In Re H.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
October 1994
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Adoption of Latiolais · 390 So. 2d 972 - In Re Hinton · In Re Kennedy · 410 So. 2d 1255 - Burrell v. Kirkpatrick · 424 So. 2d 405 - In Re BAS Applying for Adoption
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Whether an adoption is in the best interest of the child must be decided on the facts of each case and the trial judge is vested with great discretion in making that determination.”
1 later decision 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.