In re Mark C.’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently January 2018 · most notably Federal Deposit Insurance v. Napert-Boyer Partnership (1996), Lowe v. Lowe (1997)
44 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on State v. Hinckley · Carpenter v. Planning & Zoning Commission · In re Juvenile Appeal (84-AB) · State v. Tomanelli · In re Christine F.
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“". . . , the parents of a child who has been found by the superior court to have been neglected or uncared for in a prior proceeding have failed to achieve such a degree of rehabilitation as would encourage the belief that within a reasonable time, considering the age and needs of the child, they could assume a responsible position in the life of the child."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The feelings and emotional ties of the child with respect to his parent, any guardian of his person and any person who has exercised physical care, custody or control of the child for at least one year and with whom the child has developed significant emotional ties.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“During a parental termination hearing, the trial court may rely on evidence used to establish a finding of neglect as long as that evidence is considered under the clear and convincing evidence standard.”
1 later decision 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.