Published opinion, 4 June 2026 · source · PDF · 11 pages
The parenting plan provided that non-school day exchanges of custody would occur at the Vinings Vintage Clubhouse or Mother’s house. 1 As an initial matter, we are troubled by Mother’s citation to fictitious cases and fictitious quotations throughout her appellate brief. “ Such ‘hallucinated’ cases are typically a hallmark of the irresponsible use of regenerative artificial intelligence (A.I.) in legal drafting.” Slay v.
1, 1 (927 SE2d 569) (2026). While Mother is pro se, she is nonetheless required to follow the rules of this Court, and we caution her that any future filings in this Court containing fictitious cases and/or fictitious quotations may result in the imposition of sanctions against her. See Court of Appeals Rule 7(e)(2) (“ The panel of the Court ruling on a case, with or without motion, may by majority vote to impose a penalty not to exceed $10,000 against any party and/or a party’s counsel in any civil case in which there is a direct appeal, application for discretionary appeal, application for interlocutory appeal, or motion that is determined to be frivolous.” ); Modi v.
Mother argues that the trial court erred by awarding Father attorney fees pursuant to OCGA § 19-6-2. However, in support of this argument, Mother cites five fictitious cases and two real cases which provide no support for her enumerated error, Johnson v. Johnson, 260 Ga.
Franklin, 294 Ga. 204 (751 SE2d 411) (2013)] and other applicable Georgia law, in the event of an appeal of this final order 9 on contempt, the provisions of this order shall constitute a new temporary order (suspending all prior temporary or final relief to the contrary) during the pendency of such appeal and the parties shall be bound by the terms even while an appeal is pending.” Mother argues that the trial court’s use of the above language “exc eeded its jurisdiction and improperly encroached upon the appellate process.” However, again, in support of this argument, Mother cites fictitious cases. Specifically, Mother cites three fictitious cases, and one inapposite case, Hawkins v.