151 N.C. App. 573 - In Re Locklear’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 2007
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Matter of Montgomery · 142 N.C. App. 607 - In Re Blackburn · In Re Brownlee · 58 N.C. App. 322 - Matter of Allen · 74 N.C. App. 239 - In Re Swisher
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Once one or more of the grounds for termination are established, the trial court must proceed to the dispositional stage where the best interests of the child are considered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re Lh“adjudicate the existence or nonexistence of any of the circumstances set forth in G.S. 7B-1111 which authorize the termination of parental rights of the respondent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. IN THE MATTER OF LC“be supported by clear, cogent and convincing evidence with the burden of proof on the petitioner.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. IN THE MATTER OF LC
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.