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Robert S. Hulvat v. Juli Gumina, STG Divorce Law, and Jennifer B. Hulvat
·Illinois Appellate Court, Third District·US-STATESanctionsprovisional
On 2026-04-09, Illinois Appellate Court, Third District denied dismissal and striking of the appellate brief but awarded appellees $3,178 in attorney fees for responding to the AI-produced brief. A self-represented party submitted an appellate brief with multiple false quotations, fabricated or nonexistent authorities and mischaracterized authorities, including In re Marriage of Lehr.
- Court
- Illinois Appellate Court, Third District
- Date
- 2026-04-09
- Who used the AI
- Litigant in person
- AI tool
- Not identified in the record
- Conduct
- The appellate brief used multiple false quotations, fabricated or nonexistent authorities and mischaracterized authorities, including In re Marriage of Lehr, which the court found nonexistent, misquoted, or unsupported.
- Outcome
- Sanctions
- Penalty
- US$3,178
- 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, “Robert S. Hulvat v. Juli Gumina, STG Divorce Law, and Jennifer B. Hulvat”, safelegalai.com/tracker/robert-s-hulvat-v-juli-gumina-stg-divorce-law-and-jennifer-b-hulvat (accessed 2026-09-08). Data: CC BY 4.0.