In re Alijah K.’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Whether because of mental illness, substance abuse, violence, incarceration, or some other reason, a parent who is unable to meet his child's needs-now and for the foreseeable future-is an unfit parent whose parental rights are subject to termination.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Children of Matthew G.