Baker v. Wolfe’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
May 2018
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Epperly v. Epperly · Moore v. Moore · Townsend v. Townsend · Fleming Ex Rel. Fleming v. Asbill · DEPT. OF SOC. SERV. v. Miller
Most-quoted passages
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“1. The amount of contact,.in the form of visits, financial, support of both, which the parent had with the child while it was in the care of a third party. 2. The circumstances under which ‘temporary relinquishment occurred. ' 3. The degree of attachment between the child and the temporary custodian.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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