Dodson v. Donaldson’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
May 1994
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Harper v. Caskin · Kelly v. Kelly · Roberts v. Swim · Henson v. Money · Green v. Green
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) Consent to adoption is not required of: . . . (2) a parent of a child in the custody of another, if the parent for a period of at least one [1] year has failed significantly without justifiable cause (i) to communicate with the child or (ii) to provide for the care and support of the child as required by law or judicial decree. . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.