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COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA","paragraph_id":"para_1"},{"text":"FOURTH DISTRICT","paragraph_id":"para_2"},{"text":"LORIE JEAN LISANDRILLO,","paragraph_id":"para_3"},{"text":"Petitioner,","paragraph_id":"para_4"},{"text":"v.","paragraph_id":"para_5"},{"text":"RENEE PALOZZI,","paragraph_id":"para_6"},{"text":"Respondent.","paragraph_id":"para_7"},{"text":"No. 4D2026-2262","paragraph_id":"para_8"},{"text":"[September 16, 2026]","paragraph_id":"para_9"},{"text":"Petition for writ of prohibition to the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth","paragraph_id":"para_10"},{"text":"Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Elaine Alexandra Carbuccia, Judge; L.T.","paragraph_id":"para_11"},{"text":"Case No. 062025DR021084AXXXCE.","paragraph_id":"para_12"},{"text":"Jaclyn R. Soroka of Betras Kopp, LLC, Lakewood Ranch, for petitioner.","paragraph_id":"para_13"},{"text":"No appearance for respondent.","paragraph_id":"para_14"},{"text":"GROSS, J.","paragraph_id":"para_15"},{"text":"We deny the extraordinary writ petition seeking review in this","paragraph_id":"para_16"},{"text":"dissolution of marriage case and write solely to address counsel’s filing of","paragraph_id":"para_17"},{"text":"what appears to be “AI slop.”1 Counsel’s lengthy and unfocused filings","paragraph_id":"para_18"},{"text":"contain gibberish and abuse the litigation process in different ways—","paragraph_id":"para_19"},{"text":"including by churning out convoluted, false, and frivolous arguments.","paragraph_id":"para_20"},{"text":"1 The AI slop problem we address here has nothing to do with hallucinated law","paragraph_id":"para_21"},{"text":"or false legal citations.","paragraph_id":"para_22"},{"text":"The citations are real. The cases exist. The language is confident.","paragraph_id":"para_23"},{"text":"Yet the analytical reasoning—or lack of it—reveals that the","paragraph_id":"para_24"},{"text":"arguments were assembled by an AI tool rather than developed","paragraph_id":"para_25"},{"text":"through a trained advocate’s independent judgment.","paragraph_id":"para_26"},{"text":"Jodi Swick & Jarrett Ganer, AI Slop Filings Show Lawyers Must Do More Than","paragraph_id":"para_27"},{"text":"Check Citations, Bloomberg Law (January 26, 2026, 4:30 AM),","paragraph_id":"para_28"},{"text":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/legal-exchange-insights-and-commentary/ai-","paragraph_id":"para_29"},{"text":"slop-filings-show-lawyers-must-do-more-than-check-citations. We agree that AI-","paragraph_id":"para_30"},{"text":"drafting without meaningful attorney involvement “undermines the very premise","paragraph_id":"para_31"},{"text":"of qualified legal representation.” Id.","paragraph_id":"para_32"},{"text":"2","paragraph_id":"para_33"},{"text":"We suspect that counsel’s filings contain AI-generated components.2","paragraph_id":"para_34","court_paragraph":2},{"text":"Abusive AI filing threatens the orderly administration of justice. We have","paragraph_id":"para_35"},{"text":"recently sanctioned vexatious pro se litigants for abusive AI filings. E.g.,","paragraph_id":"para_36"},{"text":"Avery v. Beauzil, 51 Fla. L. Weekly D1068, 2026 WL 1475262 (Fla. 4th","paragraph_id":"para_37"},{"text":"DCA May 27, 2026); Gouldy v. Chiasson, 51 Fla. L. Weekly D1498, 2026","paragraph_id":"para_38"},{"text":"WL 2104492 (Fla. 4th DCA July 22, 2026). Courts must require more from","paragraph_id":"para_39"},{"text":"attorneys and not tolerate abusive practice fueled by AI.","paragraph_id":"para_40"},{"text":"Background","paragraph_id":"para_41"},{"text":"The parties to this marriage have a 10-year-old child together. After","paragraph_id":"para_42"},{"text":"petitioner sought a domestic violence injunction, the parties settled, and","paragraph_id":"para_43"},{"text":"the court entered an agreed “stay away” order. The agreed order requires","paragraph_id":"para_44"},{"text":"respondent and the child to have reunification therapy, which was to be","paragraph_id":"para_45"},{"text":"followed by supervised, and ultimately, unsupervised visitation.","paragraph_id":"para_46"},{"text":"In February 2026, on petitioner’s motion, the court appointed a","paragraph_id":"para_47"},{"text":"guardian ad litem (GAL). Because of the disparity in incomes between the","paragraph_id":"para_48"},{"text":"parties, the court made respondent responsible for 100% of the GAL fees.","paragraph_id":"para_49"},{"text":"The problems in this divorce case began after counsel—Jaclyn R.","paragraph_id":"para_50"},{"text":"Soroka—appeared for petitioner in May 2026.","paragraph_id":"para_51"},{"text":"In June 2026, after the GAL recommended that respondent begin","paragraph_id":"para_52"},{"text":"supervised visitation with the child, petitioner violated the agreed order by","paragraph_id":"para_53"},{"text":"unilaterally terminating reunification therapy and all respondent’s contact","paragraph_id":"para_54"},{"text":"with the child. Petitioner alleges the child had an “emotional breakdown.”","paragraph_id":"para_55"},{"text":"Petitioner further violated the order by taking the child to doctors without","paragraph_id":"para_56"},{"text":"consulting respondent and by not submitting the issue to the GAL for a","paragraph_id":"para_57"},{"text":"recommendation as required by the order.","paragraph_id":"para_58"},{"text":"Instead, petitioner’s counsel sent respondent and the GAL a lengthy","paragraph_id":"para_59"},{"text":"email to establish a “medical basis” to pause reunification. The email","paragraph_id":"para_60"},{"text":"purported to revoke releases in the court’s appointment order that allowed","paragraph_id":"para_61"},{"text":"the GAL and reunification therapist to obtain the child’s records. The","paragraph_id":"para_62"},{"text":"email forbade them from contacting the child’s doctors and demanded they","paragraph_id":"para_63"},{"text":"answer questions.","paragraph_id":"para_64"},{"text":"The GAL moved for a status hearing, and respondent moved for","paragraph_id":"para_65"},{"text":"contempt. Both motions were set for July 14, 2026.","paragraph_id":"para_66"},{"text":"2 Ironically, while some of the content appears AI-generated, other portions","paragraph_id":"para_67"},{"text":"appear too unpolished to have been produced by AI.","paragraph_id":"para_68"},{"text":"3","paragraph_id":"para_69"},{"text":"On July 3, 2026, petitioner’s counsel filed a 41-page document titled","paragraph_id":"para_70","court_paragraph":3},{"text":"“Urgent Omnibus Application” that demanded cancellation of the","paragraph_id":"para_71"},{"text":"contempt