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← 242 Mich. App. 188 - In Re RFF

242 Mich. App. 188 - In Re RFF’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance v. Marlette Homes, Inc.

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

  1. “inquire into his fitness and his ability to properly care for the child and [to] determine whether the best interests of the child will be served by granting custody to him. If the court finds that it would not be in the best interests of the child to grant custody to the putative father, the court shall terminate his rights to the child.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. In Re RFF
  2. “by proceedings in accordance with section 51(6) of this chapter or section 2 of chapter XIIA.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. In Re RFF
  3. “in a broader sense to encompass the situation in this case.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
    e.g. In Re RFF

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.