In Re RM’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently June 2023 · most notably 185 W. Va. 613 - In the Interest of Carlita B. (1991), In Re MCP (1989)
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 Gault · In Re RL · My Sister's Place v. City of Burlington · State v. Recor · In re J. M.
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.
“(A) Has been abandoned or abused by his parents, guardian or other custodian; or (B) Is without proper parental care or subsistence, education, medical, or other care necessary for his well-being; or (C) Is without or beyond the control of his parents, guardian or other custodian ....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re SG · In Re La, III“indicative of a broad pattern of abuse and neglect generally pervasive in this household and clearly relevant to R.M.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. In Re SG · In Re La, III“[T]he erroneous admission of evidence by itself is not grounds for reversal. The burden is on the excepting party to demonstrate that the error resulted in prejudice. See V.R.C.P. 61 (error must "affect the substantial rights of the parties" and failure to take action to correct must be "inconsistent with substantial justice"). . . . In determining whether the hearsay testimony of Dr. Holmes was fatal to the merits proceedings, we first consider the effect of the testimony on the decision of the juvenile court. . . . The court's findings. . . briefly reference the tainted portion of the physician's testimony . . . We have reversed a CHINS determination based on tainted evidence only when we have determined that the "findings independent of the challenged [evidence] do not support a conclusion that the child is without proper parental [care and supervision]. . ." In re M.P., 133 Vt. [144] at 147, 333 A.2d [116] at 118 [(1975)]. See also In re J.L.M., 139 Vt. [448] at 450, 430 A.2d [448] at 450 [(1981)] (determination of unmanageability reversed where it rested "solely" on the evidence that was erroneously admitted). Here, the court's conclusions are adequately supported by the findings, exclusive of the single reference to hearsay testimony. There are no grounds to reverse.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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