hearing and requested 13 forms of relief. Among other things,","paragraph_id":"para_72"},{"text":"the Omnibus Application sought to discharge the GAL.","paragraph_id":"para_73"},{"text":"In advance of the hearing, the court appointed counsel to represent the","paragraph_id":"para_74"},{"text":"GAL, an act expressly permitted by the appointment order. That night,","paragraph_id":"para_75"},{"text":"petitioner’s counsel filed an “emergency” motion to vacate the order and","paragraph_id":"para_76"},{"text":"again sought to discharge the GAL and vacate the appointment order. The","paragraph_id":"para_77"},{"text":"11-page emergency motion demanded nine forms of relief.","paragraph_id":"para_78"},{"text":"The trial court denied emergency treatment and set the motion for","paragraph_id":"para_79"},{"text":"hearing on the afternoon of July 14, 2026 – after the contempt hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_80"},{"text":"On July 13, 2026, petitioner’s counsel filed three separate motions in","paragraph_id":"para_81"},{"text":"limine seeking to exclude the GAL from testifying and to exclude evidence","paragraph_id":"para_82"},{"text":"from the hearing the next day.","paragraph_id":"para_83"},{"text":"The GAL’s status hearing began at 1:30 p.m. The GAL’s counsel opened","paragraph_id":"para_84"},{"text":"by explaining that petitioner had prevented all contact with the child,","paragraph_id":"para_85"},{"text":"which prevented the GAL from preparing a report.","paragraph_id":"para_86"},{"text":"In her opening statement, petitioner’s counsel raised her pending","paragraph_id":"para_87"},{"text":"Omnibus Application and the emergency motion that was set for that","paragraph_id":"para_88"},{"text":"afternoon. Counsel objected to the GAL testifying and asked for","paragraph_id":"para_89"},{"text":"permission to argue her motion, “[S]ince we’re here, I may as well put it","paragraph_id":"para_90"},{"text":"before Your Honor. Unless you’d like me to wait.” The court agreed, and","paragraph_id":"para_91"},{"text":"counsel argued the motion at length. The court then heard from","paragraph_id":"para_92"},{"text":"respondent and the GAL before allowing petitioner to make a final","paragraph_id":"para_93"},{"text":"argument. The court denied the motion and ruled that counsel had","paragraph_id":"para_94"},{"text":"consented to the emergency motion being heard first. The court","paragraph_id":"para_95"},{"text":"adjourned.","paragraph_id":"para_96"},{"text":"Petitioner alleges that, before the contempt hearing at 3:30 p.m.,","paragraph_id":"para_97"},{"text":"petitioner’s counsel began drafting a motion to disqualify and tried to","paragraph_id":"para_98"},{"text":"proffer it at the start of the contempt hearing. The judge stated she “did","paragraph_id":"para_99"},{"text":"not take proffers” and would not allow further argument.","paragraph_id":"para_100"},{"text":"Contrary to the allegations, however, counsel did not move to disqualify","paragraph_id":"para_101"},{"text":"or request the opportunity to do so at any point during the hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_102"},{"text":"Petitioner’s counsel did not cross-examine the GAL and relied on her","paragraph_id":"para_103"},{"text":"“prior filings”—presumably, the Omnibus Application and/or the three","paragraph_id":"para_104"},{"text":"4","paragraph_id":"para_105"},{"text":"motions in limine filed the day before. The court advised that only the","paragraph_id":"para_106","court_paragraph":4},{"text":"contempt motion was scheduled for hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_107"},{"text":"Petitioner testified and admitted violating the agreed order, and the","paragraph_id":"para_108"},{"text":"court sustained hearsay objections when petitioner tried to testify about","paragraph_id":"para_109"},{"text":"notes she had obtained from the child’s doctors trying to justify the","paragraph_id":"para_110"},{"text":"suspension of reunification therapy and visitation.","paragraph_id":"para_111"},{"text":"After respondent rested, petitioner presented nothing and again tried","paragraph_id":"para_112"},{"text":"to rely on “prior filings,” but the court maintained its ruling that prior","paragraph_id":"para_113"},{"text":"filings were not set for hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_114"},{"text":"After hearing the testimony establishing petitioner’s violations, the","paragraph_id":"para_115"},{"text":"court held petitioner in contempt and granted makeup timesharing to be","paragraph_id":"para_116"},{"text":"determined at a future hearing. The court also awarded respondent","paragraph_id":"para_117"},{"text":"attorney’s fees and costs as a compensatory sanction but has not","paragraph_id":"para_118"},{"text":"determined the amount. As an additional sanction, and to discourage","paragraph_id":"para_119"},{"text":"petitioner from continuing to interfere, the court made petitioner","paragraph_id":"para_120"},{"text":"responsible for 50% of the GAL fees going forward—pending reallocation","paragraph_id":"para_121"},{"text":"during equitable distribution.","paragraph_id":"para_122"},{"text":"Three days after the hearing, petitioner filed a 33-page motion to","paragraph_id":"para_123"},{"text":"disqualify the judge. The motion complains about the court’s rulings and","paragraph_id":"para_124"},{"text":"raises many frivolous arguments, including arguments that are contrary","paragraph_id":"para_125"},{"text":"to the record. The court denied the motion as legally insufficient.","paragraph_id":"para_126"},{"text":"This petition followed on July 31, 2026.","paragraph_id":"para_127"},{"text":"The Emergency Petition","paragraph_id":"para_128"},{"text":"The 61-page emergency petition seeks a writ of prohibition to review","paragraph_id":"para_129"},{"text":"the denial of the motion to disqualify, but the petition also purports to seek","paragraph_id":"para_130"},{"text":"certiorari review of seven other rulings.","paragraph_id":"para_131"},{"text":"The petition demands an emergency stay of all proceedings below,","paragraph_id":"para_132"},{"text":"including stopping the trial court from memorializing its rulings in writing.","paragraph_id":"para_133"},{"text":"Strangely, however, the petition then recognizes that the court did so.","paragraph_id":"para_134"},{"text":"The petition discusses in granular detail how respondent’s proposed order","paragraph_id":"para_135"},{"text":"was initially rejected by the case management system and that the court","paragraph_id":"para_136"},{"text":"signed the contempt order the next day at 1:54 