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K.C. v. D.R.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Second District, Fort Worth · State appellate courts · TX · 2026-04-30 · 2026 WL 1190661 · No. 02-25-00234-CV · opinion

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The Texas Court of Appeals on 2026-04-30 affirmed the family-violence protective order after disregarding unsupported arguments based on false quotations and nonexistent cases in K.C. v. D.R. The self-represented party filed a submission with three fabricated case citations, one false case quotation, and two mischaracterized case citations.

Disposition: The protective order was affirmed after the court treated unsupported authorities as inadequate briefing.
Recorded conduct: Cane’s pro se brief cited nine cases for unsupported propositions, provided a nonexistent quotation from Allen, misrepresented Clements, and cited three cases that did not appear to exist. The court imposed no sanction. — outcome: other; actor: litigant in person
Canonical record: Incident tracker entry — verified outcome, regulator disposition and related rules

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3d 341, 345 (Tex. App. —El Paso 2015, no pet. ); and Clements v. Haskovec, 251 S. W. 3d 79, 83 (Tex. App. —Corpus Christi–Edinburg 2008, no pet. ). Moreover, from Allen, Cane provided a purported quote that does not exist, and regarding Clements, she represented that the court of appeals reversed a trial court's protective order, when in fact, the court affirmed it. Second, and equally concerning, is Cane's citing three cases that do not appear to exist: In re J. B. G. , 540 S. W. 3d 446, 450 (Tex. App. —Houston [1st. Dist. ] 2018); Ex parte Hughes, 133 S. W.

Authorities cited in the passage: Clements v. Haskovec, 251 S

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