513 So. 2d 614 - Ex Parte Brooks’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 2015 · most notably 564 So. 2d 950 - Ex Parte Beasley (1990), In re Bruce R. (1995)
34 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 374 So. 2d 1370 - Miller v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SEC. · 474 So. 2d 1143 - Matter of Colbert · 479 So. 2d 54 - Fortenberry v. ALA. DEPT. OF PENSIONS & SEC. · Brand v. Alabama Department of Pensions & Security · Miller v. Alabama Department of Pensions & Security
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our courts are entrusted with the responsibility of determining the best interests of children who come before them. When a child's welfare is threatened by continuation of parental rights, the law provides a means for terminating those rights. When, after consideration of all evidence before it, a court determines that termination of parental rights would not serve the best interest of a child, as in the present case, parental rights should not be terminated. Convenience of the parents is not a sufficient basis for terminating parental rights.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. M.D.C. v. K.D. · S.D.P. v. U.R.S.“"[T]o provide meaningful guidelines to be used by the juvenile court in cases involving the termination of parental rights in such a manner as to protect the welfare of children by providing stability and continuity in their lives, and at the same time to protect the rights of their parents."”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“"Before parental rights will be terminated, the Court must determine from clear and convincing evidence that the child is dependent and, after having made a finding of dependency, must determine whether there exists a remedy less drastic than termination of those rights."”
4 later decisions 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.