Schempp-Cook v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 state decisions

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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The grandparents of an unmarried minor must be granted reasonable visitation rights . . . to the minor by the district court upon application by the grandparents . . unless a finding is made that visitation is not in the best interests of the minor. Visitation rights of grandparents to an unmarried minor are presumed to be in the best interest of the minor. The court shall consider the amount of personal contact that has occurred between the grandparents . . . and the minor and the minor's parents. . . . If no district court otherwise has jurisdiction, a proceeding to enforce grandparental rights may be brought against the custodial parent as a civil action and venued in the county of residence of the minor child.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Peterson v. Peterson · In Interest of M.G.

2. “1. The grandparents and great-grandparents of an unmarried minor child may be granted reasonable visitation rights to the child by the district court upon a finding that visitation would be in the best interests of the child and would not interfere with the parent-child relationship. 2. The court shall consider the amount of personal contact that has occurred between the grandparents or great-grandparents and the child and the child’s parents.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. R.F. v. M.M.

3. “upon a finding that visitation would be in the best interests of the minor and would not interfere with the parent-child relationship.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Interest of M.G.