564 So. 2d 950 - Ex Parte Beasley’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
294 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 295 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably In re Bruce R. (1995), 986 So. 2d 1172 - JC v. State Department of Human Resources (2007)
294 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 Lorence v. Hospital Bd. of Morgan County · 374 So. 2d 1370 - Miller v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF PENSIONS AND SEC. · 513 So. 2d 614 - Ex Parte Brooks · 527 So. 2d 1322 - Wilson v. State Dept. of Human Resources · 474 So. 2d 715 - Ex Parte Johnson
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 295 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(5) Unexplained serious physical injury to the child under such circumstances as would indicate that such injuries resulted from the intentional conduct or willful neglect of the parent.”
116 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““A juvenile court is required to apply a two-pronged test in determining whether to terminate parental rights: (1) clear and convincing evidence must support a finding that the child is dependent; and (2) the court must properly consider and reject all viable alternatives to a termination of parental rights.””
43 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. C.C. v. L.J. · T.V. v. B.S.“Inasmuch as the termination of parental rights strikes at the very heart of the family unit, a court should terminate parental rights only in the most egregious of circumstances.”
16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.