144 N.C. App. 32 - In Re Pope’s Empirical Analysis

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40 state decisions

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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “whether the court's findings of fact are based upon clear, cogent and convincing evidence and whether the findings support the conclusions of law.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 176 N.C. App. 520 - In re A.C.F. · 191 N.C. App. 251 - In the Matter of Jcd

2. “(a) The court may terminate the parental rights upon a finding of one or more of the following: (1) The parent has abused or neglected the juvenile. The juvenile shall be deemed to be abused or neglected if the court finds the juvenile to be an abused juvenile within the meaning of G.S. 7B-101 or a neglected juvenile within the meaning of G.S. 7B-101. (2) The parent has willfully left the juvenile in foster care or placement outside the home for more than 12 months without showing to the satisfaction of the court that reasonable progress under the circumstances has been made in correcting those conditions which led to the removal of the juvenile. Provided, however, that no parental rights shall be terminated for the sole reason that the parents are unable to care for the juvenile on account of their proverty.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. In Re ACF · 173 N.C. App. 1 - In Re PLP

3. “trial court's failure to correctly state in its order the specific statutory ground for termination is harmless error when the findings of fact support a legal conclusion that grounds for termination exist.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. 181 N.C. App. 607 - In the Matter of Vt · IN THE MATTER OF CMM