p.m. and served it at 7:02","paragraph_id":"para_137"},{"text":"p.m. The author thus laments, “The relief this Petition sought to forestall","paragraph_id":"para_138"},{"text":"has issued, and the accrual it sets in motion is continuing.”","paragraph_id":"para_139"},{"text":"5","paragraph_id":"para_140"},{"text":"The filings contain indicia of non-human authorship.","paragraph_id":"para_141","court_paragraph":5},{"text":"Abusive Emergency Filing","paragraph_id":"para_142"},{"text":"The first red flag is the emergency request. “Pursuant to our","paragraph_id":"para_143"},{"text":"Administrative Order 2014-1, an emergency is a matter of extreme urgency","paragraph_id":"para_144"},{"text":"that requires immediate action by this Court in order to avoid imminent,","paragraph_id":"para_145"},{"text":"irreparable, and material harm.” Eclectic Synergy, LLC v. Seredin, 51 Fla.","paragraph_id":"para_146"},{"text":"L. Weekly D1061, 2026 WL 1475836, at *1 n.1 (Fla. 4th DCA May 27,","paragraph_id":"para_147"},{"text":"2026) (quoting In Re: Requests for Emergency Treatment, 4th DCA Admin.","paragraph_id":"para_148"},{"text":"Order 2014-1 (June 12, 2018) (internal quotation marks omitted)). The","paragraph_id":"para_149"},{"text":"request must “succinctly” state the “nature of the emergency.”","paragraph_id":"para_150"},{"text":"Petitioner’s confusing request complains about rulings, including that","paragraph_id":"para_151"},{"text":"the court declined to treat petitioner’s filings as an “emergency” but did so","paragraph_id":"para_152"},{"text":"at the hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_153"},{"text":"Nature of the emergency: This tribunal declared the child in","paragraph_id":"para_154"},{"text":"an emergency posture, exercised emergency jurisdiction over","paragraph_id":"para_155"},{"text":"her, denied evidentiary filings without notice or hearing, and","paragraph_id":"para_156"},{"text":"the same afternoon held Petitioner in contempt, directed a","paragraph_id":"para_157"},{"text":"rule to show cause, awarded fees, imposed fifty percent of the","paragraph_id":"para_158"},{"text":"guardian’s fees on her as a sanction, and modified her","paragraph_id":"para_159"},{"text":"timesharing. It has three times refused, in writing, to treat","paragraph_id":"para_160"},{"text":"her filings pertaining to that child as emergencies: July 8, July","paragraph_id":"para_161"},{"text":"9, and July 28, a day after denying her disqualification","paragraph_id":"para_162"},{"text":"motion. Both cannot be true. . . .","paragraph_id":"para_163"},{"text":"The description continues on like this and repeats a frivolous argument","paragraph_id":"para_164"},{"text":"raised throughout these proceedings—that the court could not hear from","paragraph_id":"para_165"},{"text":"the GAL because she had not filed a report.","paragraph_id":"para_166"},{"text":"Like the other filings in this case, the emergency request churns out a","paragraph_id":"para_167"},{"text":"string of convoluted arguments.","paragraph_id":"para_168"},{"text":"No imminent irreparable harm of any kind is shown. The document","paragraph_id":"para_169"},{"text":"alleges an emergency exists because the July 29, 2026, contempt order","paragraph_id":"para_170"},{"text":"required the parties to reestablish a timesharing schedule by July 17,","paragraph_id":"para_171"},{"text":"2026, and stated that a rule to show cause should issue on","paragraph_id":"para_172"},{"text":"noncompliance. The court, however, has not threatened incarceration as","paragraph_id":"para_173"},{"text":"a sanction. Another purported harm was that the GAL’s fees are accruing.","paragraph_id":"para_174"},{"text":"No “emergency” by any definition exists. Counsel merely sought","paragraph_id":"para_175"},{"text":"priority over other litigants, which is an abuse of procedure. Emergency","paragraph_id":"para_176"},{"text":"6","paragraph_id":"para_177"},{"text":"filings disrupt proceedings by causing this Court to drop everything and","paragraph_id":"para_178","court_paragraph":6},{"text":"should not be filed for tactical reasons.","paragraph_id":"para_179"},{"text":"A true emergency requiring “immediate” action by this Court","paragraph_id":"para_180"},{"text":"means action is needed within a matter of hours, not an event","paragraph_id":"para_181"},{"text":"that is days or weeks away. Filing an emergency request","paragraph_id":"para_182"},{"text":"merely because counsel desires to have a matter expedited is","paragraph_id":"para_183"},{"text":"an abuse of procedure.","paragraph_id":"para_184"},{"text":"Eclectic Synergy, LLC, 2026 WL 1475836, at *1 n.1; USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v.","paragraph_id":"para_185"},{"text":"Pembroke Pines MRI, Inc., 24 So. 3d 588, 589 (Fla. 4th DCA 2009)","paragraph_id":"para_186"},{"text":"(“Pleadings filed as emergencies disrupt court procedures and interrupt","paragraph_id":"para_187"},{"text":"work on cases that were already pending.”).","paragraph_id":"para_188"},{"text":"Eight Proceedings in One","paragraph_id":"para_189"},{"text":"Another red flag is the petition’s request for review of eight separate","paragraph_id":"para_190"},{"text":"rulings in this single writ proceeding. See Int’l House of Pancakes (IHOP)","paragraph_id":"para_191"},{"text":"v. Robinson, 124 So. 3d 1004, 1006 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013) (“[I]t was improper","paragraph_id":"para_192"},{"text":"for petitioner to seek review of two distinct and separate non-final orders","paragraph_id":"para_193"},{"text":"in this single certiorari petition.”).","paragraph_id":"para_194"},{"text":"A prohibition petition seeking review of the denial of a motion to","paragraph_id":"para_195"},{"text":"disqualify cannot be used to simultaneously challenge the court’s rulings.","paragraph_id":"para_196"},{"text":"As discussed further below, the requests for certiorari relief are frivolous.","paragraph_id":"para_197"},{"text":"Citations to an Unpublished Order","paragraph_id":"para_198"},{"text":"Another red flag is the citation to our unpublished order deciding a","paragraph_id":"para_199"},{"text":"wholly unrelated case three years ago.","paragraph_id":"para_200"},{"text":"Our unpublished decision in that case has no precedential value and","paragraph_id":"para_201"},{"text":"should not have been cited. See Dep’t of Legal Affairs v. Dist. Ct. of Appeal,","paragraph_id":"para_202"},{"text":"5th Dist., 434 So. 2d 310, 313 (Fla. 1983) (explaining that an unwritten","paragraph_id":"para_203"},{"text":"decision—a per curiam affirmance—“is not a precedent for a principle