Burak v. Burak’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
July 2021
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Troxel v. Granville · Parham v. J. R. · National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New York · Rohrbeck v. Rohrbeck · Ex Parte Terry
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court's role in TPR cases is to give the most careful consideration to the relevant statutory factors, to make specific findings based on the evidence with respect to each of them, and, mindful of the presumption favoring a continuation of the parental relationship, determine expressly whether those findings suffice either to show an unfitness on the part of the parent to remain in a parental relationship with the child or to constitute an exceptional circumstance that would make a continuation of the parental relationship detrimental to the best interest of the child, and, if so, how. If the court does that- articulates its conclusion as to the best interest of the child in that manner -the parental rights we have recognized and the statutory basis for terminating those rights are in proper and harmonious balance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the length of time the child has been away from the biological parent, the age of the child when care was assumed by the third party, the possible emotional effect on the child of a change of custody, the period of time which elapsed before the parent sought to reclaim the child, the nature and strength of the ties between the child and the third party custodian, the intensity and genuineness of the parent’s desire to have the child, [and] the stability and certainty as to the child’s future in the custody of the parent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“consideration to all other factors needed to determine whether terminating a parent's rights is in the child's best interests[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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