B.E. v. R.E.’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on T.L.W. v. Office of the Guardian Ad Litem · In re J. P. · In the Interest of J.C.O. v. Anderson · State, Department of Human Services Ex Rel. Parker v. Irizarry · State Ex Rel. Walter B.
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“were made by [Grandmother] instead of [Father] ... [and] Father's only action was to ask [Grandmother] to make a few (unanswered) phone calls within an eight month period, which is only token efforts anyway.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. R.E. v. B.B.“'conduct on the part of the parent which implies a conscious disregard of the obligations owed by a parent to the child, leading to the destruction of the parent-child relationship.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. R.E. v. B.B.“Mother's less-than-perfect behavior [in not answering or returning Grandmother's phone calls] does not negate the fact that Father failed to communicate with [T.E.] on his own.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. R.E. v. B.B.
How this case has been treated — in progress
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