of","paragraph_id":"para_204"},{"text":"law and should not be relied upon for anything other than res judicata”).","paragraph_id":"para_205"},{"text":"Our decision in the prior case is irrelevant to anything in this","paragraph_id":"para_206"},{"text":"proceeding. Petitioner cites it solely to disparage the judge. Indeed, at","paragraph_id":"para_207"},{"text":"paragraph 109, the author of the motion to disqualify acknowledges:","paragraph_id":"para_208"},{"text":"The only unifying feature between this Court’s rulings/acts in","paragraph_id":"para_209"},{"text":"[the unreported case] and the case at bar — is that this Court","paragraph_id":"para_210"},{"text":"7","paragraph_id":"para_211"},{"text":"departed from the essential requirements of law, in both","paragraph_id":"para_212","court_paragraph":7},{"text":"cases, whilst adjudicating chill[sic]-related matters.","paragraph_id":"para_213"},{"text":"The Motion to Disqualify","paragraph_id":"para_214"},{"text":"Like all of counsel’s filings, the 33-page motion is extremely difficult to","paragraph_id":"para_215"},{"text":"follow and argues 14 grounds for disqualification.","paragraph_id":"para_216"},{"text":"The motion begins with the frivolous argument—often seen in AI","paragraph_id":"para_217"},{"text":"hallucinations—that the filing of a motion to disqualify under rule 2.330","paragraph_id":"para_218"},{"text":"automatically stays all proceedings in the trial court. Avery, 2026 WL","paragraph_id":"para_219"},{"text":"1475262, at *1 n.1 (noting that this Court has seen this AI-hallucinated","paragraph_id":"para_220"},{"text":"argument all too often).","paragraph_id":"para_221"},{"text":"The author of the petition in this case is similarly mistaken and, at page","paragraph_id":"para_222"},{"text":"30, argues that, after the motion was filed, petitioner “was foreclosed by","paragraph_id":"para_223"},{"text":"Rule 2.330 from submitting anything.”","paragraph_id":"para_224"},{"text":"Allegations that are Contrary to the Record","paragraph_id":"para_225"},{"text":"The motion falsely alleges that the judge “systematically muzzled”","paragraph_id":"para_226"},{"text":"counsel at the hearing. The hearing transcript refutes this allegation.","paragraph_id":"para_227"},{"text":"“[A] motion made on a trial judge’s statement in open court that does","paragraph_id":"para_228"},{"text":"not accurately represent what has actually been said cannot comply with","paragraph_id":"para_229"},{"text":"the requirement that an affidavit be made ‘in good faith.’” Gregory v. State,","paragraph_id":"para_230"},{"text":"118 So. 3d 770, 780 (Fla. 2013) (concluding that the motion to disqualify","paragraph_id":"para_231"},{"text":"was legally insufficient).","paragraph_id":"para_232"},{"text":"Many more of the allegations in this case are contrary to the record. As","paragraph_id":"para_233"},{"text":"in Gregory, we conclude that these allegations are insufficient to merit","paragraph_id":"para_234"},{"text":"disqualification. Id. Allegations concerning events at a hearing that are","paragraph_id":"para_235"},{"text":"contrary to the record are not sufficient to disqualify. Id. at 779–80.","paragraph_id":"para_236"},{"text":"A judge cannot be disqualified based on AI-hallucinated events.","paragraph_id":"para_237"},{"text":"Scattershot Arguments","paragraph_id":"para_238"},{"text":"The motion raises the following grounds, which we reproduce verbatim:","paragraph_id":"para_239"},{"text":"A. “The Court Declared the Agreed Order’s (Specifically, the Fee","paragraph_id":"para_240"},{"text":"Arrangement) Binding and Unreviewable at 1:30 P.M., Then","paragraph_id":"para_241"},{"text":"Modified It as a Contempt Sanction at 3:30 P.M. Without","paragraph_id":"para_242"},{"text":"8","paragraph_id":"para_243"},{"text":"Motion, Notice, or Evidence, After Having Just Told","paragraph_id":"para_244","court_paragraph":8},{"text":"Respondent She Had No Standing to Contest It.”","paragraph_id":"para_245"},{"text":"B. “The Court Manufactured a Finding of Consent to Adjudicate","paragraph_id":"para_246"},{"text":"the 4:30 P.M. Motion at 1:30 P.M.: a Finding Directly","paragraph_id":"para_247"},{"text":"Contradicted by the Transcript, While Ignoring That Its Own","paragraph_id":"para_248"},{"text":"Scheduling Order Prohibited Any Change to the Hearing","paragraph_id":"para_249"},{"text":"Time.”","paragraph_id":"para_250"},{"text":"C. “The GAL’s Own Attorney Disclosed on the Record That She","paragraph_id":"para_251"},{"text":"Was Retained to Protect the GAL’s License (Not for Any","paragraph_id":"para_252"},{"text":"Investigative Function), and the Court Approved the","paragraph_id":"para_253"},{"text":"Arrangement After Reading the Statute Aloud and Reaching","paragraph_id":"para_254"},{"text":"the Opposite of Its Plain Meaning.”","paragraph_id":"para_255"},{"text":"D. “The Court Categorically Refused to Receive Any Proffer of","paragraph_id":"para_256"},{"text":"Proof on the Record, Before the First Witness Was Called,","paragraph_id":"para_257"},{"text":"Foreclosing in Advance the Statutory Mechanism for Creating","paragraph_id":"para_258"},{"text":"a Reviewable Record.”","paragraph_id":"para_259"},{"text":"E. “The Court Denied Two Fully-Briefed, Unopposed Motions","paragraph_id":"para_260"},{"text":"Comprising 74 Paragraphs Without Addressing,","paragraph_id":"para_261"},{"text":"Distinguishing, or Acknowledging a Single One of the Thirty-","paragraph_id":"para_262"},{"text":"plus Controlling Authorities Respondent Cited.”","paragraph_id":"para_263"},{"text":"F. “The Court Applied a One-Way Evidentiary Standard:","paragraph_id":"para_264"},{"text":"Admitting Unlimited Hearsay for Petitioner’s Witnesses Under","paragraph_id":"para_265"},{"text":"an Invented Waiver While Blocking Every Category of Medical","paragraph_id":"para_266"},{"text":"Evidence Offered on Respondent’s Behalf.”","paragraph_id":"para_267"},{"text":"G. “After Petitioner Rested, the Court Did Not Ask Whether","paragraph_id":"para_268"},{"text":"Respondent Wished to Present a Defense; It Moved Directly to","paragraph_id":"para_269"},{"text":"Closing Arguments, Then Admonished Respondent’s Counsel","paragraph_id":"para_270"},{"text":"for the Outcome the Court Had Engineered.”","paragraph_id":"para_271"},{"text":"H. “The Court Admonished Respondent’s Counsel for Not Cross-","paragraph_id":"para_272"},{"text":"Examining Witnesses, After Having Systematically Foreclosed","paragraph_id":"para_273"},{"text":"Every Mechanism That Would Have Made Cross-Examination","paragraph_id":"para_274"},{"text":"Meaningful.”","paragraph_id":"para_275"},{"text":"I. “The Court Awarded Attorney’s