In Re CL’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
25 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently March 2023 · most notably In Re MCP (1989), In re M.C.P. (1989)
25 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 Santosky v. Kramer · In Re RL · In Re CW · In Re J. & J. W. · Petition of Certain Neglected Children
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[r]ather, the changed circumstances test is met when the findings in the case are `replete with facts sufficient to meet the required standard.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“where a timely objection is made, hearsay evidence alone may not be used as a basis for a finding of parental unfitness.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re MB“there must be change in material circumstances which requires the modification in the best interests of the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re HA
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.