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In re termination of parental rights (HK)

Court of Appeals of Arizona · State appellate courts · AZ · · 2026 WL 517864 · No. No. 1 CA-JV 25-0131 · memorandum opinion

Arizona Court of Appeals on 2026-02-25 in In re termination of parental rights (HK) found counsel's brief contained four citation defects, including Raymond F. v. Dep't, involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations. The court referred counsel to disciplinary authorities for the defective citations.

Disposition
The court referred counsel to disciplinary authorities for the defective citations.
Recorded conduct
Counsel's brief contained four citation defects, including Raymond F. v. Dep't, involving nonexistent authorities, fabricated or misattributed quotations. — outcome: referral; actor: lawyer
Canonical record
Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

What the court wrote

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on appeal. See Alma S., 245 Ariz. at 151, ¶ 18. Reasonable relying on inappropriate legal authorities). We will forward evidence supports the court's best interests findings. this decision to the State Bar of Arizona to determine whether Mother's counsel violated any rules of professional conduct. IV. Mother's Answering Brief ¶26 Mother's answering brief contains what appear to be CONCLUSION hallucinated quotations from statutes and cases. ¶31 We affirm. ¶27 Mother claims that Section 8-531(1) states that “[a]bandonment is measured by a parent's conduct, not 8-533(B)(1) provides that abandonment is established when the parent has failed to maintain a normal parental relationship

Authorities cited in the passage: a parent · The court concluded these quotes are not in that opinion. || Fabricated: Legal Norm | Mother · [a]bandonment is measured by a parent · s subjective intent · s brief attributed language to A.R.S. § 8-533(B)(1) stating abandonment is established when a parent has failed to maintain a normal parental relationship · The court found the statute does not contain the quoted phrasing. || False Quotes: Case Law | Mother · t of Econ. Sec., 224 Ariz. 373, 378, ¶ 21 (App. 2010) · Mother's brief attributed a non-existent quote to Raymond F. v. Dep't of Econ. Sec

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