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In re M.A.L.B.

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CA Ohio (4d) · May 26, 2026

Direct answer

What happened in this matter?

Fabricated: Case Law | The brief cited “In re A.R., 2017-Ohio-833 (4th Dist.)” as authority, but that citation led to the different case In re B.Y., 2017-Ohio-833 (9th Dist.). The court treated the authority as nonexistent in the cited form. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.

Why the court cared
The structured public record identifies fake citations and fabricated quotes and records Appeal dismissed. The linked source controls the precise reasoning and procedural context.
Why it matters now
This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Appeal dismissed in CA Ohio (4d). It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Why this matter is tracked

Fabricated: Case Law | The brief cited “In re A.R., 2017-Ohio-833 (4th Dist.)” as authority, but that citation led to the different case In re B.Y., 2017-Ohio-833 (9th Dist.). The court treated the authority as nonexistent in the cited form. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.

Operational lesson

This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Appeal dismissed in CA Ohio (4d). It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.

Record details

OhioSingle-state evidence scope
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CourtCA Ohio (4d)
Jurisdictionstate
Circuit6th Circuit
DateMay 26, 2026
AI
AI toolAI (implied, unspecified)
Party typeLawyer
OutcomeAppeal dismissed
Known amountNot recorded
Professional sanctionNo
Attribution boundary

What the record establishes about AI use

reported

AI (implied, unspecified) is recorded in the source dataset; confirm the basis in the linked document.

Procedural posture

Appeal dismissed

Correction behavior

Correction behavior is not separately verified in the current record.

Tracked discrepancy record

4 citation, quotation, or authority issues are recorded in the source dataset.

  1. Fabricated: Case Law | The brief cited “In re A.R., 2017-Ohio-833 (4th Dist.)” as authority, but that citation led to the different case In re B.Y., 2017-Ohio-833 (9th Dist.). The court treated the authority as nonexistent in the cited form.
  2. False Quotes: Legal Norm | The brief attributed the phrase “genuine, good-faith efforts” to R.C. 2151.419, but the statute does not contain those words. The court found that the brief patently misquoted the statute.
  3. Misrepresented: Case Law | The brief cited In re M.P. as holding that an agency’s failure to explore relative placement led to reversal of a reasonable-efforts finding. The court explained that In re M.P. instead found the agency connected the parent with services and that the parent failed to establish a lack of reasonable efforts.
  4. Misrepresented: Case Law | The brief cited Disciplinary Counsel v. Peck as 145 Ohio St.3d 382, 2016-Ohio-747 and used it to support a conflict-of-interest proposition. The court stated that Peck’s correct citations were 150 Ohio St.3d 130 and 2017-Ohio-2961, that the supplied citations led to other cases, and that Peck did not contain the asserted phrase or support the proposition.

Questions this record answers

What happened in In re M.A.L.B.?
Fabricated: Case Law | The brief cited “In re A.R., 2017-Ohio-833 (4th Dist.)” as authority, but that citation led to the different case In re B.Y., 2017-Ohio-833 (9th Dist.). The court treated the authority as nonexistent in the cited form. Outcome: Appeal dismissed.
Why does In re M.A.L.B. matter for legal AI risk?
This matter connects fake citations and fabricated quotes with Appeal dismissed in CA Ohio (4d). It provides a source-linked baseline for verification, supervision, and response controls.
What does the public record establish about In re M.A.L.B.?
The record summarizes the outcome described in the linked public source. The recorded document is hosted in the upstream publisher archive. This page is not a substitute for the complete docket, subsequent history, or jurisdiction-specific advice.
Which source supports this In re M.A.L.B. summary?
The recorded source is Damien Charlotin case archive. It is classified as publisher document archive; review the linked material and subsequent docket history before relying on this summary.

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