Fees, Reallocated GAL Fees,","paragraph_id":"para_276"},{"text":"and Granted Makeup Timesharing at the Conclusion of the","paragraph_id":"para_277"},{"text":"Contempt Hearing, None of Which Was Pending in the","paragraph_id":"para_278"},{"text":"9","paragraph_id":"para_279"},{"text":"Contempt Motion, Supported by Evidence, or the Subject of","paragraph_id":"para_280","court_paragraph":9},{"text":"Prior Notice.”","paragraph_id":"para_281"},{"text":"J. “The Contempt Finding Rests on Evidence the Court","paragraph_id":"para_282"},{"text":"Excluded, While the Medical Documentation That Would Have","paragraph_id":"para_283"},{"text":"Answered the Contempt Allegation Had Been in Opposing","paragraph_id":"para_284"},{"text":"Counsel’s Possession for Three Days Before the Contempt","paragraph_id":"para_285"},{"text":"Motion Was Filed.”","paragraph_id":"para_286"},{"text":"K. “Prior to Any Substantive Hearing ever Occurring in the","paragraph_id":"para_287"},{"text":"Dissolution Proceedings, the GAL Disclosed to Respondent’s","paragraph_id":"para_288"},{"text":"Counsel a Personal Relationship With This Court That She","paragraph_id":"para_289"},{"text":"Stated Would Prevent Her Removal, and the Subsequent","paragraph_id":"para_290"},{"text":"Record Is Consistent With That Statement at Every Point.”","paragraph_id":"para_291"},{"text":"L. “The Court’s Oral Rulings Mischaracterized Respondent’s","paragraph_id":"para_292"},{"text":"Domestic Violence Filings as Emergency Motion Abuse in This","paragraph_id":"para_293"},{"text":"Dissolution Case, Characterizing the Exercise of a Domestic","paragraph_id":"para_294"},{"text":"Violence Victim’s Statutory Rights as Bad-Faith Litigation.”","paragraph_id":"para_295"},{"text":"M. “Notably, the Fourth District Court of Appeal Has Previously","paragraph_id":"para_296"},{"text":"Reversed This Court, Judge Carbuccia, for Departure from","paragraph_id":"para_297"},{"text":"Essential Requirements of Law in Its Treatment of Medical","paragraph_id":"para_298"},{"text":"Authority, and This Court Has Now Adopted the Diametrically","paragraph_id":"para_299"},{"text":"Opposite Position on the Same Type of Evidence.”3","paragraph_id":"para_300"},{"text":"N. “Not One Exhibit Was Admitted Into Evidence at Either","paragraph_id":"para_301"},{"text":"Hearing: Every Ruling Was Made on a Record Consisting","paragraph_id":"para_302"},{"text":"Entirely of Argument and Hearsay Testimony.”","paragraph_id":"para_303"},{"text":"O. “The Court’s Demeanor Toward Respondent’s Counsel,","paragraph_id":"para_304"},{"text":"Including Repeated Misidentification of Counsel by Name and","paragraph_id":"para_305"},{"text":"Gender, Hostile Conduct Documented in the Transcript, and","paragraph_id":"para_306"},{"text":"Proceedings That Continued While Counsel’s Audio","paragraph_id":"para_307"},{"text":"Malfunctioned, Reflecting Asymmetric Treatment That a","paragraph_id":"para_308"},{"text":"Reasonably Prudent Person Would Fear Was Not Neutral.”","paragraph_id":"para_309"},{"text":"Most of these arguments merely complain about adverse rulings, which","paragraph_id":"para_310"},{"text":"are not grounds to disqualify. Jackson v. State, 599 So. 2d 103, 107 (Fla.","paragraph_id":"para_311"},{"text":"1992).","paragraph_id":"para_312"},{"text":"3 This argument cites our unpublished decision in the unrelated and irrelevant","paragraph_id":"para_313"},{"text":"2023 case.","paragraph_id":"para_314"},{"text":"10","paragraph_id":"para_315"},{"text":"Many of these arguments are frivolous. For example, grounds A and B","paragraph_id":"para_316","court_paragraph":10},{"text":"complain about the timing of the court’s ruling on the emergency motion.","paragraph_id":"para_317"},{"text":"The record shows that counsel asked to argue her motion first. The court","paragraph_id":"para_318"},{"text":"did not have to hear the motion again at 4:30 p.m.","paragraph_id":"para_319"},{"text":"Other arguments are contrary to the record. The proceedings did not","paragraph_id":"para_320"},{"text":"continue while counsel’s audio malfunctioned. Instead, the transcript","paragraph_id":"para_321"},{"text":"shows that, several times during the Zoom hearing, the court alerted","paragraph_id":"para_322"},{"text":"counsel that she was “muted” and could not be heard.","paragraph_id":"para_323"},{"text":"The court did not characterize the domestic violence filings as bad faith","paragraph_id":"para_324"},{"text":"litigation.","paragraph_id":"para_325"},{"text":"The petition and disqualification motion claim the court denied the","paragraph_id":"para_326"},{"text":"Omnibus Application, but the court repeatedly refused to address it","paragraph_id":"para_327"},{"text":"because it was not set for hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_328"},{"text":"The Omnibus Application raises many of the same frivolous arguments","paragraph_id":"para_329"},{"text":"repeated in the motion to disqualify and petition.4 For example, counsel’s","paragraph_id":"para_330"},{"text":"argument that the GAL cannot be heard because she had not filed a report","paragraph_id":"para_331"},{"text":"is baseless. The statute provides to the contrary.","paragraph_id":"para_332"},{"text":"The guardian ad litem may address the court and make","paragraph_id":"para_333"},{"text":"written or oral recommendations to the court. The guardian","paragraph_id":"para_334"},{"text":"ad litem shall file a written report which may include","paragraph_id":"para_335"},{"text":"recommendations and a statement of the wishes of the child.","paragraph_id":"para_336"},{"text":"The report must be filed and served on all parties at least 20","paragraph_id":"para_337"},{"text":"days prior to the hearing at which it will be presented unless","paragraph_id":"para_338"},{"text":"the court waives such time limit.","paragraph_id":"para_339"},{"text":"§ 61.403(5), Fla. Stat. (2025) (emphasis added); see also § 61.403(6), Fla.","paragraph_id":"para_340"},{"text":"Stat. (2025) (“A guardian ad litem, acting through counsel, may file such","paragraph_id":"para_341"},{"text":"pleadings, motions, or petitions for relief as the guardian ad litem deems","paragraph_id":"para_342"},{"text":"appropriate or necessary in furtherance of the guardian’s function.”)","paragraph_id":"para_343"},{"text":"(emphasis added).","paragraph_id":"para_344"},{"text":"The GAL in this case could not complete her report because petitioner","paragraph_id":"para_345"},{"text":"cut off contact with the child. The GAL properly applied for relief from the","paragraph_id":"para_346"},{"text":"court, and the court properly appointed counsel to assist the