In re C.C.’s Empirical Analysis

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90 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 90 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “the case plan is 'simply a means to a goal, but not the goal itself.'”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re S.M. · In re J.B.

2. “Following the placement of the child outside the child's home and notwithstanding reasonable case planning and diligent efforts by the agency to assist the parents to remedy the problems that initially caused the child to be placed outside the home, the parent has failed continuously and repeatedly to substantially remedy the conditions causing the child to be placed outside the child's home. [ R.C. 2151.414(E)(1) ] The chronic mental illness, chronic emotional illness, intellectual disability, physical disability, or chemical dependency of the parent that is so severe that it makes the parent unable to provide an adequate permanent home for the child at the present time and, as anticipated, within one year. [ R.C. 2151.414(E)(2) ] The parent is incarcerated for an offense committed against the child or a sibling of the child. [ R.C. 2151.414(E)(5) ] The parents are repeatedly incarcerated, and the repeated incarceration prevents the parent from providing care for the child. [ R.C. 2151.414(E)(13) ] The parent has committed abuse against the child or caused or allowed the child to suffer neglect as described in section 2151.03 of the Revised Code, and the court determines that the seriousness, nature, or likelihood of recurrence of the abuse or neglect makes the child's placement with the child's parent a threat to the child's safety. [ R.C. 2151.414(E)(15) ]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re L.R.D.

3. “any unmarried person who is under age eighteen and is either (a) a member of an Indian tribe or (b) is eligible for membership in an Indian tribe and is the biological child of a member of an Indian tribe.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re D.E.