217 W. Va. 707 - In Re Alyssa W.’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · 196 W. Va. 223 - In Interest of Tiffany Marie S. · 182 W. Va. 302 - Matter of Jonathan P. · 195 W. Va. 512 - Gentry v. Mangum · 198 W. Va. 79 - In Re Katie S.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a close emotional bond generally takes several years to develop”
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.