GAL—","paragraph_id":"para_347"},{"text":"especially in light of counsel’s voluminous filings and email.","paragraph_id":"para_348"},{"text":"4 Spanning pages 13 to 15, the petition quotes the Omnibus Application’s entire","paragraph_id":"para_349"},{"text":"“wherefore” clause, which is appended.","paragraph_id":"para_350"},{"text":"11","paragraph_id":"para_351"},{"text":"The allegation that the court did not allow counsel to present a defense","paragraph_id":"para_352","court_paragraph":11},{"text":"or argument at the hearing is contrary to the record. After respondent","paragraph_id":"para_353"},{"text":"closed her case, the court opened the floor to petitioner’s counsel, who","paragraph_id":"para_354"},{"text":"stated: “Nothing, Your Honor. I stand on my filings and my prior","paragraph_id":"para_355"},{"text":"objections.”","paragraph_id":"para_356"},{"text":"Likewise, the allegation that counsel was prevented from moving to","paragraph_id":"para_357"},{"text":"disqualify during the contempt hearing is contrary to the record. The","paragraph_id":"para_358"},{"text":"transcript shows that counsel could have moved to disqualify at many","paragraph_id":"para_359"},{"text":"points during the hearing and did not do so.","paragraph_id":"para_360"},{"text":"This results in a waiver and alone merits denial. Fischer v. Knuck, 497","paragraph_id":"para_361"},{"text":"So. 2d 240, 243 (Fla. 1986) (“A motion for recusal is considered untimely","paragraph_id":"para_362"},{"text":"when delayed until after the moving party has suffered an adverse ruling","paragraph_id":"para_363"},{"text":"unless good cause for delay is shown.”).","paragraph_id":"para_364"},{"text":"Legal Gibberish","paragraph_id":"para_365"},{"text":"The allegation in ground H that the judge admonished counsel for not","paragraph_id":"para_366"},{"text":"cross-examining witnesses is bizarre. No such citation or quotation of the","paragraph_id":"para_367"},{"text":"alleged admonishment is in the record. At paragraph 77, the motion","paragraph_id":"para_368"},{"text":"argues:","paragraph_id":"para_369"},{"text":"The Court admonished her for that judgment. The bind that","paragraph_id":"para_370"},{"text":"creates, participate and get shut down on the one hand","paragraph_id":"para_371"},{"text":". . . decline and get admonished on the other, is not a fair","paragraph_id":"para_372"},{"text":"proceeding. It is the record of one.","paragraph_id":"para_373"},{"text":"(bold and italics in original).","paragraph_id":"para_374"},{"text":"The filings often emphasize (with bold and italics) seemingly random","paragraph_id":"para_375"},{"text":"sentences causing the reader to focus on what turns out to be irrelevant","paragraph_id":"para_376"},{"text":"facts.","paragraph_id":"para_377"},{"text":"Here, the motion emphasizes legal gibberish. The motion and petition","paragraph_id":"para_378"},{"text":"contain many other puzzling arguments.","paragraph_id":"para_379"},{"text":"Arguments Not Supported by the Official Record","paragraph_id":"para_380"},{"text":"The author of the motion acknowledged using an unofficial “rough draft","paragraph_id":"para_381"},{"text":"transcript” and argued that the trial court repeatedly referred to counsel","paragraph_id":"para_382"},{"text":"as “Mr. Soroka” and allegedly mispronounced counsel’s name numerous","paragraph_id":"para_383"},{"text":"times during the hearing.","paragraph_id":"para_384"},{"text":"12","paragraph_id":"para_385"},{"text":"The official transcript, however, reflects no such mistakes. No citations","paragraph_id":"para_386","court_paragraph":12},{"text":"are given, and notably, counsel never objected at the hearing to the judge","paragraph_id":"para_387"},{"text":"referring to her as “Mr.” or mispronouncing her name. The motion,","paragraph_id":"para_388"},{"text":"nevertheless, suggests that the judge was disparaging counsel.","paragraph_id":"para_389"},{"text":"We suspect that AI generated these bogus arguments from","paragraph_id":"para_390"},{"text":"mistranscriptions in the “rough draft transcript.”","paragraph_id":"para_391"},{"text":"Again, a judge cannot be disqualified based on events that are contrary","paragraph_id":"para_392"},{"text":"to the record. See Gregory, 118 So. 3d at 779–80.","paragraph_id":"para_393"},{"text":"Issue Churning and Unpreserved Issues","paragraph_id":"para_394"},{"text":"The petition, and counsel’s other filings in this case, suffer from an","paragraph_id":"para_395"},{"text":"increasing problem with AI-generated legal documents—issue churning.","paragraph_id":"para_396"},{"text":"Many AI-generated or AI-assisted documents aggressively raise","paragraph_id":"para_397"},{"text":"scattershot arguments. This tactic does nothing to further the interests of","paragraph_id":"para_398"},{"text":"the client and instead hurts the chances of success.","paragraph_id":"para_399"},{"text":"Here, the author churns out spurious arguments—some that were not","paragraph_id":"para_400"},{"text":"even raised below:","paragraph_id":"para_401"},{"text":"• “Adjudication of matters not noticed.” Petitioner claims that the","paragraph_id":"para_402"},{"text":"court erred in making evidentiary findings because the hearing was not","paragraph_id":"para_403"},{"text":"noticed as evidentiary. The contempt hearing, however, was obviously","paragraph_id":"para_404"},{"text":"evidentiary. The court took testimony, including from petitioner.","paragraph_id":"para_405"},{"text":"• “A consent finding the transcript refutes.” The transcript shows that","paragraph_id":"para_406"},{"text":"counsel asked for permission and agreed to argue her emergency","paragraph_id":"para_407"},{"text":"motion first.","paragraph_id":"para_408"},{"text":"• “Denial of a hearing the court had ordered.” Petitioner complains","paragraph_id":"para_409"},{"text":"that the court denied the emergency motion at the 1:30 p.m. hearing","paragraph_id":"para_410"},{"text":"when it was scheduled for 4:30 p.m.","paragraph_id":"para_411"},{"text":"• “Prejudgment from the bench.” No such claim was raised below. The","paragraph_id":"para_412"},{"text":"petition complains that the court stated that failure to produce the child","paragraph_id":"para_413"},{"text":"to the GAL would be contempt. No such prejudgment occurred.","paragraph_id":"para_414"},{"text":"• “Rulings irreconcilable on the record.” Petitioner claims the court","paragraph_id":"para_415"},{"text":"ruled inconsistently because it found petitioner lacked standing to","paragraph_id":"para_416"},{"text":"13","paragraph_id":"para_417"},{"text":"object to the GAL fees but later modified the agreed order to require her","paragraph_id":"para_418","court_paragraph":13},{"text":"to pay 50% of the GAL fees.","paragraph_id":"para_419"},{"text":"• “Systematic denial of record-making.” Again, the allegation that the","paragraph_id":"para_420"},{"text":"court prevented counsel from presenting evidence, making argument,","paragraph_id":"para_421"},{"text":"or preserving issues is contrary to the record.","paragraph_id":"para_422"},{"text":"• The court’s 10-day delay in ruling after the motion to disqualify","paragraph_id":"para_423"},{"text":"was filed confirms the fear of bias. The rule requires the judge to","paragraph_id":"para_424"},{"text":"rule within 30 days of service of the motion. Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud.","paragraph_id":"para_425"},{"text":"Admin. 2.330(l). The court’s 10-day delay in ruling provides no basis","paragraph_id":"para_426"},{"text":"for disqualification.","paragraph_id":"para_427"},{"text":"The petition concludes with a “cumulative effect” argument:","paragraph_id":"para_428"},{"text":"In one day the trial court declared a child in an emergency","paragraph_id":"para_429"},{"text":"posture after twice refusing to treat [petitioner]’s filings as","paragraph_id":"para_430"},{"text":"emergencies, and has since refused a third time in writing;","paragraph_id":"para_431"},{"text":"adjudicated and denied evidentiary matters not noticed or set","paragraph_id":"para_432"},{"text":"for hearing, and adjudicated and denied matters set for","paragraph_id":"para_433"},{"text":"another time after hearing the challenged appointee first,","paragraph_id":"para_434"},{"text":"[respondent]’s counsel second, and called [petitioner]’s","paragraph_id":"para_435"},{"text":"counsel’s compelled response consent; denied unopposed","paragraph_id":"para_436"},{"text":"motions without addressing any legal authority provided; read","paragraph_id":"para_437"},{"text":"a statute correctly yet applied it backwards; warned","paragraph_id":"para_438"},{"text":"[petitioner] that certain acts constitute contempt, without","paragraph_id":"para_439"},{"text":"evidence, and then found contempt ninety minutes later;","paragraph_id":"para_440"},{"text":"excluded the medical advice and documentation in all parties’","paragraph_id":"para_441"},{"text":"counsel’s possession as of June 12, 2026; opened an","paragraph_id":"para_442"},{"text":"evidentiary door in one direction only, foreclosed [petitioner]’s","paragraph_id":"para_443"},{"text":"counsel’s every record-making attempt, repeatedly, and","paragraph_id":"para_444"},{"text":"modified an agreed order on its own initiative.","paragraph_id":"para_445"},{"text":"This typifies the “issue churning” problem. AI churns out a laundry list","paragraph_id":"para_446"},{"text":"of convoluted arguments that no competent lawyer should make. Counsel","paragraph_id":"para_447"},{"text":"must exercise independent judgment when making arguments to a court.","paragraph_id":"para_448"},{"text":"The unnatural ways the arguments are presented further leads us to","paragraph_id":"para_449"},{"text":"suspect AI was used.","paragraph_id":"para_450"},{"text":"Ultimately, however, whether this was AI-generated, AI-assisted, or","paragraph_id":"para_451"},{"text":"something else makes no difference. An attorney is obligated to stand","paragraph_id":"para_452"},{"text":"behind any submission to a court.","paragraph_id":"para_453"},{"text":"14","paragraph_id":"para_454"},{"text":"The Requests for Certiorari","paragraph_id":"para_455","court_paragraph":14},{"text":"The 25 pages of argument that “certiorari should issue as to seven","paragraph_id":"para_456"},{"text":"rulings” further demonstrates the issue-churning problem. The petition","paragraph_id":"para_457"},{"text":"purports to seek review of oral rulings as well as the written orders.","paragraph_id":"para_458"},{"text":"None of these rulings are appealable or subject to certiorari review,","paragraph_id":"para_459"},{"text":"which is discretionary and not merited here. See Williams v. Oken, 62 So.","paragraph_id":"para_460"},{"text":"3d 1129, 1132 (Fla. 2011); Bared & Co. v. McGuire, 670 So. 2d 153, 157","paragraph_id":"para_461"},{"text":"(Fla. 4th DCA 1996). An oral ruling is not subject to certiorari review. Holt","paragraph_id":"para_462"},{"text":"for Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough Cnty. v. Keetley, 250 So. 3d","paragraph_id":"para_463"},{"text":"206, 209 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018).","paragraph_id":"para_464"},{"text":"The trial court has not determined the makeup timesharing or the","paragraph_id":"para_465"},{"text":"amount of fees/costs to be imposed as a sanction. A temporary custody","paragraph_id":"para_466"},{"text":"ruling or final fee/cost judgment will be appealable. This precludes","paragraph_id":"para_467"},{"text":"certiorari review.","paragraph_id":"para_468"},{"text":"The certiorari portion of the petition churns out the same type of","paragraph_id":"para_469"},{"text":"scattershot, convoluted arguments discussed above.","paragraph_id":"para_470"},{"text":"Courts Should Not Tolerate Abusive AI-Assisted Filing","paragraph_id":"para_471"},{"text":"Pro se litigants and lawyers can easily abuse AI to crank out extensive","paragraph_id":"para_472"},{"text":"and confounding documents that cause delay, annoyance, and expense to","paragraph_id":"para_473"},{"text":"the other side. Busy courts can drown in a flood of filings that are difficult","paragraph_id":"para_474"},{"text":"to navigate. Abusive AI filing clogs dockets and undermines the","paragraph_id":"para_475"},{"text":"administration of justice. E.g., Avery, 51 Fla. L. Weekly D1068 (where the","paragraph_id":"para_476"},{"text":"pro se litigant sought a ruling on more than 90 pending motions).","paragraph_id":"para_477"},{"text":"Courts expect more from an attorney. See Capital Standard, LLC v. U.S.","paragraph_id":"para_478"},{"text":"Bank Nat’l Ass’n as tr. for Bear Stearns Asset Backed Sec. I Tr. 2005-AC9,","paragraph_id":"para_479"},{"text":"Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-AC9, No. 2D2024-1392, 2026 WL","paragraph_id":"para_480"},{"text":"2450571, at *1 (Fla. 2d DCA Aug. 21, 2026) (“[I]t defies belief for a","paragraph_id":"para_481"},{"text":"practicing attorney to plead ignorance of the risks of relying on generative","paragraph_id":"para_482"},{"text":"AI without double-checking the results.”).","paragraph_id":"para_483"},{"text":"By filing a document with her signature, counsel represents that she","paragraph_id":"para_484"},{"text":"has read the document, that “there are good grounds to support