Stills v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
48
cited by 48 later decisions
1
states following
June 2019
most recently cited
48 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Brooks v. Parkerson · In Re Suggs · 203 Ga. App. 522 - In the Interest of L. F. · Waldrup v. Crane
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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“whether the incarcerated parent has made an effort to communicate with the child and, despite imprisonment, maintain a parental bond in a meaningful, supportive[,] and parental manner.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage“[a] parent's incarceration does not always compel the termination of parental rights, . . . it can support a termination when there are sufficient aggravating circumstances present.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“attempt to relinquish his parental power to his mother ... [was, therefore,] of no effect.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.