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AI can sound calm, confident, and decisive when you’re panicking about custody, support, or how to even start a divorce. That’s exactly why relying on a chatbot as your divorce attorney is so risky. We sit down with founding attorney Lewis Landerholm to unpack what people miss when they treat AI legal advice like the final answer, especially in family law where the details and the judge matter.

We talk through the accuracy problem first: AI can pull the wrong jurisdiction, miss local court rules, quote outdated statutes, or even generate citations that don’t exist. That can wreck your credibility in front of a judge and, in some cases, lead to sanctions. We also explain why Oregon and Washington divorce practice can’t be reduced to a generic template and why “one size fits all” guidance breaks down when your case turns on specific facts and evidence.

Then we get into the part most people never consider: confidentiality. Unlike working with a lawyer, you don’t get attorney-client privilege with an AI tool. What you type and what it returns may become discoverable in litigation, requested in discovery, or even subpoenaed. We share practical ways to use AI more safely, like removing identifying details, using hypotheticals, verifying sources, and rewriting output in your own voice, while keeping the real legal strategy where it belongs: with experienced counsel.

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