I.H. v. O.K.
CA Indiana · Nov 3, 2025
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Indiana
- Record ID
- ih-v-ok-2025-11-03
- Observed outcome
- The court affirmed the trial court's decision and issued a formal warning regarding the use of AI in drafting court filings.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The Indiana Court of Appeals issued a warning to a pro se litigant after observing that his appellate brief contained multiple citations to authorities that did not support the propositions for which they were cited, a practice the court attributed to the use of artificial intelligence.
Misrepresented: Case Law | Appellant's brief contained multiple authorities that did not support the propositions for which they were cited; the court attributed this to AI use and warned of risks.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in CA Indiana, with the listed outcome: Warning.
Failure modes and consequences
- Pro Se
- Misrepresented Authority
- Other
- Appellate
- Warning
- AI attribution
- Explicitly Recorded
- Recorded tool
- artificial intelligence (AI)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appellate review of a trial court's denial of a motion to vacate a protective order.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The court attributed the errors to the use of artificial intelligence.
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Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Confirm that every authority actually supports the proposition for which it is offered.