198 N.C. App. 67 - Yurek v. Shaffer’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
21
cited by 21 later decisions
1
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Santosky v. Kramer · Lehr v. Robertson · White v. White · Williams v. Pilot Life Insurance Company · Clark v. Clark
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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although N.C.G.S. § 50-13.1(a) broadly grants standing to any parent, relative, or person claiming the right to custody, when such actions are brought by a non-parent to obtain custody to the exclusion of a parent, our appellate courts have also required allegations of some act inconsistent with the parent’s constitutionally protected status.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“trial court's ruling on a Rule 60(b) motion ... for an abuse of discretion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Parents have a fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of their children. As long as a parent maintains his or her paramount interest, a custody dispute with a nonparent regarding those children may not be determined by the application of the 'best interest of the child' standard. However, the paramount status of parents may be lost ... where the natural parent's conduct is inconsistent with his or her constitutionally protected status.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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