170 So. 3d 165 - In re D.C.M.’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1738A
Relies on M.B. & K.B. v. C.E.H. · 815 So. 2d 7 - Boudreaux v. STATE, DOTD · In re Adoption of Asente · 193 Cal. App. 3d 1304 - Souza v. Superior Court · Watermeier v. Watermeier
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A ' Watermeier hearing' is a hearing in chambers, outside the presence of the parents, but in the presence of their attorneys, with a record of the hearing to be made by the court reporter, to inquire as to the competency of a child to testify as to custody.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(1) The trial court erred in granting the declinatory exception of lack of subject matter jurisdiction filed by the Louisiana State Police Commission and the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, Office of State Police.”
1 later decision 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.