In Re Misty B.’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A. The department may either decide to not commence or to discontinue rehabilitation and reunification efforts with either parent or the court may order that rehabilitation and reunification efforts need not commence or that the department has no further responsibilities for rehabilitation and reunification with either parent when: (1) The parent is willing to consent to termination of parental rights; (2) The parent cannot be located; (3) The parent is unwilling or unable to rehabilitate and reunify with the child within a time which is reasonably calculated to meet the child’s needs; (4) The parent has abandoned the child; (5) The parent has acted toward a child in a manner which is heinous or abhorrent to society or has failed to protect a child in a manner which is heinous or abhorrent society, without regard to the intent of the parent; or (6) The victim of any of the following crimes was a child for whom the parent was responsible or the victim was a child who was a member of a household lived in or frequented by the parent and the parent has been convicted of: (a) Murder; (b) Felony murder; (c) Manslaughter; (d) Aiding or soliciting suicide; (e) Aggravated assault; (f) Rape; (g) Gross sexual misconduct; (h) Sexual abuse of minors; (i) Incest; (j) Kidnapping; (k) Promotion of prostitution; or (Z) A comparable crime in another jurisdiction.”

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