Synthetic Realities: AI, the Metaverse, and the Future of Family Law
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the landscape of family law, introducing unprecedented challenges across every professional role—from judges and lawyers to therapists, mediators, and policy makers.
This webinar explores how AI technologies are reshaping the practice, ethics, and human dynamics of family law. Justice Altobelli will examine the rise of hallucinated legal outputs, deepfake evidence, and AI-generated communications that complicate truth-finding and dispute resolution.
Technology-facilitated abuse—including surveillance, coercive control, and impersonation via AI tools—demands new protective frameworks.
The emergence of intimate relationships with AI beings and robotic companions raises novel questions around family structure, emotional harm, and legal recognition.
Justice Altobelli will also explore the metaverse as a new frontier for custody disputes, virtual parenting time, and identity manipulation, where digital avatars and immersive environments blur the boundaries of reality and responsibility.