In Re Billy W.’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently May 2021 · most notably In Re Joseph N. (2009), 168 Md. App. 382 - Wells v. Wells (2006)
30 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 People v. Nancy F. · Town of Somerset v. Montgomery County Board of Appeals · In Re Mark M. · Whittlesey v. State · San Diego County Department of Social Services v. Alan 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Child in need of assistance” means a child who requires court intervention because: (1) The child has been abused, has been neglected, has a developmental disability, or has a mental disorder; and (2) The child’s parents, guardian, or custodian are unable or unwilling to give proper care and attention to the child and the child’s needs.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(e) Development of a permanency plan.—(1) In developing a permanency plan for a child in an out-of-home placement, the local department shall give primary consideration to the best interests of the child. The local department shall consider the following factors in determining the permanency plan that is in the best interests of the child: (1) the child's ability to be safe and healthy in the home of the child's parent; (ii) the child's attachment and emotional ties to the child's natural parents and siblings; (iii) the child's emotional attachment to the child's current caregiver and the caregiver's family; (iv) the length of time the child has resided with the current caregiver; (v) the potential emotional, developmental, and educational harm to the child if moved from the child’s current placement; and (vi) the potential harm to the child by remaining in State custody for an excessive period of time.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“(a) Determination by court.—In any custody or visitation proceeding, if the court has reasonable grounds to believe that a child has been abused or neglected by a party to the proceeding, the court shall determine whether abuse or neglect is likely to occur if custody or visitation rights are granted to the party. (b) Specific finding required.—Unless the court specifically finds that there is no likelihood of further child abuse or neglect by the party, the court shall deny custody or visitation rights to that party, except that the court may approve a supervised visitation arrangement that assures the safety and the physiological, psychological, and emotional well-being of the child.”
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.