152 N.C. App. 1 - In Re Mills’s Empirical Analysis

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32 state decisions

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

1. “whether the trial court's findings of fact are based on clear, cogent, and convincing evidence and whether those findings support the trial court's conclusion that grounds for termination exist pursuant to N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1111.”

   5 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 10 - In re: H.N.D. & L.N.A-D. · 195 N.C. App. 459 - In the Matter of Ct

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. . . .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Matter of Th · 200 N.C. App. 617 - In Matter of Aa

3. “`Clear, cogent and convincing describes an evidentiary standard stricter than a preponderance of the evidence, but less stringent than proof beyond a reasonable doubt.' And it `has been defined as evidence which should fully convince [the finder of fact].'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 10 - In re: H.N.D. & L.N.A-D. · 168 N.C. App. 679 - In Re VLB