BARNES, J.
Stephen Hay appeals the trial court’s order granting $13,488.19 in attorney fees pursuant to Indiana Trial Rule 65(C) to Ronald and Gloria Baumgartner. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
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. . . [W]e conclude that a stipulation to the entry of the preliminary injunction prevents the Baumgartners from now arguing that it was wrongfully in place between July 20, 2006, and November 29, 2006.
The Baumgartners acquiesced to the issuance of a preliminary injunction and cannot now say such injunction was wrongfully entered. See Stolberg v. Stolberg, 538 N.E.2d 1, 3, 5 (Ind. Ct. App. 1989) (holding that party invited any error by agreeing, without objection, and acquiescing in procedure employed to reach an agreement during trial). Under the doctrine of judicial estoppel, a party may not assert a position in a legal proceeding inconsistent with one previously asserted. PSI Energy, Inc. v. Roberts, 829 N.E.2d 943, 950 (Ind. 2005), abrogated on other grounds by Helms v. Carmel High Sch. Vocational Bldg. Trades Corp., 854 N.E.2d 345 (Ind. 2006). By stipulating to the entry of the preliminary injunction earlier in this litigation, the Baumgartners cannot now say it was wrongfully entered. ?The purpose of judicial estoppel is to protect the integrity of the judicial process rather than to protect litigants from allegedly improper conduct by their adversaries. Smith v. State, 765 N.E.2d 578, 583-84 (Ind. 2002). The Baumgartners chose to forego the hearing that could have resulted in a preliminary injunction and acquiesced to the automatic entry of the preliminary injunction; therefore, they cannot now challenge it as improper. The Baumgartners are not entitled to fees from the entry of the preliminary injunction on July 20, 2006, to the December 26, 2006, when Hay moved to reinstate the preliminary injunction.
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A portion of trial court’s award of attorney fees is contrary to Indiana law and Trial Rule 65(C). We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for the trial court to calculate and enter an award consistent with this opinion.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded.
BAILEY, J., and MATHIAS, J., concur.