221 W. Va. 229 - State v. Collins’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
June 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 194 W. Va. 138 - Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L. · 217 W. Va. 625 - Clifford K. v. Paul S. · 194 W. Va. 276 - State v. Roy · 206 W. Va. 420 - State v. Stephens
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a person over the age of fourteen years who has or shares actual physical possession or care and custody of a child on a full-time or temporary basis, regardless of whether such person has been granted custody of the child by any contract, agreement or legal proceeding. "Custodian” shall also include, but not be limited to, the spouse of a parent, guardian or custodian, or a person cohabiting with a parent, guardian or custodian in the relationship of husband and wife, where such spouse or other person shares actual physical possession or .care and custody of a child with the parent, guardian or custodian.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(12) A “person in a position of trust in relation to a child” refers to any person who is acting in the place of a parent and charged with any of a parent’s rights, duties or responsibilities concerning a child or someone responsible for the general supervision of a child’s welfare, or any person who by virtue of their occupation or position is charged with any duty or responsibility for the health, education, welfare, or supervision of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A babysitter may be a custodian under the provisions of W.Va.Code, § 61-8D-5 [1998], and whether a babysitter [is] in fact a custodian is a question for the jury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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