In Re KH’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 32 Cal. 4th 588 - In Re Jesusa · 32 Cal. 4th 588 - Los Angeles County Department of Children & Family Services v. Heriberto C. · Hackley v. Hackley · Veenstra v. Washtenaw Country Club · Lee v. MacOmb County Board of Commissioners
Most-quoted passages
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“Accordingly, we begin with the plain language of the court rule. When that language is unambiguous, we must enforce the meaning expressed, without further judicial construction or interpretation. Similarly, common words must be understood to have their everyday, plain meaning.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a child begotten and born to a woman who was not married from the conception to the date of birth of the child, or a child that the court has determined to be a child born or conceived during a marriage but not the issue of that marriage.”
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.