the","paragraph_id":"para_485"},{"text":"document,” and that “the document is not interposed for delay.” Fla. R.","paragraph_id":"para_486"},{"text":"Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515(d)(2). No less than a pro se litigant, an","paragraph_id":"para_487"},{"text":"attorney is responsible for the content of filings and should not be filing","paragraph_id":"para_488"},{"text":"frivolous, scattershot arguments. An AI supercomputer would struggle to","paragraph_id":"para_489"},{"text":"find meaning in some of the prose used in this case. Counsel’s arguments","paragraph_id":"para_490"},{"text":"15","paragraph_id":"para_491"},{"text":"need to be comprehensible to human readers—the courts, opposing","paragraph_id":"para_492","court_paragraph":15},{"text":"counsel, and the litigants.","paragraph_id":"para_493"},{"text":"Here, counsel’s filings and abusive motion practice resemble what we","paragraph_id":"para_494"},{"text":"typically see from vexatious pro se litigants. The filings appear designed","paragraph_id":"para_495"},{"text":"to cause delay.","paragraph_id":"para_496"},{"text":"Counsel’s conduct in this case implicates many rules of professional","paragraph_id":"para_497"},{"text":"conduct. R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-1.1 (“Competence”); R. Regulating Fla.","paragraph_id":"para_498"},{"text":"Bar 4-2.1 (“Adviser”); R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-3.1 (“Meritorious Claims","paragraph_id":"para_499"},{"text":"and Contentions”); R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-3.2 (“Expediting Litigation”);","paragraph_id":"para_500"},{"text":"and R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-3.3 (“Candor toward the Tribunal”).","paragraph_id":"para_501"},{"text":"Counsel’s conduct also raises ethical questions concerning billing. R.","paragraph_id":"para_502"},{"text":"Regulating Fla. Bar 4-1.5 (“Fees and Costs for Legal Services”). The first","paragraph_id":"para_503"},{"text":"factor in determining a reasonable fee is “the time and labor required, the","paragraph_id":"para_504"},{"text":"novelty, complexity, difficulty of the questions involved, and the skill","paragraph_id":"para_505"},{"text":"requisite to perform the legal service properly.” R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-","paragraph_id":"para_506"},{"text":"1.5(b)(1)(A).","paragraph_id":"para_507"},{"text":"It takes almost no skill and little time to generate AI slop. When a","paragraph_id":"para_508"},{"text":"lawyer files such slop, the lawyer violates the duty to “exercise independent","paragraph_id":"para_509"},{"text":"professional judgment.” R. Regulating Fla. Bar 4-2.1.","paragraph_id":"para_510"},{"text":"Conclusion","paragraph_id":"para_511"},{"text":"The prohibition petition shows no basis for discretionary writ relief. The","paragraph_id":"para_512"},{"text":"motion to disqualify merely sought to “frustrate” the court’s rulings and","paragraph_id":"para_513"},{"text":"was properly denied. Fischer, 497 So. 2d at 243 (“We find the motion for","paragraph_id":"para_514"},{"text":"disqualification legally insufficient, frivolous, and untimely.”). The request","paragraph_id":"para_515"},{"text":"for certiorari relief is likewise denied.","paragraph_id":"para_516"},{"text":"Order to Show Cause","paragraph_id":"para_517"},{"text":"Within ten (10) days of this opinion, petitioner’s counsel, Jaclyn R.","paragraph_id":"para_518"},{"text":"Soroka, shall file a response and show cause—without the use of AI—why","paragraph_id":"para_519"},{"text":"sanctions, such as referral to the Florida Bar for consideration of","paragraph_id":"para_520"},{"text":"disciplinary proceedings, should not be imposed for submitting frivolous","paragraph_id":"para_521"},{"text":"filings to this Court. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.410(a) (“After 10 days’ notice,","paragraph_id":"para_522"},{"text":"on its own motion, the court may impose sanctions for any violation of","paragraph_id":"para_523"},{"text":"these rules, or for the filing of any proceeding, motion, brief, or other","paragraph_id":"para_524"},{"text":"document that is frivolous or in bad faith.”).","paragraph_id":"para_525"},{"text":"Petition denied. Order to show cause concerning sanctions issued.","paragraph_id":"para_526"},{"text":"16","paragraph_id":"para_527"},{"text":"LEVINE and SHEPHERD, JJ., concur.","paragraph_id":"para_528","court_paragraph":16},{"text":"Appendix","paragraph_id":"para_529"},{"text":"The following is the “wherefore” clause of the “Urgent Omnibus","paragraph_id":"para_530"},{"text":"Application,” as quoted between pages 13 and 15 of the petition:","paragraph_id":"para_531"},{"text":"(a) Dismiss, stay, or continue the July 14, 2026, 3:30 p.m.","paragraph_id":"para_532"},{"text":"contempt hearing based on Petitioner’s failure to file the","paragraph_id":"para_533"},{"text":"Certificate of Conferral explicitly required by this Court’s","paragraph_id":"para_534"},{"text":"Judicial Assistant, Broward County Local Rule 10A, Florida","paragraph_id":"para_535"},{"text":"Rule of Civil Procedure 1.202, and Division 40 Procedures","paragraph_id":"para_536"},{"text":"Paragraph V.(A), and direct that no contempt hearing be","paragraph_id":"para_537"},{"text":"rescheduled until a Certificate of Conferral is filed; (b)","paragraph_id":"para_538"},{"text":"Address Respondent’s pending Urgent Motion to Strike and","paragraph_id":"para_539"},{"text":"for Protective Order and exercise this Court’s independent","paragraph_id":"para_540"},{"text":"authority under Florida Rule of General Practice and","paragraph_id":"para_541"},{"text":"Judicial Administration 2.425(c) with respect to the","paragraph_id":"para_542"},{"text":"documented violation of Rule 2.425 in the Motion for","paragraph_id":"para_543"},{"text":"Contempt (Filing No. 250792821); (c) At the July 14, 2026,","paragraph_id":"para_544"},{"text":"1:30 p.m. GAL Case Management Conference, take no action","paragraph_id":"para_545"},{"text":"based on unsworn verbal representations by the Guardian","paragraph_id":"para_546"},{"text":"ad Litem in the absence of a written report filed and served","paragraph_id":"para_547"},{"text":"in compliance with Florida Statute section 61.403 and","paragraph_id":"para_548"},{"text":"Paragraph 25 of the Order of Appointment, consistent with","paragraph_id":"para_549"},{"text":"Respondent’s due process rights to review, rebut, and cross-","paragraph_id":"para_550"},{"text":"examine any report before relief is ordered, as required by","paragraph_id":"para_551"},{"text":"Bahl v. 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