In Re EWB’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently May 2007
19 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 Adoption of Latiolais · 390 So. 2d 972 - In Re Hinton · 376 So. 2d 555 - Adoption of Latiolais · In Re MDA · 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 19 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.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“A. The consent of the parent as required by Article 1193 may be dispensed with upon proof of the required elements of either Paragraph B or C of this Article. [[Image here]] |SC. When the spouse of a stepparent petitioner has been granted sole or joint custody of the child by a court of competent jurisdiction or is otherwise exercising lawful custody of the child and any one of the following conditions exists: (1) The other parent has refused or failed to comply with a court order of support without just cause for a period of at least six months. (2) The other parent has refused or failed to visit, communicate, or attempt to communicate with the child without just cause for a period of at least six months.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"Th[is] child is entitled to the best of both worlds. [He] will be raised in a good loving home with a stepfather who cares for [him] very much. The stepfather will have the great majority of time each year to raise [him] in the manner he and his mother see fit. At the same time the child will be able to [occasionally] see his natural father, enjoy the relationship he has with him, and receive the benefits which flow from [his] continued association with his natural father [and extended family]."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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