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Holstein v. Holstein
·Court of Appeals of Indiana·US-STATEWarningprovisional
The Indiana Court of Appeals affirms a custody order in Holstein v. Holstein and denies Mother’s request for $5,000 in sanctions. The court says Father’s counsel included citations from his client without verification, corrected them promptly, and receives a warning rather than a monetary sanction.
- Court
- Court of Appeals of Indiana
- Date
- 2026-06-16
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Father’s original appellate brief contained non-existent authorities and a fictitious quote that counsel said came from information provided by Father. Counsel promptly notified the court and corrected the brief, so fees as sanctions were denied.
- Outcome
- Warning
- Penalty
- No monetary penalty recorded
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Provisional — written by the court-decisions pipeline, awaiting the editor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-07
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Holstein v. Holstein”, safelegalai.com/tracker/holstein-v-holstein (accessed 2026-10-07). Data: CC BY 4.0.