Flores v. Flores’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
37 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently November 2023 · most notably D.M. v. State, Division of Family & Youth Services (2000), Matter of KLJ (1991)
37 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
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 2996B · 42 U.S.C. § 2996C · 42 U.S.C. § 2996D
Relies on Stanley v. Illinois · Meyer v. State of Nebraska · Boddie v. Connecticut · Pierce v. Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary Same · Argersinger v. Hamlin
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he crucial determination of what will be best for the child can be an exceedingly difficult one as it requires a delicate process of balancing many complex and competing considerations that are unique to every case. A parent who is without the aid of counsel in marshalling and presenting [favorable] arguments ... will be at a decided and frequently decisive disadvantage which becomes even more apparent when one considers the emotional nature of child custody disputes, and the fact that all of the principals are likely to be distraught.[ 42 ]”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“one of the most basic of all civil liberties.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Parents are entitled to a judicial decision on the right to counsel in each case. The determination should be made with the understanding that due process requires the state to appoint counsel whenever an indigent parent, unable to present his or her case properly, faces a substantial possibility of the loss of custody or of prolonged separation from a child.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Matter of KLJ · Matter of K.L.J.
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.