Proffitt v. Evans’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
September 2008
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Bedinger v. Graybill's & Trustee · Helm v. Goin
Most-quoted passages
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“[Ajdoption has always been and is now strictly a statutory creation.' To recognize a 'de facto' adoption would bring a condition of chaos to the law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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