Heard v. Bauman’s Empirical Analysis
1969
Citation profile
28 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 28 later decisions — most recently August 2018 · most notably Holley v. Adams (1976), Holick v. Smith (1985)
28 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 Hendricks v. Curry · Lout v. Whitehead · Gilley v. Anthony · Stinson v. Rasco · Smith v. Waller
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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"`While adoption statutes are generally given a liberal construction, the rule of strict construction applies in favor of a non-consenting parent. This is especially true in cases in which it is asserted that because of the parent's misconduct toward the child, his consent to the adoption is not required. Every intendment should be made in such case in favor of the parent's claim; and where the statute is open to construction and interpretation, it should be construed in support of the parent's natural rights.'"”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[I]f a living parent or parents shall voluntarily abandon and desert a child sought to be adopted, for a period of two (2) years, and shall have left such child to the care, custody, control and management of other persons, or if such parent or parents shall have not contributed substantially to the support of such child during such period of two (2) years commensurate with his financial ability, then, in either event, it shall not be necessary to obtain the written consent of the living parent or parents in such default, and in such cases adoption shall be permitted on the written consent of the Judge of the Juvenile Court of the county of such child’s residence; or if there is no Juvenile Court, then on the written consent of the Judge of the County Court of the county of such child’s residence, (emphasis added)”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Cawley v. Allums · Smith v. McLin““FINDINGS OF FACT 1. From July 24, 1970, to July 24, 1972, Jerry Allen Davis contributed toward the support of his minor child the total sum of $281.30 . . . 7. The check dated 7-24-70 in the amount of $150.00 introduced as Contestant’s Exhibit 3 was not for child support but was a part of the alimony pendente lite theretofore ordered by the Court. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW 1. Contestant did not contribute substantially to the support of the minor child, Jessica Anne Davis, commensurate with his ability, for the two-year period from July 24, 1970, to July 24, 1972.””
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.