Rodgers v. Rodgers’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
1
states following
February 2026
most recently cited
22 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on In Re Adoption of K.F.H. · Zgleszewski v. Zgleszewski · 2013 Ark. App. 352 - Gordon v. Draper · Fonken v. Fonken · Matter of Adoption of Lybrand
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“parent's failure to 'communicate with the child,' not a failure to have visitation with the child that allows adoption to proceed without consent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Holloway v. Carter“could have made telephone calls to the children, sent birthday or Christmas cards, letters, or emails,”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Holloway v. Carter
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.