228 N.C. App. 381 - In re D.E.G.’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[B]efore ... relieving an attorney from any obligation to actively participate in a termination of parental rights proceeding when the parent is absent from a hearing, the trial court must inquire into the efforts made by counsel to contact the parent in order to ensure that the parent's rights are adequately protected.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 265 N.C. App. 609 - In re: C.D.H. · In re T.E.G.

2. “'[w]here an attorney has given his client no prior notice of an intent to withdraw, the trial judge has no discretion' and 'must grant the party affected a reasonable continuance or deny the attorney's motion for withdrawal.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re T.E.G.