184 N.C. App. 488 - In Re CMS’s Empirical Analysis

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10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'mental retardation is a 'disability' within the meaning of the ADA . . . [s]everal courts [] have concluded that termination proceedings are not 'services, programs or activities' under the ADA, and the ADA does not apply in termination proceedings as a defense to the termination of parental rights.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 188 N.C. App. 165 - In the Matter of Jwh

2. “[t]he 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.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re B.O.A.

3. “[A] parent's prolonged inability to improve his or her situation, despite some efforts and good intentions, will support a conclusion of lack of reasonable progress.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 250 N.C. App. 507 - In re C.W.G.