In re Amber B.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

39 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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “has made reasonable efforts to locate the parent and to reunify the child with the parent, unless the court finds in this proceeding that the parent is unable or unwilling to benefit from reunification efforts.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of Bolivar G., (Mar. 28, 2000) · In Re Joanna A., (Mar. 14, 2001)

2. “the parent of a child who has been found by the Superior Court to have been neglected or uncared for in a prior proceeding . . . has failed to achieve such degree of personal rehabilitation as would encourage the belief that within a reasonable time, considering the age and needs of the child, such parent could assume a responsible position in the life of the child.”

   7 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In the Interest of Bolivar G., (Mar. 28, 2000) · 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 8242 - In Re Jaali A., (Jul. 11, 2000)

3. “reasonable efforts mean doing everything reasonable, not everything possible.”

   6 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Daniel M., (Aug. 27, 2002) · In the Interest of Bolivar G., (Mar. 28, 2000)