In re B.P.’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
36 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 37 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably In Re the Marriage of McMahon (2002), Riggs v. State (2011)
36 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 Armstrong v. Manzo · Greene v. McElroy · Johansen v. State, Dept. of Natural Resources · In re Declaring D.H. · Small v. McRae
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 37 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) to conduct investigations that the guardian ad litem considers necessary to ascertain the facts constituting the alleged abuse or neglect; (b) to interview or observe the child who is the subject of the proceeding; (c) to have access to court, medical, psychological, law enforcement, social services, and school records pertaining to the child and the child's siblings and parents or custodians; (d) to make written reports to the court concerning the child's welfare; (e) to appear and participate in all proceedings to the degree necessary to adequately represent the child and make recommendations to the court concerning the child's welfare; (f) to perform other duties as directed by the court[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re BP“she acknowledges her responsibility in emotionally abusing the[] children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re BP
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.