ROBERT HINTON AVERY
v.
DANIELLE BEAUZIL
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Reliance on phantom authority in legal proceedings is sanctionable conduct.
[1] Reliance on phantom authority—non-existent or fabricated legal citations—in legal proceedings constitutes sanctionable conduct.
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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
ROBERT HINTON AVERY, Appellant,
V.
DANIELLE BEAUZIL, Appellee.
No. 4D2025-2116
[May 20, 2026]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Jessica Marra, Judge; L.T. Case No. 062024DR016490AXDVCE.
Robert Hinton Avery, Pembroke Pines, pro se.
No appearance for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Friend v. Serpa, 425 So. 3d 51, 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025) (explaining that reliance on “phantom authority" is sanctionable); Goya v. Hayashida, 418 So. 3d 652, 656 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025).
GROSS, LEVINE and FORST, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely-filed motion for rehearing.
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- Shiloh Friend v. Serpa, 425 So. 3d 51 (Fla. 4th DCA 2025)