State ex rel. Sapia’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1980
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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““The Department of Health and Human Resources shall, whenever it has been assigned custody of a child by judicial order, file a written report to the court on the status of the child six months after the initial placement of the child and every twelve months thereafter. This report shall be filed with the court which placed the child in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Resources. The court shall consider such reports and may hold hearings on the status of the child for the purpose of determining whether the child should remain in the care and custody of the Department of Health and Human Resources, should be returned to the parent, tutor, guardian, or relative, or should receive some alternative program of care, support and supervision.” (Emphasis ours.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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