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Mendel S. v. Faigy S., 2026 NY Slip Op 26118 (Fam. Ct., Kings County)
·Family Court of the State of New York, Kings County·US-STATESanctions
A judge of the Family Court of the State of New York, Kings County, reviewing child-support objections on the court's own motion, found eleven of sixteen citations were AI-generated fictions and the rest miscited. The court imposed a USD 1,000 sanction for frivolous conduct but declined a grievance referral because counsel promptly accepted responsibility and completed AI-policy training.
- Court
- Family Court of the State of New York, Kings County
- Date
- 2026-07-31
- Who used the AI
- Lawyer
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- Counsel, anonymised in the published opinion as 'Connor C., Esq.', filed objections in a child-support proceeding in which 11 of 16 cited authorities were fabricated and nearly all the remainder did not support the propositions cited. Counsel completed an AI-policy CLE course in response.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$1,000
- Regulatory outcome
- No separate regulatory disposition recorded
- Status
- Verified against listed sources
- Last checked
- 2026-09-03
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SafeLegalAI Global Legal AI Incident Tracker, “Mendel S. v. Faigy S., 2026 NY Slip Op 26118 (Fam. Ct., Kings County)”, safelegalai.com/tracker/mendel-s-v-faigy-s (accessed 2026-09-04). Data: CC BY 4.0.