Ebert v. Bruce L.’s Empirical Analysis
2014
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 25 U.S.C. § 1912 (§ 102 of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978)
Relies on Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl · Marcia v. v. State · Matter of JJJ · Beal v. Beal · Sonoma Cty. Human Servs. Dep't v. Evita H.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Circumstances [including incarceration] resulting from the noncustodial parent's own conduct cannot excuse such a parent's significant failure to provide support or maintain meaningful communication.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Jerry B. v. Sally B.
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.