161 N.C. App. 475 - Everett v. Everett’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “court of competent jurisdiction has terminated involuntarily the parental rights of the parent to another child of the parent[.]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 183 N.C. App. 207 - In re C.M. · In Re CM

2. “(b) In any order placing a juvenile in the custody or placement responsibility of a county department of social services, whether an order for continued nonsecure custody, a dispositional order, or a review order, the court may direct that reasonable efforts to eliminate the need for placement of the juvenile shall not be required or shall cease if the court makes written findings of fact that: (1) Such efforts clearly would be futile or would be inconsistent with the juvenile's health, safety and need for a safe, permanent home within a reasonable period of time[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Mm

3. “`reunification with [mother] remains the plan but reunification is not imminent'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Jv