Volesky v. Department of Child Safety
CA Arizona · Jan 21, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- state
- Court
- CA Arizona
- Record ID
- volesky-v-department-of-child-safety-2026-01-21
- Observed outcome
- The court affirmed the lower court's dismissal of the petition with prejudice.
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
Why this matter warrants attention
The court identified that the pro se appellant included a fabricated legal citation in her appellate brief. While the court addressed the merits of the underlying discovery petition, it explicitly noted the invalidity of the cited authority in a footnote, characterizing it as a mix of a Washington case name and an unrelated Arizona reporter citation.
Fabricated: Case Law | Appellant cited 'In re Dependency of D.F.-M., 236 Ariz. 33, 36 (App. 2014)'; the court explained the name corresponds to a Washington juvenile case (157 Wash.App.179) while the Arizona reporter citation refers to an unrelated Arizona criminal case (State v. Flores), concluding the citation is incorrect/fabricated.
This record documents a Pro Se Litigant filing issue in CA Arizona, with the listed outcome: no adjudicated outcome recorded.
Failure modes and consequences
- Hallucinated_case_law
- Pro Se
- Fake Citations
- Family
- Appellate
- None Adjudicated
- AI attribution
- Implied
- Recorded tool
- AI (implied, unspecified)
- Known monetary consequence
- Not recorded
- Procedural posture
- Appeal from the Superior Court of Mohave County; the Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, affirmed the dismissal of the appellant's petition with prejudice.
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What this record does—and does not—establish
The source identifies the citation as a hallucination, implying AI usage.
Retained unchanged after audit: the existing summary is source-specific, non-placeholder, and supported by the recorded source link. Read the underlying source before relying on it for legal advice or a filing.
Latest evidence review: Primary Document Verified (high confidence).
Controls suggested by the public record
- Verify each cited authority, quotation, and proposition against the underlying source before filing.