545 So. 2d 1122 - In Re Lambert’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 8 later decisions — most recently May 2000
8 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 In Re Ackenhausen · Adoption of Latiolais · 375 So. 2d 103 - Haynes v. Mangham · In Re EWB · 506 So. 2d 215 - Vosbein v. Vosbein
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“burden to prove that he had just cause not to pay or that the failure to pay resulted from circumstances beyond his control.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The Court has searched the records. [sic] and finds it replete with evidence that supports the decision that the adoption is in the best interest of the child. The Court has looked at and weighed one, the fitness of the adopting parents, vis-a-vis, the natural parent; two, the relationship between the natural parent and the child, vis-a-vis, the adopting parents and the child; three, the relationship that the child has with the exéended family of the adopted parents. The Court is convinced that the relationship between the child and parent is not stable nor is it or has it been a consistent one, and there [sic] is due to the parent’s inability to overcome some serious psychological problems. The Court is also convinced that it would be totally unfair and not in the best interest of the child to force the child to undergo an extensive degree of psychotherapy to establish or reestablish any form or much less meaningful relationship with the father. This Court is confident there is no real probability that M.A.S. could enjoy and benefit from a continued relationship with his father. The Court reviewed the testimony and exhibits that were filed in the case and feels that this decision is the only decision that will best serve the interest of the child.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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