21 Ill. App. 3d 1014 - People v. Overton’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
83 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 85 later decisions — most recently January 2024 · most notably Syck v. Snyder (1990), 86 Ill. 2d 147 - People v. Brown (1981)
83 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 16 Ill. 2d 556 - Giacopelli v. Florence Crittenton Home · 54 Ill. 2d 487 - People v. Warr · 8 Ill. App. 3d 642 - In Re Petition to Adopt Cech · 39 Ill. 2d 76 - People Ex Rel. Bukovich v. Bukovich · Green v. Department of Children & Family Services
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 85 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In examining the testimony adduced in the hearing before the trial court it is clear that such evidence supports a finding that prior to the removal of the minors Anthony and Tina from their custody, the respondents almost totally failed to maintain a reasonable degree of interest in and concern for their children. The children were rapidly approaching a critical and dangerous condition as far as their health was concerned because neither of the respondents fed them with any regularity. Frequently there was no food in the home of the respondents, even though the father was employed. The children were isolated and ignored if they cried. On occasion they were physically abused. These findings are clearly and convincingly supported by the evidence. After the minors Anthony and Tina were removed from the custody of the respondents we determine from the evidence that the respondents attended meetings of an organization known as Parents Anonymous and visited the children when they were in the custody of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. The respondents underwent a psychological testing by the Will County Mental Health Clinic and made an attempt to receive counseling from a social worker from the same clinic. If visiting the children, seeking counseling and psychiatric assistance are per se sufficient to fulfill the requirements that parents maintain a reasonable degree of interest, concern and responsibility for their children, then the respondents in the in”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““In regard to Colene’s visitation, we note that while Colene’s case worker did not expressly refuse Colene’s right to visit her chil- . dren, he did not encourage her to visit her children. It is apparent from the record that the case worker felt it was in the best interests of the children that Colene should not visit them and that his feeling was communicated to Colene.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““The conduct of the Department virtually insured that once Colene was separated from her children she would eventually lose them permanently.” 21 Ill.App.3d 1014, 1019 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.