158 N.C. App. 198 - In Re Yocum’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
72
cited by 72 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
72 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Matter of Montgomery · Matter of Ballard · 140 N.C. App. 288 - In Re Huff · Matter of Huff
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Incarceration, standing alone, is neither a sword nor a shield in a termination of parental rights decision.”
8 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“A juvenile who does not receive proper care, supervision, or discipline from the juvenile's parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker; or who has been abandoned; or who is not provided necessary medical care; or who is not provided necessary remedial care; or who lives in an environment injurious to the juvenile's welfare; or who has been placed for care or adoption in violation of law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“the trial judge may consider a parent's complete failure to provide the personal contact, love, and affection that [exists] in the parental relationship.”
4 later decisions 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.