 eff. June 15, 2026

Summary

Judge Mark F. Robens's practice requirements demand that anyone using an AI tool for research, drafting or summarizing disclose it at the end of the filing — naming the tool, the manner of use, and whether AI text appears in the body — and deem the filer to have certified the citations exist and were personally reviewed. Sanctions include striking the filing or referral to The Florida Bar. Rule 2.515(d)(2) and AOSC26-12 preempted this on June 15, 2026; the document is dated February 3, 2026 and is still posted.

Applies to

Applies in Judge Mark F. Robens's division (CrFamE1), Robert D. Sumner Judicial Center, Dade City, Pasco County, Sixth Judicial Circuit. Document last modified February 3, 2026.

Source of truth

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Official source: 6th Circuit — Judge Mark F. Robens Practice Preferences
Source health: Healthy · checked October 23, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-reverify-2026-09-08 (custody hash match) | prior: benchpath-6th-verbatim-2026-08-02

Reviewer note: Stale publication monitor. Document predates the June 15, 2026 preemption and has not been revised. Re-check monthly; if Judge Robens republishes without the AI section, retitle and downgrade. PROVENANCE CORRECTED 2026-07-24. This rule was published at high confidence with no review note, but the research corpus it came from records evidence_level = STRUCTURED_TRANSCRIPTION_FROM_REVIEWED_SOURCE and verbatim = NO for 98 of its 101 requirement rows. The text here is a faithful transcription of a reviewed source, NOT a verbatim quotation, and BenchPath's standard reserves high confidence for live-fetch verification of the official source. Lowered to medium pending a verbatim re-capture. The cited source URL is live and was re-fetched 2026-07-24; only 3 of the corpus's 101 requirements were captured verbatim. | Elevated medium->high 2026-08-02: the paraphrase was replaced with 16 verbatim requirement(s) taken live from the source (sha256 647f13cd55eb2f85…). Text layer cleaned 2026-09-08 (Phase 3g): 1 kerning-split word rejoined; wording untouched. Verbatim from the source, re-verified 2026-08-02; whitespace normalised only. [moved from the text 2026-09-14]

Modification (Family)Equitable Distribution Temporary Relief (Family)Paternity Relocation Alimony / Spousal Support Name Change Domestic Violence Injunction Dating / Sexual Violence Injunction Simplified Dissolution Dissolution of Marriage Parenting Plans & Time-Sharing Repeat Violence Injunction Adoption Child Support

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