In Re Krystal S.’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 16 later decisions — most recently July 2019
16 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 165 N.J. Super. 265 - Hoy v. Willis · Luce Co. v. Hoefler · Roussel v. State · Legault v. Decision of Judge of Probate Levesque · Estate of Fisher
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The court may appoint a guardian for an unmarried minor if all parental rights of custody have been terminated or suspended by circumstances or prior court order.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In other cases the court may dismiss the proceedings or make any other disposition of the matter that will best serve the interest of the minor. (Emphasis added)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The powers of the Probate Court are created by statute, and the court’s actions are null and void unless taken pursuant to statutory authority. Only courts having full equity jurisdiction possess parens patriae powers to adjudicate rights to the custody of infants. The Probate Court has equity jurisdiction in all matters relating to wills, trusts, and administration of decedents’ estates. No such general equity jurisdiction exists in the Probate Court to adjudicate rights to .the custody of minors. Absent statutory authority, [where parental rights have not been terminated], the Probate Court is without power to appoint a guardian.... 18-A M.R.S.A. § 5-204 grants the Probate Court the authority to appoint a guardian of an unmarried minor child only if ‘all parental rights have been terminated or suspended by circumstances or prior court order.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. In Re James John L.
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.